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DR Congo
Name as used by UNHCR: Dem. Rep. of the Congo
DR Congo — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
4.1% of the world’s refugees fled from here#18 host country for refugees (2025)Most refugees from here are now in Uganda
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
UNHCR footnotes (2)
- All · IDP · Now in — The IDP figure differs from those agreed and communicated by UN OCHA, given the exlusion of IDPs due to disasters, in line with UNHCR methodology.
- All · REF,ASY · Now in — The 2014 ministerial declaration that offered Prima Facie refugee status to persons fleeing generalised violence from Central African Republic from January 2013 onwards is no longer applicable. As such, all refugees are assessed on an individual basis by the National Commission for Refugees.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Angola | 175,420 | 20 |
| Sudan | 72,910 | 18 |
| Rwanda | 46,280 | 47 |
| Burundi | 19,760 | 11 |
| Uganda | 13,020 | 0 |
| Congo | 5,100 | 22 |
| Unknown origin | 19 | 0 |
| Liberia | 0 | 16 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 9 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 110,412 | 0 |
| Congo | 97,600 | 860 |
| Zambia | 45,051 | 59 |
| Burundi | 25,847 | 5,959 |
| Rwanda | 27,441 | 1,093 |
| Central African Rep. | 15,325 | 1,253 |
| Angola | 11,821 | 595 |
| Uganda | 9,019 | 1,271 |
| South Africa | 4,454 | 759 |
| France | 4,902 | 0 |
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 | 1960 | 1960 | 2025 | 66/66 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1964 | 1964 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1960 | 2000 | 2025 | 66/66 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1960 | 2000 | 2025 | 66/66 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1964 | 2000 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1960 | 2008 | 2025 | 66/66 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1964 | 1998 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1960 | 1965 | 2025 | 66/66 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1964 | 1967 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1960 | 2006 | 2025 | 66/66 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1964 | 2006 | 2025 | 62/62 | — |
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).