How many Afghans returned in 2025?
UNHCR and UNDP reported that around 2.9 million Afghans returned to Afghanistan during 2025.
What the figure or term means
Many arrived into communities already facing pressure on housing, water, health care, schools, and jobs.
Return figures can differ by whether they include deportees, assisted returns, spontaneous returns, and different border datasets.
A return movement is not the same as successful reintegration.
State the source’s definition and period when comparing return totals.
How to use this information responsibly
Population and humanitarian figures are estimates tied to a source, reference period, method, and denominator. Famidi keeps the date visible and links to the underlying release.
A national estimate explains scale; it does not identify which specific household needs assistance or prove the result of one charity program.
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