World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
892,037 (2025)
Earliest
110 (1975)
Highest
1.13671e+06 (2012)
Years reported
51
Member state
Somalia at the United Nations
01,000,0002,000,0001975: 1101976: 501977: 601978: 901979: 901980: 1341981: 341982: 1181983: 391984: 6391985: 1,8301986: 3,1421987: 60,1621988: 351,9931989: 360,3091990: 470,1741991: 732,5961992: 812,1961993: 574,6121994: 631,4201995: 638,6951996: 636,9841997: 608,0861998: 557,9531999: 524,6042000: 475,6442001: 440,1202002: 432,3042003: 402,3292004: 389,2872005: 395,5442006: 464,0262007: 457,3452008: 561,1452009: 678,2962010: 770,1412011: 1,077,0382012: 1,136,7092013: 1,121,7602014: 1,106,4302015: 1,123,1442016: 1,012,3202017: 986,3862018: 949,6372019: 901,5962020: 812,3562021: 776,6782022: 786,7942023: 842,0442024: 894,1202025: 892,03719752025
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)
2025892,037
2024894,120
2023842,044
2022786,794
2021776,678
2020812,356
2019901,596
2018949,637
2017986,386
20161.01232e+06
20151.12314e+06
20141.10643e+06
20131.12176e+06
20121.13671e+06
20111.07704e+06
2010770,141
2009678,296
2008561,145
2007457,345
2006464,026
2005395,544
2004389,287
2003402,329
2002432,304
2001440,120
2000475,644
1999524,604
1998557,953
1997608,086
1996636,984
1995638,695
1994631,420
1993574,612
1992812,196
1991732,596
1990470,174
1989360,309
1988351,993
198760,162
19863,142
19851,830
1984639
198339
1982118
198134
1980134
197990
197890
197760
197650
1975110

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