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Mali
Mali — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×18.02 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in MauritaniaLargest origin of refugees hosted here: Burkina Faso
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6,115 | 97 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,415 | 363 |
| Liberia | 380 | 39 |
| Unknown origin | 82 | 62 |
| DR Congo | 77 | 59 |
| Rwanda | 80 | 26 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 13 |
| Congo | 45 | 21 |
| Togo | 48 | 13 |
| Chad | 39 | 12 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| France | 108 | 0 |
| United States | 53 | 54 |
| Algeria | 100 | 0 |
| Canada | 33 | 37 |
| South Africa | 0 | 39 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 29 |
| Central African Rep. | 20 | 0 |
| Gabon | 5 | 11 |
| Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10 | 5 |
| Argentina | 10 | 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 f1a2b53a · 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 | 1971 | 1971 | 2025 | 41/55 | 14 yr |
| Refugees | Originating | 1991 | 1991 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1971 | 2000 | 2025 | 41/55 | 14 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1991 | 2000 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Hosting | 1971 | 1994 | 2025 | 41/55 | 14 yr |
| Internally displaced (IDPs) | Originating | 1991 | 1994 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1991 | 1998 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1971 | 1990 | 2025 | 41/55 | 14 yr |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1991 | 1995 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Returned IDPs | Hosting | 1971 | 2013 | 2025 | 41/55 | 14 yr |
| Returned IDPs | Originating | 1991 | 2013 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
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).