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

1.18Mpeople · 2025+407.9% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Bangladesh from 1978 to 2025.

19782025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20251,178,038
20241,005,602
2023971,984
2022952,384
2021918,907
2020866,534
2019854,779
2018906,640
2017932,209
2016276,203
2015231,954
2014232,468
2013231,142
2012230,696
2011229,669
2010229,256
2009228,587
200828,384
200727,571
200626,308
200521,099
200420,450
200319,791
200222,024
200122,169
200021,623
199922,209
199822,275
199721,603
199630,690
199551,117
1994116,227
1993198,950
1992245,154
199140,260
1990145
19790
1978164,000

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 asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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