World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
157,912 (2025)
Earliest
48 (1980)
Highest
158,171 (2024)
Years reported
46
Member state
Iran at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001980: 481981: 8031982: 2,4801983: 5,5771984: 5,2441985: 88,2451986: 87,9211987: 10,9921988: 58,2591989: 52,7981990: 75,8891991: 130,3661992: 128,7811993: 115,5161994: 121,2881995: 112,3601996: 104,1221997: 93,9861998: 89,9671999: 86,8452000: 88,2662001: 92,4902002: 138,3622003: 122,5302004: 115,1712005: 99,4302006: 102,4792007: 68,3982008: 69,0512009: 72,7712010: 68,7852011: 72,3662012: 75,9322013: 75,0612014: 82,2022015: 84,9502016: 94,1022017: 118,6392018: 129,9412019: 128,9982020: 135,0182021: 142,9942022: 122,7642023: 151,7572024: 158,1712025: 157,91219802025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1980–2025. 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)
2025157,912
2024158,171
2023151,757
2022122,764
2021142,994
2020135,018
2019128,998
2018129,941
2017118,639
201694,102
201584,950
201482,202
201375,061
201275,932
201172,366
201068,785
200972,771
200869,051
200768,398
2006102,479
200599,430
2004115,171
2003122,530
2002138,362
200192,490
200088,266
199986,845
199889,967
199793,986
1996104,122
1995112,360
1994121,288
1993115,516
1992128,781
1991130,366
199075,889
198952,798
198858,259
198710,992
198687,921
198588,245
19845,244
19835,577
19822,480
1981803
198048

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