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Refugees and internally displaced persons
Lebanon — 22 years of data
Historical Values
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2004 | refugees (country of origin): 394,532 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) IDPs: 300,000 (1975-1990 civil war, Israeli invasions) (2004) |
| 2005 | refugees (country of origin): 394,532 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) IDPs: 300,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions) (2004) |
| 2006 | refugees (country of origin): 404,170 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) IDPs: 300,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions) (2005) |
| 2007 | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)), 20,000-40,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions), 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2006) |
| 2008 | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007) |
| 2009 | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007) |
| 2010 | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007) |
| 2011 | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007) |
| 2012 | refugees (country of origin): 436,154 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 9,056 (Iraq) (2011); 223,231 (Syria) (2013) IDPs: at least 47,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli military activity, 2007 destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2011) |
| 2013 | refugees (country of origin): 436,154 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)) (2011); 6,516 (Iraq) (2012); 842,482 (Syria) (2013) IDPs: at least 47,000 (1975-90 civil war, 2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2011) |
| 2014 | refugees (country of origin): 447,328 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)); 1,107,550 (Syria) (2014) IDPs: at least 20,000 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2013) |
| 2015 | refugees (country of origin): 449,957 (Palestinian refugees); 5,986 (Iraq) (2014); 1,070,189 (Syria) (2015) | IDPs: 19,719 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2014) | stateless persons: undetermined (2014); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to |
| 2016 | refugees (country of origin): 452,669 (Palestinian refugees); 7,234 (Iraq) (2015); 1,033,513 (Syria) (2016) | IDPs: 12,000 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2015) | stateless persons: undetermined (2014); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to |
| 2017 | refugees (country of origin): 1,001,051 (Syria); 6,454 (Iraq) (2016); 463,664 (Palestinian refugees) (2017) | IDPs: 12,000 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2016) | stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to |
| 2018 | refugees (country of origin): 5,695 (Iraq), 463,664 (Palestinian refugees) (2017), 950,334 (Syria) (2018) | IDPs: 11,000 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2017) | stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Sy |
| 2019 | refugees (country of origin): 916,113 (Syria), 475,075 (Palestinian refugees) (2019) | IDPs: 11,000 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2018) | stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Le |
| 2020 | refugees (country of origin): 879,529 (Syria), 476,033 (Palestinian refugees) (2020) | IDPs: 11,000 (2007 Lebanese security forces' destruction of Palestinian refugee camp) (2019) | stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Le |
| 2021 | refugees (country of origin): 479,537 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 844,056 (Syria) (2021) IDPs: 7,000 (2020) stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Lebanese children whose births are unregistered |
| 2022 | refugees (country of origin): 479,537 (Palestinian refugees) (2020); 825,081 (Syria) (2022) IDPs: 7,000 (2020) stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Lebanese children whose births are unregistered |
| 2023 | refugees (country of origin): 487,000 (Palestinian refugees) (2022); 789,842 (Syria) (2023) IDPs: 7,000 (2020) stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Lebanese children whose births are unregistered |
| 2024 | refugees (country of origin): 487,000 (Palestinian refugees) (2022); 784,884 (Syria) (2023) IDPs: 7,000 (2020) stateless persons: undetermined (2016); note - tens of thousands of persons are stateless in Lebanon, including many Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Syrian Kurds denaturalized in Syria in 1962, children born to Lebanese women married to foreign or stateless men; most babies born to Syrian refugees, and Lebanese children whose births are unregistered |
| 2025 | refugees: 765,390 (2024 est.) IDPs: 984,514 (2024 est.) stateless persons: 40,000 (2024 est.) |