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Central African Republic: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin

674,222people · 2025+43.1% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Central African Republic from 1982 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025674,222
2024693,488
2023759,187
2022748,344
2021737,658
2020642,161
2019610,152
2018590,858
2017545,513
2016490,879
2015471,093
2014412,028
2013252,854
2012164,567
2011162,861
2010164,902
2009159,542
2008125,090
200798,092
200671,669
200542,875
200431,056
200335,394
200225,368
200128,698
2000135
1999190
1998168
1997139
1996240
1995241
1994264
1993309
1992325
1991320
1990100
1989310
1988170
1987160
1986230
198215,000

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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