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

8459people · 2025+4875.9% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Iceland from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20258,459
20247,879
20238,715
20225,240
20211,830
20201,460
2019894
2018549
2017361
2016245
2015170
201493
201372
201255
201155
201072
200958
200839
200741
2006254
2005284
2004226
2003226
2002197
2001204
2000235
1999245
1998286
1997252
1996232
1995197
1994160
1993160
1992154
1991141
199085

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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