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Central African Rep.
Central African Rep. — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
2.4% of the world’s refugees fled from hereRefugees hosted ×7.54 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in Cameroon
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Year-end 0
Not reported
1951–2025 time series
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Age and sex (0)
Age and sex (2010)
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Top countries of origin
Top countries of origin (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 36,151 | 86 |
| DR Congo | 15,325 | 1,253 |
| Chad | 3,331 | 191 |
| Rwanda | 462 | 0 |
| Congo | 209 | 108 |
| Unknown origin | 0 | 66 |
| Burundi | 59 | 0 |
| Angola | 42 | 12 |
| Senegal | 18 | 19 |
| Mali | 20 | 0 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| France | 82 | 0 |
| Gabon | 17 | 12 |
| Canada | 13 | 5 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5 | 10 |
| United States | 7 | 5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 9 |
| Germany | 0 | 8 |
| Benin | 6 | 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 0 |
| Senegal | 0 | 5 |
Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database (data as of 31 December 2025; retrieved 19 August 2026). UNHCR · CC-BY-4.0
Sources
| Source | License | data as of | retrieved | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — country list | CC-BY-4.0 | 2026-08-19 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — population figures | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — demographics | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR (data: IDMC) — IDMC internal displacement figures via UNHCR API | CC-BY-IGO | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — solutions | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — asylum applications | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| UNHCR — Refugee Population Statistics Database — footnotes | CC-BY-4.0 | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| United Nations, DESA, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024 — total population by sex | CC-BY-3.0-IGO | 2023-07-01 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
| Natural Earth (via world-atlas) — Admin 0 – Countries, 1:50m | Public Domain | 2022-05-01 | 2026-08-19 | up to date |
Snapshot a3bf514b · Methodology · Boundaries
Data coverage
How complete is the record for this country — metric by metric.
| Value | Hosting / Originating | First reported | First non-zero | Last reported | Years reported | Longest gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugees | Hosting | 1964 | 1964 | 2025 | 59/62 | 3 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1982 | 1982 | 2025 | 41/44 | 3 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 59/62 | 3 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1982 | 2000 | 2025 | 41/44 | 3 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1964 | 2006 | 2025 | 59/62 | 3 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1982 | 2006 | 2025 | 41/44 | 3 yr |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1982 | 2014 | 2025 | 41/44 | 3 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1964 | 1967 | 2025 | 59/62 | 3 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1982 | 1993 | 2025 | 41/44 | 3 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1964 | 2007 | 2025 | 59/62 | 3 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1982 | 2007 | 2025 | 41/44 | 3 yr |
A missing year is not zero — it is missing. And the start of counting is not the start of events: several metrics only began collection later (stateless 2004, OIP 2018; the IDP series runs from 1993 and switches to IDMC compilation in 2009).