World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin: Burundi

Most recent
318,291 (2025)
Earliest
3,000 (1965)
Highest
871,376 (1993)
Years reported
56 of 61 in the span
Member state
Burundi at the United Nations
0500,0001,000,0001965: 3,0001966: 2501972: 129,0001973: 131,8951974: 120,8801975: 141,9401976: 152,3201977: 153,5501978: 148,1801979: 151,6801980: 169,7701981: 182,9501982: 176,2701983: 176,5501984: 182,9101985: 199,8101986: 210,6201987: 186,9101988: 190,1531989: 191,4411990: 191,6191991: 223,9421992: 184,1291993: 871,3761994: 389,6981995: 350,5751996: 428,6801997: 519,1161998: 502,5551999: 527,4372000: 568,0702001: 553,9872002: 574,5522003: 531,6262004: 485,7532005: 438,6952006: 396,5332007: 375,7202008: 281,5832009: 94,2212010: 84,0532011: 101,2822012: 73,3542013: 72,6362014: 72,4772015: 292,7502016: 408,0662017: 439,3202018: 387,8502019: 380,9002020: 372,9512021: 323,6352022: 320,7022023: 319,8572024: 322,4622025: 318,29119652025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1965–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

The World Bank reports 56 of the 61 years between 1965 and 2025 for Burundi. The missing 5 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025318,291
2024322,462
2023319,857
2022320,702
2021323,635
2020372,951
2019380,900
2018387,850
2017439,320
2016408,066
2015292,750
201472,477
201372,636
201273,354
2011101,282
201084,053
200994,221
2008281,583
2007375,720
2006396,533
2005438,695
2004485,753
2003531,626
2002574,552
2001553,987
2000568,070
1999527,437
1998502,555
1997519,116
1996428,680
1995350,575
1994389,698
1993871,376
1992184,129
1991223,942
1990191,619
1989191,441
1988190,153
1987186,910
1986210,620
1985199,810
1984182,910
1983176,550
1982176,270
1981182,950
1980169,770
1979151,680
1978148,180
1977153,550
1976152,320
1975141,940
1974120,880
1973131,895
1972129,000
1966250
19653,000

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