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

238,643people · 2025+18.5% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for India from 1964 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025238,643
2024236,763
2023252,867
2022242,835
2021212,413
2020195,373
2019195,103
2018195,887
2017197,142
2016197,848
2015201,379
2014199,931
2013188,391
2012185,644
2011185,118
2010184,814
2009185,318
2008184,539
2007161,534
2006158,358
2005139,284
2004162,683
2003164,754
2002168,853
2001169,548
2000170,940
1999180,031
1998185,516
1997223,072
1996233,371
1995227,481
1994258,342
1993262,802
1992258,372
1991210,569
1990212,743
19899,549
19886,645
19876,720
19866,440
19856,720
19847,200
19836,930
19825,010
19813,510
197459,900
197358,840
197257,680
197156,180
197056,500
196956,150
196855,000
196750,000
196645,000
196545,000
196444,000

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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