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

115,794people · 2025-20.0% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Rwanda from 1965 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025115,794
2024114,368
2023115,643
2022120,753
2021121,896
2020139,491
2019145,054
2018145,359
2017170,991
2016156,065
2015144,739
201473,822
201373,352
201258,217
201155,325
201055,398
200954,016
200855,067
200753,574
200649,191
200545,202
200450,221
200336,608
200230,861
200134,793
200028,398
199934,363
199833,398
199734,227
199625,257
19957,792
19946,000
1993277,000
199225,162
199134,004
199023,601
198923,290
198822,202
198719,470
198619,400
198520,110
198448,940
198349,500
198262,000
198118,150
198010,450
19797,900
19787,600
19777,500
19767,500
19757,400
19746,000
19736,500
19724,000
1966250
19653,000

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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