World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
685 (2025)
Earliest
180 (1966)
Highest
77,550 (1984)
Years reported
59 of 60 in the span
Member state
Namibia at the United Nations
050,000100,0001966: 1801967: 2301968: 1,3301969: 8401970: 9001971: 9001972: 1,0001973: 3,4101974: 3,4201975: 3,9701976: 9,0201977: 12,9301978: 35,7601979: 40,5801980: 55,6201981: 74,5201982: 75,1701983: 75,1101984: 77,5501985: 76,9161986: 76,9661987: 75,7261988: 76,5911989: 3,7041990: 5321991: 2041992: 171993: 1331994: 651995: 121996: 131998: 1,9001999: 7022000: 2,3072001: 2,2952002: 1,2982003: 1,2892004: 1,3072005: 1,2212006: 1,1962007: 1,1232008: 9762009: 9182010: 1,0132011: 1,0672012: 1,0972013: 1,1382014: 1,2502015: 1,2722016: 1,3632017: 1,3682018: 1,3312019: 4592020: 4572021: 4412022: 3172023: 4472024: 6462025: 68519662025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1966–2025. 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 59 of the 60 years between 1966 and 2025 for Namibia. The missing 1 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025685
2024646
2023447
2022317
2021441
2020457
2019459
20181,331
20171,368
20161,363
20151,272
20141,250
20131,138
20121,097
20111,067
20101,013
2009918
2008976
20071,123
20061,196
20051,221
20041,307
20031,289
20021,298
20012,295
20002,307
1999702
19981,900
199613
199512
199465
1993133
199217
1991204
1990532
19893,704
198876,591
198775,726
198676,966
198576,916
198477,550
198375,110
198275,170
198174,520
198055,620
197940,580
197835,760
197712,930
19769,020
19753,970
19743,420
19733,410
19721,000
1971900
1970900
1969840
19681,330
1967230
1966180

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