World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
149,405 (2025)
Earliest
250 (1972)
Highest
227,236 (2006)
Years reported
48 of 54 in the span
Member state
Turkey at the United Nations
0125,000250,0001972: 2501977: 701978: 601979: 601982: 3001983: 5401984: 1,0401985: 8101986: 8501987: 1,0851988: 1501989: 2,7641990: 5,5081991: 6,4521992: 10,0891993: 16,7671994: 28,8721995: 44,8661996: 50,3551997: 47,3391998: 45,0191999: 44,0122000: 47,1542001: 47,0852002: 193,6972003: 185,0862004: 174,5722005: 170,5572006: 227,2362007: 221,9372008: 214,3652009: 146,3782010: 146,7852011: 139,7632012: 135,3532013: 66,5582014: 63,8822015: 59,5452016: 57,9152017: 61,3832018: 68,9002019: 83,2392020: 93,7302021: 105,0192022: 93,5372023: 127,7382024: 139,6402025: 149,40519722025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1972–2025. 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 48 of the 54 years between 1972 and 2025 for Turkey. The missing 6 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025149,405
2024139,640
2023127,738
202293,537
2021105,019
202093,730
201983,239
201868,900
201761,383
201657,915
201559,545
201463,882
201366,558
2012135,353
2011139,763
2010146,785
2009146,378
2008214,365
2007221,937
2006227,236
2005170,557
2004174,572
2003185,086
2002193,697
200147,085
200047,154
199944,012
199845,019
199747,339
199650,355
199544,866
199428,872
199316,767
199210,089
19916,452
19905,508
19892,764
1988150
19871,085
1986850
1985810
19841,040
1983540
1982300
197960
197860
197770
1972250

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