World Development Indicators

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

Most recent
346 (2025)
Earliest
15,000 (1968)
Highest
15,000 (1968)
Years reported
48 of 58 in the span
Member state
Zambia at the United Nations
010,00020,0001968: 15,0001969: 13,0001970: 9,0001971: 7501972: 7501973: 7501974: 4,0001975: 7501976: 7501979: 1,0001980: 1,2101981: 1,2001982: 1,2001983: 1,2001992: 1,9901993: 1,5731994: 151995: 221996: 391997: 621998: 751999: 862000: 912001: 552002: 842003: 952004: 1192005: 1462006: 1992007: 1922008: 1912009: 2012010: 2212011: 2342012: 2402013: 2302014: 3092015: 3342016: 2562017: 2602018: 2662019: 2592020: 2522021: 2552022: 2962023: 3242024: 3372025: 34619682025
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 48 of the 58 years between 1968 and 2025 for Zambia. The missing 10 are drawn as gaps, because a gap is what they are.

Every year reported

YearRefugees originating (UNHCR mandate)
2025346
2024337
2023324
2022296
2021255
2020252
2019259
2018266
2017260
2016256
2015334
2014309
2013230
2012240
2011234
2010221
2009201
2008191
2007192
2006199
2005146
2004119
200395
200284
200155
200091
199986
199875
199762
199639
199522
199415
19931,573
19921,990
19831,200
19821,200
19811,200
19801,210
19791,000
1976750
1975750
19744,000
1973750
1972750
1971750
19709,000
196913,000
196815,000

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