World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
29,395 (2025)
Earliest
14,500 (1969)
Highest
54,500 (1971)
Years reported
52 of 57 in the span
Member state
Cuba at the United Nations
050,000100,0001969: 14,5001970: 16,7001971: 54,5001972: 17,0701974: 1,6001979: 3,5601980: 1,6951981: 2,7051982: 6551983: 9251984: 1,3561985: 1,8761986: 6861987: 8361988: 3,8741989: 7,6801990: 13,5201991: 17,6141992: 21,2731993: 22,4091994: 23,3201995: 24,8571996: 25,4621997: 24,9111998: 23,5591999: 23,3222000: 20,0772001: 18,9502002: 18,0352003: 16,0842004: 15,6712005: 19,0032006: 33,5802007: 7,4962008: 7,9282009: 7,5372010: 7,4602011: 7,8452012: 7,7222013: 7,4532014: 7,4972015: 6,8272016: 5,9402017: 5,3312018: 5,4882019: 6,6252020: 8,9122021: 11,5342022: 14,6762023: 18,5602024: 23,8652025: 29,39519692025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1969–2025. 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 52 of the 57 years between 1969 and 2025 for Cuba. The missing 5 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202529,395
202423,865
202318,560
202214,676
202111,534
20208,912
20196,625
20185,488
20175,331
20165,940
20156,827
20147,497
20137,453
20127,722
20117,845
20107,460
20097,537
20087,928
20077,496
200633,580
200519,003
200415,671
200316,084
200218,035
200118,950
200020,077
199923,322
199823,559
199724,911
199625,462
199524,857
199423,320
199322,409
199221,273
199117,614
199013,520
19897,680
19883,874
1987836
1986686
19851,876
19841,356
1983925
1982655
19812,705
19801,695
19793,560
19741,600
197217,070
197154,500
197016,700
196914,500

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