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

2477people · 2025+469.4% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Malaysia from 1991 to 2025.

19912025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20252,477
20241,209
2023999
20221,359
20211,182
20201,058
2019906
2018817
2017540
2016453
2015435
2014458
2013478
2012523
2011531
2010550
2009530
2008607
2007611
2006575
2005388
2004287
2003235
2002117
200177
200079
199983
199887
199788
1996105
199582
199483
19935
19925
19915

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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