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

1.94Mpeople · 2025+305.9% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Uganda from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20251,936,719
20241,759,492
20231,577,498
20221,463,523
20211,529,903
20201,421,133
20191,359,458
20181,165,646
20171,350,495
2016940,825
2015477,187
2014385,503
2013220,548
2012197,872
2011139,442
2010135,799
2009127,340
2008162,132
2007228,956
2006272,003
2005257,252
2004250,477
2003230,904
2002217,301
2001199,735
2000236,622
1999218,191
1998204,543
1997188,512
1996264,294
1995229,348
1994286,500
1993286,500
1992196,290
1991162,521
1990145,718
1989129,961
1988103,102
198788,670
1986144,060
1985151,000
1984151,000
1983132,970
1982113,000
1981113,000
1980113,000
1979112,680
1978113,680
1977113,570
1976112,930
1975112,630
1974118,510
1973113,900
1972166,560
1971180,920
1970179,800
1969177,260
1968175,730
1967162,760
1966156,000
1965137,400
1964113,000
196359,000
196252,000
196152,000

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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