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Iraq: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin

270,671people · 2025+2.5% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Iraq from 1968 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025270,671
2024305,504
2023329,032
2022287,446
2021343,899
2020333,200
2019336,274
2018372,332
2017362,536
2016316,056
2015264,086
2014369,960
2013401,461
2012746,204
20111,428,306
20101,683,576
20091,785,215
20081,903,516
20072,309,246
20061,450,908
2005262,302
2004311,889
2003368,577
2002422,504
2001530,508
2000526,165
1999642,875
1998675,030
1997707,342
1996714,727
1995718,717
1994749,833
1993771,074
19921,343,824
19911,321,853
19901,133,805
1989507,986
1988508,468
1987410,818
1986400,745
1985401,503
1984101,724
1983103,721
1982103,766
198166,589
198031,098
197931,000
1978560
19692,700
19682,700

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 origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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