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

83,225people · 2025+214.8% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for Zambia from 1965 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
202583,225
202479,275
202372,411
202261,159
202175,154
202066,070
201957,518
201849,877
201741,266
201629,338
201526,434
201425,566
201323,584
201225,647
201145,627
201047,853
200956,786
200883,484
2007112,931
2006120,253
2005155,718
2004173,907
2003226,697
2002246,765
2001284,173
2000250,940
1999206,386
1998168,564
1997165,072
1996131,139
1995129,965
1994141,126
1993141,126
1992142,104
1991140,676
1990138,049
1989137,180
1988143,568
1987144,100
1986138,270
1985103,780
198496,480
1983103,000
198289,110
198140,560
198036,410
197957,790
197879,140
197764,900
197634,070
197536,050
197440,430
197337,310
197225,000
197117,000
197016,000
196912,640
196813,190
196710,710
19666,290
19655,000

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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