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

788,419people · 2025+188.7% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025788,419
2024721,771
2023664,366
2022612,934
2021499,914
2020436,055
2019407,915
2018368,345
2017337,158
2016304,527
2015273,117
2014252,248
2013232,487
2012217,865
2011210,207
2010200,687
2009196,364
2008171,206
2007151,789
2006145,996
2005137,316
2004139,852
2003130,838
2002132,182
2001131,601
2000132,508
1999129,722
1998140,213
1997146,558
1996151,331
1995155,240
1994195,288
1993166,269
1992156,512
1991174,756
1990193,000
1989180,258
1988183,946
1987179,306
1986180,258
1985174,213
1984169,863
1983164,113
1982152,223
1981125,597
1980121,958
1979119,489
1978126,229
1977119,413
1976114,634
1975109,882
1974105,538
1973101,830
197298,900
1971141,844
1970158,543
1969175,242
1968176,736
1967177,200
1966179,468
1965177,665
1964175,861
1963174,057
1962259,740
1961253,375
1960245,935
1959387,201
1958381,152
1957389,480
1956363,290
1955345,415
1954263,000
1953270,000
1952280,000
1951290,000

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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