World Development Indicators
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum: Zambia
- Most recent
- 83,225 (2025)
- Earliest
- 5,000 (1965)
- Highest
- 284,173 (2001)
- Years reported
- 61
- Member state
- Zambia at the United Nations
Every year reported
| Year | Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 83,225 |
| 2024 | 79,275 |
| 2023 | 72,411 |
| 2022 | 61,159 |
| 2021 | 75,154 |
| 2020 | 66,070 |
| 2019 | 57,518 |
| 2018 | 49,877 |
| 2017 | 41,266 |
| 2016 | 29,338 |
| 2015 | 26,434 |
| 2014 | 25,566 |
| 2013 | 23,584 |
| 2012 | 25,647 |
| 2011 | 45,627 |
| 2010 | 47,853 |
| 2009 | 56,786 |
| 2008 | 83,484 |
| 2007 | 112,931 |
| 2006 | 120,253 |
| 2005 | 155,718 |
| 2004 | 173,907 |
| 2003 | 226,697 |
| 2002 | 246,765 |
| 2001 | 284,173 |
| 2000 | 250,940 |
| 1999 | 206,386 |
| 1998 | 168,564 |
| 1997 | 165,072 |
| 1996 | 131,139 |
| 1995 | 129,965 |
| 1994 | 141,126 |
| 1993 | 141,126 |
| 1992 | 142,104 |
| 1991 | 140,676 |
| 1990 | 138,049 |
| 1989 | 137,180 |
| 1988 | 143,568 |
| 1987 | 144,100 |
| 1986 | 138,270 |
| 1985 | 103,780 |
| 1984 | 96,480 |
| 1983 | 103,000 |
| 1982 | 89,110 |
| 1981 | 40,560 |
| 1980 | 36,410 |
| 1979 | 57,790 |
| 1978 | 79,140 |
| 1977 | 64,900 |
| 1976 | 34,070 |
| 1975 | 36,050 |
| 1974 | 40,430 |
| 1973 | 37,310 |
| 1972 | 25,000 |
| 1971 | 17,000 |
| 1970 | 16,000 |
| 1969 | 12,640 |
| 1968 | 13,190 |
| 1967 | 10,710 |
| 1966 | 6,290 |
| 1965 | 5,000 |
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