World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
148,369 (2025)
Earliest
160 (1985)
Highest
209,349 (1991)
Years reported
41
Member state
Sri Lanka at the United Nations
0125,000250,0001985: 1601986: 3151987: 2191988: 3,3881989: 7,6921990: 208,2711991: 209,3491992: 128,1151993: 91,8371994: 114,4541995: 107,5871996: 109,5761997: 122,2771998: 114,9711999: 116,6982000: 124,1562001: 122,4142002: 133,2402003: 122,0052004: 114,0502005: 108,1322006: 116,9482007: 134,9452008: 137,7422009: 145,7112010: 141,0642011: 136,6022012: 132,7202013: 123,0742014: 121,9912015: 121,4272016: 117,4722017: 115,6322018: 113,9552019: 110,3412020: 142,6642021: 151,1122022: 148,1442023: 145,3192024: 147,0332025: 148,36919852025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1985–2025. 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)
2025148,369
2024147,033
2023145,319
2022148,144
2021151,112
2020142,664
2019110,341
2018113,955
2017115,632
2016117,472
2015121,427
2014121,991
2013123,074
2012132,720
2011136,602
2010141,064
2009145,711
2008137,742
2007134,945
2006116,948
2005108,132
2004114,050
2003122,005
2002133,240
2001122,414
2000124,156
1999116,698
1998114,971
1997122,277
1996109,576
1995107,587
1994114,454
199391,837
1992128,115
1991209,349
1990208,271
19897,692
19883,388
1987219
1986315
1985160

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