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

346people · 2025+3.6% since 2015

Refugees from the country, wherever they now live, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Zambia from 1968 to 2025.

19762025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025346
2024337
2023324
2022296
2021255
2020252
2019259
2018266
2017260
2016256
2015334
2014309
2013230
2012240
2011234
2010221
2009201
2008191
2007192
2006199
2005146
2004119
200395
200284
200155
200091
199986
199875
199762
199639
199522
199415
19931,573
19921,990
19831,200
19821,200
19811,200
19801,210
19791,000
1976750
1975750
19744,000
1973750
1972750
1971750
19709,000
196913,000
196815,000

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

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