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Internally Displaced Persons Due to Disasters

The number of people as of the end of 2022 forced to evacuate or flee their homes or places of usual residence due to natural or human-made disasters and who, in doing so, have not crossed internationally recognized borders. Data are from IDMC.

Internally Displaced Persons Due to Disasters

Internally Displaced Persons Due to Disasters

Geography Internally Displaced Persons Due to Disasters
WORLD 8660000
AFRICA N/A
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria 1500
Egypt N/A
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan 227000
Tunisia N/A
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 932000
Benin 6900
Burkina Faso N/A
Cape Verde N/A
Cote d'Ivoire N/A
Gambia N/A
Ghana 5900
Guinea N/A
GuineaBissau N/A
Liberia N/A
Mali 32000
Mauritania 23000
Niger 5100
Nigeria 854000
Senegal 460
Sierra Leone N/A
Togo 4700
EASTERN AFRICA 2064000
Burundi 67000
Comoros N/A
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea N/A
Ethiopia 717000
Kenya 373000
Madagascar 68000
Malawi N/A
Mauritius N/A
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 127000
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 3600
Seychelles N/A
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 665000
Tanzania 2200
Uganda 38000
Zambia 3600
Zimbabwe N/A
MIDDLE AFRICA N/A
Angola N/A
Cameroon 23000
Central African Republic N/A
Chad N/A
Congo 201000
Congo DR 283000
Equatorial Guinea N/A
Gabon N/A
Sao Tome and Principe N/A
SOUTHERN AFRICA 580
Botswana N/A
eSwatini 360
Lesotho N/A
Namibia N/A
South Africa 220
NORTHERN AMERICA 543000
Canada 280
United States 543000
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 176000
CENTRAL AMERICA 16000
Belize 820
Costa Rica N/A
El Salvador N/A
Guatemala 7900
Honduras 3900
Mexico 3600
Nicaragua 11
Panama N/A
CARIBBEAN N/A
Antigua and Barbuda N/A
Bahamas N/A
Barbados N/A
Cuba N/A
Curacao N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 7900
Grenada N/A
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 24000
Jamaica N/A
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico 58
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3
Trinidad and Tobago 7
SOUTH AMERICA 128000
Argentina N/A
Bolivia 650
Brazil 44000
Chile 1500
Colombia 41000
Ecuador 2200
French Guiana N/A
Guyana N/A
Paraguay N/A
Peru 29000
Suriname N/A
Uruguay N/A
Venezuela 9900
ASIA 4196000
WESTERN ASIA N/A
Armenia N/A
Azerbaijan N/A
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus N/A
Georgia 31000
Iraq 69000
Israel N/A
Jordan N/A
Kuwait N/A
Lebanon N/A
Oman N/A
Palestinian Territory N/A
Qatar N/A
Saudi Arabia N/A
Syria N/A
Turkey 52
United Arab Emirates N/A
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA N/A
Kazakhstan 14
Kyrgyzstan 4
Tajikistan 18
Turkmenistan N/A
Uzbekistan N/A
SOUTH ASIA 3288000
Afghanistan 2164000
Bangladesh 8600
Bhutan N/A
India 32000
Iran 390
Maldives N/A
Nepal 58000
Pakistan 1025000
Sri Lanka 23
SOUTHEAST ASIA 612000
Brunei N/A
Cambodia 3900
Indonesia 68000
Laos 560
Malaysia 680
Myanmar 3000
Philippines 533000
Singapore N/A
Thailand 680
Timor Leste N/A
Vietnam 2200
EAST ASIA 196000
China 146000
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan 45000
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 5100
Mongolia 75
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE N/A
NORTHERN EUROPE N/A
Denmark N/A
Estonia N/A
Finland N/A
Iceland N/A
Ireland N/A
Latvia N/A
Lithuania N/A
Norway N/A
Sweden N/A
United Kingdom 80
WESTERN EUROPE N/A
Austria N/A
Belgium N/A
France 44
Germany N/A
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands N/A
Switzerland 4
EASTERN EUROPE N/A
Belarus N/A
Bulgaria 14
Czechia N/A
Hungary N/A
Moldova N/A
Poland N/A
Romania N/A
Russia 28
Slovakia N/A
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 470
Albania N/A
Andorra N/A
Bosnia Herzegovina 58
Croatia 38
Greece 60
Italy 300
Kosovo N/A
Malta N/A
