World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
7,257 (2025)
Earliest
9,504 (1991)
Highest
112,524 (2002)
Years reported
35
Member state
Bhutan at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001991: 9,5041992: 75,4421993: 85,3341994: 103,2701995: 104,7461996: 106,8201997: 108,7021998: 105,6901999: 107,6192000: 108,9432001: 110,8442002: 112,5242003: 103,9772004: 105,2592005: 106,5392006: 108,0692007: 110,5932008: 104,9602009: 89,0642010: 75,0622011: 57,9802012: 41,5822013: 31,5562014: 23,6332015: 17,7092016: 11,7572017: 7,9542018: 7,1002019: 6,8392020: 6,7412021: 6,7022022: 6,6882023: 6,6762024: 7,4332025: 7,25719912025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1991–2025. 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)
20257,257
20247,433
20236,676
20226,688
20216,702
20206,741
20196,839
20187,100
20177,954
201611,757
201517,709
201423,633
201331,556
201241,582
201157,980
201075,062
200989,064
2008104,960
2007110,593
2006108,069
2005106,539
2004105,259
2003103,977
2002112,524
2001110,844
2000108,943
1999107,619
1998105,690
1997108,702
1996106,820
1995104,746
1994103,270
199385,334
199275,442
19919,504

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