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

244,415people · 2025-14.6% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Rwanda from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025244,415
2024249,096
2023249,955
2022249,753
2021248,219
2020245,781
2019246,407
2018247,469
2017258,986
2016286,063
2015286,357
201479,396
201383,943
201297,357
2011106,832
2010115,519
2009129,108
200872,529
200780,955
200692,956
2005100,252
200463,792
200375,258
200275,251
200184,508
2000119,051
199988,934
199877,738
199767,996
1996469,132
19951,819,367
19942,257,570
1993450,459
1992434,731
1991431,239
1990361,317
1989319,500
1988327,540
1987353,440
1986371,910
1985376,520
1984357,110
1983321,760
1982327,950
1981277,010
1980286,650
1979176,540
1978175,110
1977169,780
1976176,410
1975175,720
1974178,260
1973163,595
1972153,650
1971141,630
1970142,050
1969144,930
1968160,100
1967160,230
1966159,600
1965155,900
1964166,300
1963154,000
1962147,000
1961147,000

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 origin. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-by-origin (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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