World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
1.52438e+06 (2025)
Earliest
5,700 (1972)
Highest
1.52438e+06 (2025)
Years reported
40 of 54 in the span
Member state
Myanmar at the United Nations
01,000,0002,000,0001972: 5,7001978: 160,0001979: 01988: 71990: 241991: 40,0521992: 245,1271993: 281,5711994: 204,5121995: 152,3011996: 143,0191997: 135,7711998: 133,4081999: 131,6612000: 137,1212001: 145,8492002: 148,4932003: 151,3702004: 160,9972005: 164,8512006: 202,8172007: 191,3082008: 184,4102009: 406,6672010: 415,6622011: 414,6152012: 415,3632013: 479,5942014: 479,0062015: 451,8042016: 490,2852017: 1,156,7422018: 1,145,1492019: 1,076,8262020: 1,103,2452021: 1,177,3272022: 1,251,6182023: 1,283,4262024: 1,322,5032025: 1,524,37819722025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1972–2025. 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 40 of the 54 years between 1972 and 2025 for Myanmar. The missing 14 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
20251.52438e+06
20241.3225e+06
20231.28343e+06
20221.25162e+06
20211.17733e+06
20201.10324e+06
20191.07683e+06
20181.14515e+06
20171.15674e+06
2016490,285
2015451,804
2014479,006
2013479,594
2012415,363
2011414,615
2010415,662
2009406,667
2008184,410
2007191,308
2006202,817
2005164,851
2004160,997
2003151,370
2002148,493
2001145,849
2000137,121
1999131,661
1998133,408
1997135,771
1996143,019
1995152,301
1994204,512
1993281,571
1992245,127
199140,052
199024
19887
19790
1978160,000
19725,700

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