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Historical Values
Year Value
2004 IDPs: 40,000 - 60,000 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2004)
2005 IDPs: 40,000-60,000 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2004)
2006 refugees (country of origin): 13,510 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 40,000-60,000 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2005)
2007 refugees (country of origin): 13,464 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2006)
2008 refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007)
2009 refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007)
2010 refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007)
2011 refugees (country of origin): 12,615 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2007)
2012 refugees (country of origin): 13,648 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2011) IDPs: 19,500 (27-year civil war ending in 2002) (2005)
2013 refugees (country of origin): 20,740 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2012) IDPs: 19,500 (27-year civil war ending in 2002) (2005)
2014 refugees (country of origin): 21,104 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2013) IDPs: 19,500 (27-year civil war ending in 2002) (2005)
2015 refugees (country of origin): 12,944 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2014)
2016 refugees (country of origin): 12,944 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2015)
2017 refugees (country of origin): 48,000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2017)
2018 refugees (country of origin): 36,500 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,448 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,709 (Mauritania) (2018)
2019 refugees (country of origin): 6,448 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,709 (Mauritania) (2017); 22,463 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2019)
2020 refugees (country of origin): 23,395 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2020)
2021 refugees (country of origin): 37,426 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2021)
2022 refugees (country of origin): 37,158 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2022)
2023 refugees (country of origin): 22,969 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2023)
2024 refugees (country of origin): 9,272 (Guinea), 6,357 (Cote d'Ivoire), 5,725 (Mauritania) (2023); 22,841 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2024)
2025 refugees: 55,542 (2024 est.) IDPs: 75,308 (2024 est.)