World Development Indicators

Refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA by country or territory of asylum: Lebanon

Most recent: 228,274 (2025)
Earliest: 137,884 (1960)
Highest: 492,833 (2023)
Years reported: 66
Member state: Lebanon at the United Nations

Refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA by country or territory of asylum, 1960–2025. 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

Year	Refugees hosted (UNRWA mandate)
2025	228,274
2024	486,269
2023	492,833
2022	487,282
2021	482,676
2020	479,537
2019	476,033
2018	475,075
2017	469,555
2016	463,664
2015	458,369
2014	452,669
2013	447,328
2012	441,543
2011	436,154
2010	430,078
2009	425,640
2008	422,188
2007	413,962
2006	408,438
2005	404,170
2004	399,152
2003	394,532
2002	389,233
2001	384,918
2000	380,072
1999	373,440
1998	367,610
1997	362,098
1996	356,258
1995	349,773
1994	342,121
1993	334,659
1992	324,219
1991	315,508
1990	306,471
1989	296,871
1988	292,098
1987	282,757
1986	274,878
1985	267,614
1984	260,270
1983	252,593
1982	239,217
1981	233,881
1980	230,105
1979	223,470
1978	215,248
1977	206,521
1976	199,238
1975	197,974
1974	192,830
1973	189,277
1972	185,597
1971	181,764
1970	177,862
1969	173,539
1968	168,927
1967	122,967
1966	161,262
1965	162,499
1964	157,274
1963	152,747
1962	146,969
1961	142,670
1960	137,884

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