World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
1,592 (2025)
Earliest
320 (1974)
Highest
3,000 (1981)
Years reported
49 of 52 in the span
Member state
Tanzania at the United Nations
02,5005,0001974: 3201976: 901977: 3001978: 3001979: 6001980: 3001981: 3,0001982: 5001983: 5001984: 5001987: 2,0001988: 51989: 101990: 101991: 131992: 191993: 321994: 621995: 691996: 661997: 591998: 1001999: 1172000: 3102001: 3692002: 5782003: 7032004: 9822005: 1,5422006: 1,6652007: 1,2502008: 1,2622009: 1,1912010: 1,1352011: 1,1542012: 1,1092013: 1,0332014: 8432015: 8102016: 5792017: 6552018: 7232019: 6952020: 6892021: 7522022: 7902023: 9352024: 1,2592025: 1,59219742025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1974–2025. 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 49 of the 52 years between 1974 and 2025 for Tanzania. The missing 3 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
20251,592
20241,259
2023935
2022790
2021752
2020689
2019695
2018723
2017655
2016579
2015810
2014843
20131,033
20121,109
20111,154
20101,135
20091,191
20081,262
20071,250
20061,665
20051,542
2004982
2003703
2002578
2001369
2000310
1999117
1998100
199759
199666
199569
199462
199332
199219
199113
199010
198910
19885
19872,000
1984500
1983500
1982500
19813,000
1980300
1979600
1978300
1977300
197690
1974320

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