Internally displaced persons (number, high estimate)

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Internally displaced persons are people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border.
Source: The World Bank: World Development Indicators    # of Reporting Countries: 174
Frequency: Annual    Earliest: 1997-12     Latest: 2014-12

2009-12 2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12
1) Afghanistan
29,519
17,203
13,350
2) Albania
454
19
3) Algeria
245
4,492
4) Angola
20,000
6,361
4,225
5) Argentina
2,000
6,900
32,128
6) Armenia
8,400
8,400
8,400
8,400
7) Australia
16,000
12,816
1,184
8) Austria
1,000
9) Azerbaijan
586,000
593,000
599,000
36,000
10) Bangladesh
500,000
650,788
1.16M
543,000
11) Belize
126
12) Benin
10,292
16,322
13) Bolivia
9,000
4,709
190,186
14) Bosnia Herzegovina
114,000
113,400
113,000
103,000
90,566
15) Botswana
1,241
2,000
16) Brazil
35,000
83,556
150,313
17) Brunei
51
18) Bulgaria
2,100
2,300
19) Burkina Faso
1,763
20) Burundi
100,000
100,000
78,800
78,800
12,500
21) Cambodia
144,496
154,926
22) Cameroon
30,000
10,000
3,500
23) Canada
120,240
5,800
24) Cape Verde
2,500
25) Central African Republic
162,000
192,000
105,000
17,570
18,767
1,652
26) Chad
168,000
171,000
126,000
500,000
154,555
9,888
27) Chile
7,300
3,640
985,282
28) China
5.73M
5.92M
3.61M
29) Colombia
4.9M
5.2M
5.28M
71,200
13,150
21,344
30) Comoros
11,000
11,986
31) Congo
7,800
7,800
7,800
7,800
7,800
32) Costa Rica
2,000
65
33) Croatia
2,400
2,300
2,100
17,631
34) Cuba
351,730
35) Cyprus
201,000
208,000
208,000
210,000
212,400
36) Czech Republic
26,438
37) DR Congo
1.9M
1.7M
1.71M
23,000
4,326
37,387
38) Dominica
30
39) Dominican Republic
43,383
14,252
11,544
40) Ecuador
4,796
7,540
566
41) Egypt
200
42) El Salvador
2,300
22
43) Eritrea
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
148
44) Ethiopia
350,000
300,000
20,118
61,486
76,060
45) Euro area
279,030
46) European Union
326,974
47) Fiji
27,062
800
48) Finland
30
49) Fragile and conflict affected situations
1.02M
607,615
50) France
6,664
4,072
51) Gabon
1,606
1,970
52) Gambia
7,745
400
53) Georgia
258,000
257,000
280,000
1,525
120
54) Germany
52,549
55) Ghana
30,646
56) Greece
60
8,974
57) Guatemala
63,679
73
10,421
58) Guinea
300
59) Haiti
85,900
1,169
6,500
60) Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
1.73M
1.21M
840,957
61) High income
1.32M
1.79M
62) Honduras
2,500
63) Hungary
1,254
293
64) India
9.11M
2.15M
3.43M
65) Indonesia
120,000
200,000
180,000
103,831
427,422
943,059
66) Iran
50,000
4,720
12,000
67) Iraq
2.76M
2.8M
2.6M
7,873
68) Israel
200
641
69) Italy
16,850
3,737
1,600
70) Ivory Coast
80,000
78
4,500
71) Jamaica
2,000
72) Japan
308,080
638,989
707,471
73) Jordan
424
74) Kazakhstan
5,113
328
75) Kenya
250,000
250,000
97,626
180,282
1,368
76) Kosovo
19,700
18,300
18,000
18,000
1,000
77) Kyrgyzstan
67,000
164,000
78) Laos
