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

3369people · 2025+213.1% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Kuwait from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20253,369
20243,019
20232,276
20221,981
20211,702
20201,422
20191,300
20181,251
20171,097
20161,013
20151,076
2014974
2013971
20121,189
20111,112
2010986
2009936
2008847
2007741
2006610
2005374
2004391
2003615
2002705
2001696
2000688
1999988
1998827
1997824
1996854
1995764
1994758
199391
199277
199149
199046

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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