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World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
6,489 (2025)
Earliest
55,510 (1975)
Highest
135,866 (1988)
Years reported
51
Member state
Laos at the United Nations
0100,000200,0001975: 55,5101976: 62,7201977: 78,9701978: 119,1801979: 128,7701980: 105,2561981: 89,9901982: 80,5881983: 85,0431984: 86,6731985: 99,3031986: 91,2141987: 78,8941988: 135,8661989: 133,4961990: 135,6341991: 122,3281992: 96,1581993: 74,5001994: 54,8951995: 58,1971996: 46,9081997: 37,3691998: 29,0181999: 21,3932000: 16,0902001: 12,6252002: 11,2332003: 10,3602004: 16,1142005: 24,4412006: 26,4452007: 10,0122008: 8,5962009: 8,3972010: 8,4122011: 8,0862012: 7,9812013: 7,7362014: 7,4762015: 7,3592016: 7,2292017: 7,0562018: 6,9432019: 6,7572020: 6,6652021: 6,7782022: 6,6532023: 6,5512024: 6,5562025: 6,48919752025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1975–2025. 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)
20256,489
20246,556
20236,551
20226,653
20216,778
20206,665
20196,757
20186,943
20177,056
20167,229
20157,359
20147,476
20137,736
20127,981
20118,086
20108,412
20098,397
20088,596
200710,012
200626,445
200524,441
200416,114
200310,360
200211,233
200112,625
200016,090
199921,393
199829,018
199737,369
199646,908
199558,197
199454,895
199374,500
199296,158
1991122,328
1990135,634
1989133,496
1988135,866
198778,894
198691,214
198599,303
198486,673
198385,043
198280,588
198189,990
1980105,256
1979128,770
1978119,180
197778,970
197662,720
197555,510

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