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Refugees and internally displaced persons

Malawi — 11 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
2015 IDPs: 107,000 (floods in 2015) (2015)
2016 refugees (country of origin): 11,315 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 5,260 (Rwanda) (2015); nearly 11,500 (Mozambique) (2016) | IDPs: 107,000 (floods in 2015) (2015)
2017 refugees (country of origin): 5,444 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2016) | IDPs: 8,463 (floods in 2015) (2016)
2018 refugees (country of origin): 22,696 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,500 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2018) | IDPs: 8,463 (floods in 2015) (2016)
2019 refugees (country of origin): 27,531 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 8,752 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,606 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2019)
2020 refugees (country of origin): 29,416 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 10,838 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,696 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2020)
2021 refugees (country of origin): 32,142 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 12,068 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,392 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)
2022 refugees (country of origin): 34,643 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers), 12,959 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 7,738 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2022)
2023 refugees (country of origin): 34,030 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers) 11,502 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,594 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023)
2024 refugees (country of origin): 11,502 (Burundi) (refugees and asylum seekers), 6,594 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2023); 34,605 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (refugees and asylum seekers)
2025 refugees: 56,659 (2024 est.) IDPs: 135,728 (2024 est.)