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

17,161people · 2025+182.4% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Libya from 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202517,161
202417,235
202317,958
202217,811
202119,090
202017,523
201916,033
201813,868
201711,205
20168,831
20156,077
20144,187
20133,298
20125,233
20114,372
20102,297
20092,189
20082,068
20071,939
20061,557
20051,556
20041,696
20031,553
20021,443
2001877
2000603
1999563
1998432
1997266
1996271
1995622
1994669
1993595
1992687
1991841
1990579
1989653
1988659
1987250
1986304
1985327
1984291
1983275
1982259
1981226
1980205

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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