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    How many refugees from Ethiopia are there?

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    Ethiopia: refugees from Ethiopia abroad: year-by-year observations

    Source observations by reference year for Ethiopia: refugees from Ethiopia abroad
    YearFigureSource and reference dateDataset
    2025164,215 peopleas of 2025-12-31 ยท UNHCRUNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database, end-2025 figures

    Refugees under UNHCR's mandate originating from Ethiopia, all countries of asylum. Excludes asylum-seekers and other people in need of international protection.

    Years follow each sourceโ€™s reference date, not the retrieval date. Each observation is shown separately, including conflicting sources and multiple reporting periods in the same year. Missing years are not estimated. Compare figures only when geographic coverage, population definitions and reporting methods match.

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