World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin: Guinea-Bissau

Most recent
1,800 (2025)
Earliest
6,000 (1963)
Highest
90,000 (1974)
Years reported
63
Member state
Guinea-Bissau at the United Nations
050,000100,0001963: 6,0001964: 30,0001965: 50,0001966: 61,0501967: 59,5201968: 56,7401969: 67,8001970: 66,6601971: 80,0001972: 82,0001973: 84,0001974: 90,0001975: 46,0001976: 37,0001977: 5,0001978: 5,0001979: 5,0001980: 5,0001981: 4,0001982: 5,0001983: 5,0001984: 5,0101985: 5,3501986: 5,3551987: 5,0001988: 4,9991989: 5,0011990: 5,0011991: 5,0061992: 5,0061993: 5,0061994: 5,0111995: 8301996: 8541997: 8651998: 8,8851999: 3,1872000: 8802001: 9172002: 9782003: 9692004: 1,0082005: 1,0422006: 1,0002007: 1,0182008: 1,0532009: 1,1002010: 1,1172011: 1,1182012: 1,1732013: 1,2222014: 1,3062015: 1,4722016: 1,6502017: 1,8702018: 2,0432019: 2,0932020: 1,6382021: 2,0392022: 2,0372023: 1,8592024: 1,9002025: 1,80019632025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1963–2025. 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)
20251,800
20241,900
20231,859
20222,037
20212,039
20201,638
20192,093
20182,043
20171,870
20161,650
20151,472
20141,306
20131,222
20121,173
20111,118
20101,117
20091,100
20081,053
20071,018
20061,000
20051,042
20041,008
2003969
2002978
2001917
2000880
19993,187
19988,885
1997865
1996854
1995830
19945,011
19935,006
19925,006
19915,006
19905,001
19895,001
19884,999
19875,000
19865,355
19855,350
19845,010
19835,000
19825,000
19814,000
19805,000
19795,000
19785,000
19775,000
197637,000
197546,000
197490,000
197384,000
197282,000
197180,000
197066,660
196967,800
196856,740
196759,520
196661,050
196550,000
196430,000
19636,000

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