9,908
794
79) Least developed countries: UN classification
2.76M
2.85M
1.61M
80) Lebanon
390,000
44,600
1,346
81) Lesotho
2,600
82) Liberia
650
83) Libya
50,000
3,000
84) Low & middle income
31.1M
21.17M
17.47M
85) Low income
2.17M
1.11M
620,022
86) Lower middle income
22.3M
13.64M
12.45M
87) Macedonia
650
650
650
600
1,636
88) Madagascar
267,911
20,000
2,836
89) Malawi
6,182
33,000
602
90) Malaysia
22,000
42,626
255,711
91) Mali
9,000
23,500
92) Marshall Islands
1,246
93) Mauritania
4,509
94) Mexico
8,000
120,000
160,000
6,500
158,330
18,300
95) Middle income
28.93M
20.06M
16.85M
96) Montenegro
800
97) Morocco
581
1,690
98) Mozambique
10,000
185,897
36,460
99) Myanmar
73,840
223,000
81,032
100) Namibia
400
17,915
182
101) Nepal
70,000
50,000
50,000
600
12,474
83,200
102) New Zealand
450
210
103) Nicaragua
161
34,919
104) Niger
6,500
540,000
200,961
63,459
105) Nigeria
6.11M
117,420
4,614
106) North America
900,932
308,200
40,391
107) Norway
680
108) OECD members
1.24M
1.77M
109) Oman
325
110) Pacific island small states
37,099
16,787
111) Pakistan
1.23M
1.86M
407,436
770,577
112) Palau
151
1,500
113) Panama
3,400
1,720
319
114) Papua New Guinea
75,000
54
21,186
115) Paraguay
28,000
83,565
116) Peru
150,000
150,000
150,000
183,951
27,827
1,035
117) Philippines
188,000
3.86M
7.06M
5.79M
118) Romania
2,235
119) Russia
80,000
78,000
31,875
29,198
22,860
120) Rwanda
3,225
1,662
121) Saint Lucia
1,200
122) Samoa
7,739
86
123) Saudi Arabia
4,700
124) Senegal
40,000
40,000
40,000
20,000
13,300
125) Serbia
230,000
225,000
225,000
225,000
195
33,237
126) Seychelles
1,058
7
127) Sierra Leone
8,437
128) Solomon Islands
1,047
3,500
9,000
129) Somalia
1.5M
1.5M
1.46M
28,000
63,942
43,838
130) South Africa
2,000
17,819
3,525
131) South Asia
11.78M
4.07M
4.99M
132) South Korea
4,233
133) South Sudan
340,000
115,783
130,419
134) Spain
22,000
2,590
3,799
135) Sri Lanka
400,000
125,000
129,092
324,236
151,800
136) St Vincent Grenadines
2,325
137) Sudan
4.9M
5.2M
84,000
292,928
193,120
138) Suriname
300
139) Sweden
1,000
140) Switzerland
13
141) Syria
433,000
2,338
142) Tajikistan
6,390
562
457
143) Tanzania
10,000
13,956
144) Thailand
3,400
13,879
30,424
145) Timor Leste
400
1,384
3,312
146) Togo
177
147) Tonga
400
18
5,306
148) Trinidad and Tobago
31
149) Tunisia
6
150) Turkey
1.2M
1.2M
1.2M
1.2M
636
151) Turkmenistan
4,000
152) Uganda
30,000
216
30,219
52,638
153) Ukraine
600
154) United Kingdom
300
20,252
623
155) United States
900,932
187,960
34,591
156) Upper middle income
6.63M
6.42M
4.39M
157) Uruguay
1,000
4,930
158) Uzbekistan
3,400
3,400
3,400
159) Vanuatu
700
69
349
160) Venezuela
1,000
161) Vietnam
15,000
1.04M
68,689
162) West Bank and Gaza
1,200
10,650
200
163) World
32.59M
22.5M
19.25M
164) Yemen
250,000
385,000
10,341
165) Zambia
5,511
28,470
166) Zimbabwe
1M
1M
43,809
22,641
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