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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.)