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

457,647people · 2025+67.5% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025457,647
2024435,333
2023409,202
2022363,059
2021339,179
2020340,846
2019341,715
2018313,242
2017287,135
2016272,963
2015273,198
2014267,214
2013263,653
2012262,006
2011264,752
2010264,505
2009275,393
2008279,468
2007281,154
2006843,434
2005379,330
2004420,788
2003452,536
2002485,173
2001515,851
2000508,209
1999521,134
1998533,951
1997563,813
1996607,005
1995623,279
1994631,046
1993623,056
1992579,938
1991513,885
1990464,887
1989411,496
1988377,769
1987365,726
1986398,633
1985492,806
1984626,909
1983655,532
1982620,257
1981537,375
1980403,684
1979734,000
1978734,000
1977684,700
1976500,000
1975530,000
1974530,000
1973530,000
1972530,000
1971530,000
1970500,000
1969500,000
1968498,000
1967480,000
1966500,000
1965510,000
1964500,000
1963500,000
1962500,000
1961500,000
1960500,000
1959500,000
1958500,000
1957500,000
1956500,000
1955500,000
1954500,000
1953500,000
1952500,000
1951350,000

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 asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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