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

322,345people · 2025+16.1% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Iraq from 1979 to 2025.

19842025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025322,345
2024318,461
2023286,480
2022273,716
2021280,072
2020270,377
2019273,986
2018283,018
2017277,668
2016261,863
2015277,702
2014271,137
2013246,294
201298,818
201135,184
201034,647
200935,213
200839,503
200742,352
200644,406
200550,177
200446,053
200346,721
2002134,190
2001128,142
2000127,787
1999128,913
1998104,022
1997104,032
1996112,957
1995116,722
1994119,581
1993109,066
1992115,000
199187,990
1990900
19871,000
1986111,000
198583,200
19841,200
19831,200
19821,200
19811,200
1980400
1979400

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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