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

20,967people · 2025+159.5% since 2015

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

19852025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202520,967
202419,503
202317,770
202216,023
202113,804
202011,220
201917,882
201816,738
201714,565
201611,579
20158,081
20142,732
20132,426
20122,307
20112,100
20101,934
20091,819
20081,842
2007903
2006669
2005498
2004362
2003366
2002193
2001587
2000555
1999130
1998338
1997622
1996700
1995628
1994389
1993399
1992480
1990460,000
1989769,630
1988834,000
1987840,100
1986700,000
1985812,000
1984701,300
1983700,000
1982700,000
1981700,000
19802,000,000
19791,175,190
1978600,000
1977500,000

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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