World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin: Central African Republic

Most recent
674,222 (2025)
Earliest
15,000 (1982)
Highest
759,187 (2023)
Years reported
41 of 44 in the span
Member state
Central African Republic at the United Nations
0500,0001,000,0001982: 15,0001986: 2301987: 1601988: 1701989: 3101990: 1001991: 3201992: 3251993: 3091994: 2641995: 2411996: 2401997: 1391998: 1681999: 1902000: 1352001: 28,6982002: 25,3682003: 35,3942004: 31,0562005: 42,8752006: 71,6692007: 98,0922008: 125,0902009: 159,5422010: 164,9022011: 162,8612012: 164,5672013: 252,8542014: 412,0282015: 471,0932016: 490,8792017: 545,5132018: 590,8582019: 610,1522020: 642,1612021: 737,6582022: 748,3442023: 759,1872024: 693,4882025: 674,22219822025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1982–2025. 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 41 of the 44 years between 1982 and 2025 for Central African Republic. The missing 3 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025674,222
2024693,488
2023759,187
2022748,344
2021737,658
2020642,161
2019610,152
2018590,858
2017545,513
2016490,879
2015471,093
2014412,028
2013252,854
2012164,567
2011162,861
2010164,902
2009159,542
2008125,090
200798,092
200671,669
200542,875
200431,056
200335,394
200225,368
200128,698
2000135
1999190
1998168
1997139
1996240
1995241
1994264
1993309
1992325
1991320
1990100
1989310
1988170
1987160
1986230
198215,000

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