World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
15,281 (2025)
Earliest
1,900 (1970)
Highest
234,260 (1981)
Years reported
51 of 56 in the span
Member state
Chad at the United Nations
0125,000250,0001970: 1,9001971: 1,4001972: 1,5001973: 1,5001979: 10,0001980: 221,0001981: 234,2601982: 17,0101983: 16,7451984: 181,3461985: 212,1581986: 170,0781987: 146,8581988: 130,7901989: 125,8631990: 184,8041991: 72,3171992: 66,3781993: 212,9231994: 211,9681995: 59,7261996: 58,4431997: 55,0261998: 61,2941999: 58,7922000: 54,9552001: 46,2822002: 47,3402003: 52,2682004: 52,6452005: 48,3892006: 36,2862007: 55,6972008: 55,0832009: 54,9972010: 53,7132011: 42,6192012: 39,6742013: 48,6182014: 48,2362015: 14,9212016: 14,1762017: 16,3252018: 10,8952019: 11,1632020: 10,3882021: 11,7712022: 12,8112023: 10,1962024: 14,6172025: 15,28119702025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1970–2025. 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 51 of the 56 years between 1970 and 2025 for Chad. The missing 5 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
202515,281
202414,617
202310,196
202212,811
202111,771
202010,388
201911,163
201810,895
201716,325
201614,176
201514,921
201448,236
201348,618
201239,674
201142,619
201053,713
200954,997
200855,083
200755,697
200636,286
200548,389
200452,645
200352,268
200247,340
200146,282
200054,955
199958,792
199861,294
199755,026
199658,443
199559,726
1994211,968
1993212,923
199266,378
199172,317
1990184,804
1989125,863
1988130,790
1987146,858
1986170,078
1985212,158
1984181,346
198316,745
198217,010
1981234,260
1980221,000
197910,000
19731,500
19721,500
19711,400
19701,900

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