World Development Indicators

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

Most recent: 2.82074e+06 (2025)
Earliest: 13,000 (1963)
Highest: 2.82074e+06 (2025)
Years reported: 63
Member state: Sudan at the United Nations

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

Year	Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025	2.82074e+06
2024	2.09437e+06
2023	1.49692e+06
2022	837,188
2021	825,290
2020	787,823
2019	734,780
2018	724,787
2017	694,556
2016	650,391
2015	627,080
2014	665,956
2013	648,936
2012	568,934
2011	500,004
2010	387,265
2009	368,178
2008	419,249
2007	523,029
2006	686,296
2005	693,621
2004	730,631
2003	606,230
2002	508,863
2001	489,931
2000	494,351
1999	485,449
1998	390,001
1997	364,571
1996	475,302
1995	445,277
1994	405,129
1993	393,868
1992	267,767
1991	196,242
1990	523,996
1989	438,899
1988	347,309
1987	253,166
1986	132,759
1985	180,855
1984	180,060
1983	31,000
1982	5,350
1981	5,350
1980	10,850
1979	10,850
1978	10,850
1977	10,850
1976	10,600
1975	11,000
1974	11,770
1973	13,050
1972	128,450
1971	171,330
1970	172,960
1969	170,400
1968	175,500
1967	120,990
1966	115,000
1965	81,560
1964	20,300
1963	13,000

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