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

6306people · 2025+606.2% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Brazil from 1971 to 2025.

19842025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20256,306
20245,072
20233,798
20222,740
20211,954
20201,548
20191,399
20181,038
2017851
2016803
2015893
2014977
2013982
20121,073
20111,040
2010991
2009973
20081,401
20071,623
2006703
2005370
2004401
2003377
2002438
2001251
2000220
1999194
1998134
1997103
199684
199552
199441
19939
199211
199111
199015
19896
19865
19855
19845
19835
19825
19815
19805
19722,000
19712,000

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 origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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