World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin: People's Republic of China

Most recent
153,962 (2025)
Earliest
1.2e+06 (1964)
Highest
1.33e+06 (1965)
Years reported
55 of 62 in the span
Member state
People's Republic of China at the United Nations
01,000,0002,000,0001964: 1,200,0001965: 1,330,0001966: 1,326,8101967: 74,0001968: 70,0001969: 65,0001970: 66,0001971: 70,0001972: 75,0001980: 241981: 241982: 1041983: 241984: 241985: 1241986: 1541987: 241988: 2651989: 4131990: 1,4261991: 2,0111992: 82,5761993: 111,5071994: 113,9081995: 104,6911996: 105,8061997: 106,7311998: 109,3961999: 111,9502000: 110,9672001: 117,4032002: 132,0992003: 132,3902004: 134,7082005: 124,0862006: 140,5842007: 149,0872008: 175,1692009: 180,5462010: 184,6012011: 190,3692012: 193,4492013: 195,1212014: 210,7932015: 212,9112016: 207,7682017: 207,7162018: 212,0392019: 212,8632020: 175,3612021: 170,2222022: 161,3662023: 160,5652024: 153,5642025: 153,96219642025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1964–2025. 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 55 of the 62 years between 1964 and 2025 for People's Republic of China. The missing 7 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025153,962
2024153,564
2023160,565
2022161,366
2021170,222
2020175,361
2019212,863
2018212,039
2017207,716
2016207,768
2015212,911
2014210,793
2013195,121
2012193,449
2011190,369
2010184,601
2009180,546
2008175,169
2007149,087
2006140,584
2005124,086
2004134,708
2003132,390
2002132,099
2001117,403
2000110,967
1999111,950
1998109,396
1997106,731
1996105,806
1995104,691
1994113,908
1993111,507
199282,576
19912,011
19901,426
1989413
1988265
198724
1986154
1985124
198424
198324
1982104
198124
198024
197275,000
197170,000
197066,000
196965,000
196870,000
196774,000
19661.32681e+06
19651.33e+06
19641.2e+06

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