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

42,450people · 2025+1612.4% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Japan from 1977 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202542,450
202429,068
202322,335
202215,451
20211,508
20201,132
20191,463
20181,893
20172,189
20162,512
20152,479
20142,562
20132,586
20122,579
20112,645
20102,583
20092,331
20082,016
20071,792
20061,842
20051,940
20041,967
20032,266
20022,658
20013,198
20003,752
19994,233
19984,483
19974,846
19965,278
19955,432
19945,942
19936,495
19926,669
19916,397
19906,819
19896,479
19886,110
19875,601
19865,016
19854,707
19843,967
19834,900
19824,390
19812,520
19802,390
19791,260
1978610
1977600

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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