UNHCR · Conflict & Displacement
Sri Lanka: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of origin
148,369people · 2025+22.2% since 2015
Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1985 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148,369 | |
| 2024 | 147,033 | |
| 2023 | 145,319 | |
| 2022 | 148,144 | |
| 2021 | 151,112 | |
| 2020 | 142,664 | |
| 2019 | 110,341 | |
| 2018 | 113,955 | |
| 2017 | 115,632 | |
| 2016 | 117,472 | |
| 2015 | 121,427 | |
| 2014 | 121,991 | |
| 2013 | 123,074 | |
| 2012 | 132,720 | |
| 2011 | 136,602 | |
| 2010 | 141,064 | |
| 2009 | 145,711 | |
| 2008 | 137,742 | |
| 2007 | 134,945 | |
| 2006 | 116,948 | |
| 2005 | 108,132 | |
| 2004 | 114,050 | |
| 2003 | 122,005 | |
| 2002 | 133,240 | |
| 2001 | 122,414 | |
| 2000 | 124,156 | |
| 1999 | 116,698 | |
| 1998 | 114,971 | |
| 1997 | 122,277 | |
| 1996 | 109,576 | |
| 1995 | 107,587 | |
| 1994 | 114,454 | |
| 1993 | 91,837 | |
| 1992 | 128,115 | |
| 1991 | 209,349 | |
| 1990 | 208,271 | |
| 1989 | 7,692 | |
| 1988 | 3,388 | |
| 1987 | 219 | |
| 1986 | 315 | |
| 1985 | 160 |
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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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
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- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
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- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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