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

16,974people · 2025+3127.0% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Benin from 1969 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202516,974
202416,232
20232,825
20221,779
20211,736
20201,396
20191,238
20181,167
20171,056
2016804
2015526
2014414
2013190
20124,960
20117,213
20107,136
20097,204
20086,927
20077,611
200610,785
200530,288
20044,800
20035,032
20025,014
20014,794
20004,290
19993,652
19982,898
19972,914
19965,961
199523,843
199470,403
1993156,239
1992293
1991456
1990456
1989858
19881,176
19873,050
19863,740
19853,700
1984800
198350
19691,100

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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