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Iran, Islamic Republic of: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin

157,912people · 2025+85.9% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Iran, Islamic Republic of from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025157,912
2024158,171
2023151,757
2022122,764
2021142,994
2020135,018
2019128,998
2018129,941
2017118,639
201694,102
201584,950
201482,202
201375,061
201275,932
201172,366
201068,785
200972,771
200869,051
200768,398
2006102,479
200599,430
2004115,171
2003122,530
2002138,362
200192,490
200088,266
199986,845
199889,967
199793,986
1996104,122
1995112,360
1994121,288
1993115,516
1992128,781
1991130,366
199075,889
198952,798
198858,259
198710,992
198687,921
198588,245
19845,244
19835,577
19822,480
1981803
198048

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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