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

144,116people · 2025-15.0% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Sweden from 1951 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025144,116
2024163,029
2023237,632
2022277,726
2021240,854
2020248,372
2019253,787
2018248,210
2017240,954
2016230,158
2015169,516
2014142,197
2013114,172
201292,869
201186,603
201082,620
200981,346
200877,016
200775,055
200679,895
200574,889
200473,383
2003112,148
2002142,170
2001146,480
2000157,206
1999159,504
1998178,782
1997186,719
1996191,159
1995199,194
1994200,774
1993162,386
1992131,069
1991124,457
1990109,654
1989139,783
1988139,783
1987130,000
1986120,000
198590,600
198490,600
198343,000
198220,000
198120,000
198020,000
197920,000
197820,000
197720,000
197620,000
197520,000
197420,000
197320,000
197220,000
197120,000
197020,000
196917,000
196817,000
196718,000
196620,000
196522,000
196424,000
196326,000
196226,000
196126,000
196026,000
195928,000
195831,000
195733,000
195631,000
195528,000
195433,000
195337,000
195242,000
195144,000

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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