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Refugees and internally displaced persons

Cameroon — 22 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2004 refugees (country of origin): 39,261 (Chad), 16,983 (Nigeria), 9,634 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)
2005 refugees (country of origin): 39,261 (Chad) 16,983 (Nigeria) 9,634 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)
2006 refugees (country of origin): 39,290 (Chad) 16,686 (Nigeria) 9,634 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2005)
2007 refugees (country of origin): 39,303 (Chad), 9,711 (Nigeria), 13,000 (Central African Republic); note - there are an additional 10,000 Central African refugees unregistered with UNHCR as of December 2006 (2006)
2008 refugees (country of origin): 20,000-30,000 (Chad); 3,000 (Nigeria); 24,000 (Central African Republic) (2007)
2009 refugees (country of origin): 20,000-30,000 (Chad); 3,000 (Nigeria); 24,000 (Central African Republic) (2007)
2010 refugees (country of origin): 20,000-30,000 (Chad); 3,000 (Nigeria); 24,000 (Central African Republic) (2007)
2011 refugees (country of origin): 20,000-30,000 (Chad); 3,000 (Nigeria); 24,000 (Central African Republic) (2007)
2012 refugees (country of origin): 90,176 (Central African Republic); 5,251 (Chad) (2011)
2013 refugees (country of origin): 90,372 (Central African Republic) (2013)
2014 refugees (country of origin): 184,536 (Central African Republic); 12,400 (Nigeria) (2014)
2015 refugees (country of origin): 253,042 (Central African Republic); 58,220 (Nigeria) (2015) | IDPs: 81,693 (2015)
2016 refugees (country of origin): 259,145 (Central African Republic); 86,212 (Nigeria) (2016) | IDPs: 198,889 (2016)
2017 refugees (country of origin): 241,354 (Central African Republic); 90,428 (Nigeria) (2017) | IDPs: 328,785 (2017)
2018 refugees (country of origin): 267,813 (Central African Republic), 101,404 (Nigeria) (2018) | IDPs: 238,099 (2018)
2019 refugees (country of origin): 292,862 (Central African Republic), 109,340 (Nigeria) (2019) | IDPs: 806,977 (2019) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)
2020 refugees (country of origin): 314,780 (Central African Republic), 116,960 (Nigeria) (2020) | IDPs: 1,032,942 (2020) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)
2021 refugees (country of origin): 345,471 (Central African Republic), 119,552 (Nigeria) (2021) IDPs: 1,052,591 (2021) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)
2022 refugees (country of origin): 355,667 (Central African Republic), 132,151 (Nigeria) (2022) IDPs: 975,786 (2022) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)
2023 refugees (country of origin): 353,701 (Central African Republic), 120,677 (Nigeria) (2023) IDPs: 1.066 million (2023) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)
2024 refugees (country of origin): 354,725 (Central African Republic), 121,172 (Nigeria) (2024) IDPs: 1.066 million (2023) (includes far north, northwest, and southwest)
2025 refugees: 443,740 (2024 est.) IDPs: 1,058,405 (2024 est.)