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

150,164people · 2025+59.5% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025150,164
2024138,417
2023135,872
2022134,554
2021132,086
2020129,902
2019129,102
2018121,305
2017103,837
201692,256
201594,158
201499,362
201397,502
201290,173
201186,676
201081,518
200966,126
200836,668
200732,657
200637,158
200533,684
200424,900
20037,422
200250,614
200150,456
200050,477
199950,509
199850,603
19975,277
19965,305
19955,279
19945,298
1993145
199211,399
199113,947
199014,862
1989110,482
1988104,553
198799,420
198699,000
1985105,310
1984109,060
1983110,700
198299,240
1981103,250
1980104,040
1979124,880
1978141,580
197796,000

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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