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Afghanistan: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin

2.67Mpeople · 2025+0.2% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1979 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20252,671,560
20245,766,586
20236,403,144
20225,661,717
20212,712,869
20202,594,827
20192,727,556
20182,681,267
20172,624,265
20162,501,447
20152,666,294
20142,596,259
20132,556,483
20122,586,132
20112,664,423
20103,054,699
20092,887,114
20082,833,116
20073,057,655
20062,107,510
20052,166,139
20042,414,460
20032,136,039
20022,510,294
20013,809,763
20003,587,327
19992,601,690
19982,667,118
19972,676,675
19962,674,234
19952,679,132
19942,731,166
19933,374,575
19924,552,153
19916,306,301
19906,339,095
19895,643,989
19885,622,982
19875,511,740
19865,094,283
19854,653,193
19844,417,651
19834,712,735
19824,488,214
19813,879,984
19801,734,921
1979500,000

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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