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

35,341people · 2025+2305.8% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Nicaragua from 1978 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202535,341
202430,020
202325,483
202216,087
202111,041
20208,701
20194,376
20181,671
20171,467
20161,409
20151,469
20141,580
20131,530
20121,526
20111,464
20101,426
20091,473
20081,533
20071,899
20061,827
20051,463
20041,822
20033,984
20024,049
20014,397
20005,070
199920,572
199821,390
199722,495
199622,818
199523,936
199428,596
199333,056
199244,275
199146,789
199052,617
198997,698
198886,563
198768,540
198667,550
198552,650
198435,020
198323,520
198218,970
19812,500
1980960
197916,600
1978144,800

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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