World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
4.86576e+06 (2025)
Earliest
1,200 (1968)
Highest
6.84886e+06 (2021)
Years reported
49 of 58 in the span
Member state
Syria at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001968: 1,2001969: 1,2001979: 5001980: 5001981: 5051982: 5051983: 5261984: 5291985: 2,5991986: 5341987: 201988: 8811989: 3971990: 2,1481991: 3,0371992: 4,4081993: 5,4121994: 7,0871995: 7,9951996: 8,6111997: 8,6531998: 8,1321999: 6,6932000: 5,8682001: 4,8612002: 18,9082003: 20,8162004: 21,4302005: 16,3952006: 12,3272007: 13,6842008: 15,2062009: 17,9152010: 18,4512011: 19,9312012: 729,0112013: 2,468,3232014: 3,887,4902015: 4,873,2362016: 5,524,5112017: 6,310,4982018: 6,654,3742019: 6,615,2492020: 6,702,9102021: 6,848,8652022: 6,559,7362023: 6,355,7882024: 5,952,1742025: 4,865,76419682025
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin, 1968–2025. 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 49 of the 58 years between 1968 and 2025 for Syria. The missing 9 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
20254.86576e+06
20245.95217e+06
20236.35579e+06
20226.55974e+06
20216.84886e+06
20206.70291e+06
20196.61525e+06
20186.65437e+06
20176.3105e+06
20165.52451e+06
20154.87324e+06
20143.88749e+06
20132.46832e+06
2012729,011
201119,931
201018,451
200917,915
200815,206
200713,684
200612,327
200516,395
200421,430
200320,816
200218,908
20014,861
20005,868
19996,693
19988,132
19978,653
19968,611
19957,995
19947,087
19935,412
19924,408
19913,037
19902,148
1989397
1988881
198720
1986534
19852,599
1984529
1983526
1982505
1981505
1980500
1979500
19691,200
19681,200

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