World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
6,728 (2025)
Earliest
5 (1990)
Highest
17,813 (2019)
Years reported
36
Member state
The Gambia at the United Nations
010,00020,0001990: 51991: 161992: 251993: 271994: 241995: 1561996: 3081997: 4211998: 5741999: 6782000: 7512001: 7322002: 8582003: 7442004: 6842005: 1,6802006: 1,2492007: 1,2572008: 1,3362009: 1,9662010: 2,2332011: 2,5722012: 3,0632013: 3,3822014: 5,1222015: 8,4732016: 11,5892017: 14,5642018: 17,2372019: 17,8132020: 10,5792021: 11,0422022: 10,6982023: 8,1072024: 8,1402025: 6,72819902025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1990–2025. 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.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
20256,728
20248,140
20238,107
202210,698
202111,042
202010,579
201917,813
201817,237
201714,564
201611,589
20158,473
20145,122
20133,382
20123,063
20112,572
20102,233
20091,966
20081,336
20071,257
20061,249
20051,680
2004684
2003744
2002858
2001732
2000751
1999678
1998574
1997421
1996308
1995156
199424
199327
199225
199116
19905

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