World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Most recent: 1.17649e+06 (2025)
Earliest: 58,700 (1964)
Highest: 1.17649e+06 (2025)
Years reported: 62
Member state: Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1964–2025. 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

Year	Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025	1.17649e+06
2024	1.06009e+06
2023	978,209
2022	932,680
2021	908,401
2020	840,392
2019	802,974
2018	720,302
2017	620,805
2016	537,474
2015	541,487
2014	516,765
2013	499,551
2012	509,275
2011	491,470
2010	476,691
2009	455,852
2008	367,991
2007	370,372
2006	401,908
2005	430,919
2004	462,186
2003	453,465
2002	421,355
2001	392,142
2000	371,705
1999	255,942
1998	158,828
1997	173,994
1996	158,794
1995	89,742
1994	73,279
1993	74,817
1992	81,269
1991	65,816
1990	67,423
1989	100,786
1988	103,537
1987	69,428
1986	96,619
1985	86,418
1984	94,512
1983	101,571
1982	92,455
1981	118,970
1980	116,750
1979	70,450
1978	151,560
1977	264,940
1976	44,070
1975	39,410
1974	39,820
1973	43,380
1972	43,920
1971	43,470
1970	51,650
1969	54,530
1968	67,330
1967	78,190
1966	74,800
1965	47,000
1964	58,700

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