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

12,792people · 2025+102.7% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Uganda from 1973 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202512,792
202410,384
20238,376
20227,572
20217,887
20207,442
20197,301
20187,034
20176,409
20166,229
20156,311
20147,177
20138,166
20125,588
20115,658
20106,421
20097,543
20087,533
200721,325
200621,735
200534,208
200431,955
200335,240
200240,414
200140,133
200032,405
199913,929
199813,294
199755,232
199628,335
199524,161
199431,446
199333,406
199232,456
199139,386
199058,820
198921,358
198821,975
1987111,071
1986238,652
1985306,060
1984293,991
1983315,346
1982271,285
1981176,691
1980224,301
197988,710
19788,820
19778,000
19763,250
19752,510
19742,630
1973950

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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