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Namibia
Namibia — forced displacement statistics — 1951–2025.
Refugees hosted ×3.16 in ten yearsMost refugees from here are now in United KingdomLargest origin of refugees hosted here: DR Congo
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 (1)
- All · STA · Now in — The figure of 14,796 is based on data provided by the Namibian government's Director: National Population Register, Identification and Production in 2024. This comprises individuals who identified as stateless or individuals without proof of nationality in a government survey. A further assessment of this population is planned.
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 | 27,263 | 0 |
| DR Congo | 0 | 646 |
| Burundi | 0 | 256 |
| Congo | 0 | 84 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 44 |
| Liberia | 0 | 40 |
| Somalia | 0 | 20 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 14 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 9 |
| Sudan | 0 | 8 |
Top host countries
Top host countries (2000)
| Country | Refugees | Asylum-seekers |
|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 2,295 | 5 |
| Denmark | 7 | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | 5 |
| United States | 5 | 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 | 1991 | 1991 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Refugees | Originating | 1966 | 1966 | 2025 | 59/60 | 1 yr |
| Asylum-seekers | Hosting | 1991 | 2000 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Asylum-seekers | Originating | 1966 | 2000 | 2025 | 59/60 | 1 yr |
| Stateless persons | Hosting | 2004 | 2024 | 2025 | 22/22 | — |
| Others of concern | Hosting | 1991 | 2013 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Others of concern | Originating | 1966 | 2015 | 2025 | 59/60 | 1 yr |
| Returned refugees | Hosting | 1991 | 1992 | 2025 | 35/35 | — |
| Returned refugees | Originating | 1966 | 1968 | 2025 | 59/60 | 1 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).