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

617,125people · 2025+11.4% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Kenya from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025617,125
2024604,257
2023538,899
2022504,473
2021481,048
2020452,916
2019438,899
2018421,243
2017431,895
2016451,097
2015553,907
2014551,351
2013534,935
2012564,921
2011566,482
2010402,891
2009358,916
2008320,598
2007265,729
2006272,529
2005251,268
2004239,833
2003237,509
2002233,671
2001239,221
2000206,108
1999223,696
1998238,187
1997232,097
1996223,640
1995234,665
1994252,423
1993301,595
1992402,194
1991120,163
199014,249
198912,654
198812,810
198710,220
19868,040
19858,790
19848,060
19836,760
19824,760
19813,380
19803,510
19795,810
19786,500
19776,010
19762,500
19752,450
19742,740
19732,970
19722,490
19712,600
1970930

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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