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

Most recent
270,671 (2025)
Earliest
2,700 (1968)
Highest
2.30925e+06 (2007)
Years reported
50 of 58 in the span
Member state
Iraq at the United Nations
01,250,0002,500,0001968: 2,7001969: 2,7001978: 5601979: 31,0001980: 31,0981981: 66,5891982: 103,7661983: 103,7211984: 101,7241985: 401,5031986: 400,7451987: 410,8181988: 508,4681989: 507,9861990: 1,133,8051991: 1,321,8531992: 1,343,8241993: 771,0741994: 749,8331995: 718,7171996: 714,7271997: 707,3421998: 675,0301999: 642,8752000: 526,1652001: 530,5082002: 422,5042003: 368,5772004: 311,8892005: 262,3022006: 1,450,9082007: 2,309,2462008: 1,903,5162009: 1,785,2152010: 1,683,5762011: 1,428,3062012: 746,2042013: 401,4612014: 369,9602015: 264,0862016: 316,0562017: 362,5362018: 372,3322019: 336,2742020: 333,2002021: 343,8992022: 287,4462023: 329,0322024: 305,5042025: 270,67119682025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1968–2025. 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 50 of the 58 years between 1968 and 2025 for Iraq. The missing 8 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025270,671
2024305,504
2023329,032
2022287,446
2021343,899
2020333,200
2019336,274
2018372,332
2017362,536
2016316,056
2015264,086
2014369,960
2013401,461
2012746,204
20111.42831e+06
20101.68358e+06
20091.78522e+06
20081.90352e+06
20072.30925e+06
20061.45091e+06
2005262,302
2004311,889
2003368,577
2002422,504
2001530,508
2000526,165
1999642,875
1998675,030
1997707,342
1996714,727
1995718,717
1994749,833
1993771,074
19921.34382e+06
19911.32185e+06
19901.1338e+06
1989507,986
1988508,468
1987410,818
1986400,745
1985401,503
1984101,724
1983103,721
1982103,766
198166,589
198031,098
197931,000
1978560
19692,700
19682,700

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