World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
140,366 (2025)
Earliest
60 (1989)
Highest
147,352 (2022)
Years reported
36 of 37 in the span
Member state
Cameroon at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001989: 601990: 1001992: 841993: 1701994: 2361995: 2,0181996: 2,1111997: 2,2501998: 1,3491999: 1,6512000: 2,0672001: 2,7292002: 5,2282003: 6,2152004: 7,6312005: 9,0962006: 10,3732007: 11,4992008: 13,8522009: 14,7522010: 14,9522011: 15,1492012: 13,3602013: 11,4102014: 10,7392015: 10,5652016: 10,3442017: 11,0322018: 45,1182019: 66,2412020: 78,4812021: 125,4772022: 147,3522023: 110,7152024: 109,8792025: 140,36619892025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1989–2025. 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 36 of the 37 years between 1989 and 2025 for Cameroon. The missing 1 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025140,366
2024109,879
2023110,715
2022147,352
2021125,477
202078,481
201966,241
201845,118
201711,032
201610,344
201510,565
201410,739
201311,410
201213,360
201115,149
201014,952
200914,752
200813,852
200711,499
200610,373
20059,096
20047,631
20036,215
20025,228
20012,729
20002,067
19991,651
19981,349
19972,250
19962,111
19952,018
1994236
1993170
199284
1990100
198960

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