World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
533 (2025)
Earliest
90 (1969)
Highest
4,692 (1994)
Years reported
54 of 57 in the span
Member state
Bulgaria at the United Nations
02,5005,0001969: 901970: 3201971: 3401972: 3401973: 3401974: 3001975: 3001978: 2901980: 3291981: 2741982: 2571983: 2271984: 1831985: 1901986: 1601987: 1381988: 8981989: 8691990: 1,9221991: 2,7331992: 2,9801993: 3,1571994: 4,6921995: 4,1571996: 3,2461997: 3,0491998: 3,1211999: 2,6522000: 2,4042001: 2,1222002: 2,8432003: 2,5652004: 2,2272005: 4,2502006: 3,4312007: 3,3062008: 3,0362009: 2,7432010: 2,5582011: 2,3222012: 2,1432013: 1,8752014: 1,6442015: 1,2642016: 7992017: 7162018: 6202019: 5662020: 5102021: 4552022: 7902023: 3932024: 4982025: 53319692025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1969–2025. 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 54 of the 57 years between 1969 and 2025 for Bulgaria. The missing 3 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025533
2024498
2023393
2022790
2021455
2020510
2019566
2018620
2017716
2016799
20151,264
20141,644
20131,875
20122,143
20112,322
20102,558
20092,743
20083,036
20073,306
20063,431
20054,250
20042,227
20032,565
20022,843
20012,122
20002,404
19992,652
19983,121
19973,049
19963,246
19954,157
19944,692
19933,157
19922,980
19912,733
19901,922
1989869
1988898
1987138
1986160
1985190
1984183
1983227
1982257
1981274
1980329
1978290
1975300
1974300
1973340
1972340
1971340
1970320
196990

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