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

Most recent
35,341 (2025)
Earliest
144,800 (1978)
Highest
144,800 (1978)
Years reported
48
Member state
Nicaragua at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001978: 144,8001979: 16,6001980: 9601981: 2,5001982: 18,9701983: 23,5201984: 35,0201985: 52,6501986: 67,5501987: 68,5401988: 86,5631989: 97,6981990: 52,6171991: 46,7891992: 44,2751993: 33,0561994: 28,5961995: 23,9361996: 22,8181997: 22,4951998: 21,3901999: 20,5722000: 5,0702001: 4,3972002: 4,0492003: 3,9842004: 1,8222005: 1,4632006: 1,8272007: 1,8992008: 1,5332009: 1,4732010: 1,4262011: 1,4642012: 1,5262013: 1,5302014: 1,5802015: 1,4692016: 1,4092017: 1,4672018: 1,6712019: 4,3762020: 8,7012021: 11,0412022: 16,0872023: 25,4832024: 30,0202025: 35,34119782025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1978–2025. 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)
202535,341
202430,020
202325,483
202216,087
202111,041
20208,701
20194,376
20181,671
20171,467
20161,409
20151,469
20141,580
20131,530
20121,526
20111,464
20101,426
20091,473
20081,533
20071,899
20061,827
20051,463
20041,822
20033,984
20024,049
20014,397
20005,070
199920,572
199821,390
199722,495
199622,818
199523,936
199428,596
199333,056
199244,275
199146,789
199052,617
198997,698
198886,563
198768,540
198667,550
198552,650
198435,020
198323,520
198218,970
19812,500
1980960
197916,600
1978144,800

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