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Australia: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum

33,415people · 2025-9.5% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Australia from 1951 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202533,415
202429,511
202334,502
202254,430
202155,606
202057,411
201958,529
201856,934
201748,480
201642,187
201536,917
201435,565
201334,485
201230,061
201123,423
201021,790
200922,543
200820,915
200722,161
200668,942
200564,955
200463,478
200356,242
200259,422
200157,885
200060,219
199964,879
199869,714
199766,056
199667,298
199562,145
199457,575
199353,505
199252,604
199153,117
199097,915
198997,915
198890,970
198787,600
198685,900
198589,000
198489,000
1983317,000
1982317,000
1981317,000
1980304,000
1979304,000
1978304,000
197042,000
196942,000
196843,000
196744,000
196640,000
196540,000
1951180,000

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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