Montenegro N/A
North Macedonia N/A
Portugal 3
San Marino N/A
Serbia N/A
Slovenia N/A
Spain 10
OCEANIA 11000
Australia 9900
Federated States of Micronesia N/A
Fiji 400
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati N/A
Marshall Islands 28
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand 150
Palau N/A
Papua New Guinea 190
Samoa N/A
Solomon Islands 11
Tonga 260
Tuvalu N/A
Vanuatu N/A
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Geography Internally Displaced Persons Due to Disasters
WORLD 8660000
AFRICA N/A
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria 1500
Egypt N/A
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan 227000
Tunisia N/A
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 932000
Benin 6900
Burkina Faso N/A
Cape Verde N/A
Cote d'Ivoire N/A
Gambia N/A
Ghana 5900
Guinea N/A
GuineaBissau N/A
Liberia N/A
Mali 32000
Mauritania 23000
Niger 5100
Nigeria 854000
Senegal 460
Sierra Leone N/A
Togo 4700
EASTERN AFRICA 2064000
Burundi 67000
Comoros N/A
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea N/A
Ethiopia 717000
Kenya 373000
Madagascar 68000
Malawi N/A
Mauritius N/A
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 127000
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 3600
Seychelles N/A
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 665000
Tanzania 2200
Uganda 38000
Zambia 3600
Zimbabwe N/A
MIDDLE AFRICA N/A
Angola N/A
Cameroon 23000
Central African Republic N/A
Chad N/A
Congo 201000
Congo DR 283000
Equatorial Guinea N/A
Gabon N/A
Sao Tome and Principe N/A
SOUTHERN AFRICA 580
Botswana N/A
eSwatini 360
Lesotho N/A
Namibia N/A
South Africa 220
NORTHERN AMERICA 543000
Canada 280
United States 543000
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 176000
CENTRAL AMERICA 16000
Belize 820
Costa Rica N/A
El Salvador N/A
Guatemala 7900
Honduras 3900
Mexico 3600
Nicaragua 11
Panama N/A
CARIBBEAN N/A
Antigua and Barbuda N/A
Bahamas N/A
Barbados N/A
Cuba N/A
Curacao N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 7900
Grenada N/A
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 24000
Jamaica N/A
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico 58
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3
Trinidad and Tobago 7
SOUTH AMERICA 128000
Argentina N/A
Bolivia 650
Brazil 44000
Chile 1500
Colombia 41000
Ecuador 2200
French Guiana N/A
Guyana N/A
Paraguay N/A
Peru 29000
Suriname N/A
Uruguay N/A
Venezuela 9900
ASIA 4196000
WESTERN ASIA N/A
Armenia N/A
Azerbaijan N/A
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus N/A
Georgia 31000
Iraq 69000
Israel N/A
Jordan N/A
Kuwait N/A
Lebanon N/A
Oman N/A
Palestinian Territory N/A
Qatar N/A
Saudi Arabia N/A
Syria N/A
Turkey 52
United Arab Emirates N/A
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA N/A
Kazakhstan 14
Kyrgyzstan 4
Tajikistan 18
Turkmenistan N/A
Uzbekistan N/A
SOUTH ASIA 3288000
Afghanistan 2164000
Bangladesh 8600
Bhutan N/A
India 32000
Iran 390
Maldives N/A
Nepal 58000
Pakistan 1025000
Sri Lanka 23
SOUTHEAST ASIA 612000
Brunei N/A
Cambodia 3900
Indonesia 68000
Laos 560
Malaysia 680
Myanmar 3000
Philippines 533000
Singapore N/A
Thailand 680
Timor Leste N/A
Vietnam 2200
EAST ASIA 196000
China 146000
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan 45000
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 5100
Mongolia 75
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE N/A
NORTHERN EUROPE N/A
Denmark N/A
Estonia N/A
Finland N/A
Iceland N/A
Ireland N/A
Latvia N/A
Lithuania N/A
Norway N/A
Sweden N/A
United Kingdom 80
WESTERN EUROPE N/A
Austria N/A
Belgium N/A
France 44
Germany N/A
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands N/A
Switzerland 4
EASTERN EUROPE N/A
Belarus N/A
Bulgaria 14
Czechia N/A
Hungary N/A
Moldova N/A
Poland N/A
Romania N/A
Russia 28
Slovakia N/A
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 470
Albania N/A
Andorra N/A
Bosnia Herzegovina 58
Croatia 38
Greece 60
Italy 300
Kosovo N/A
Malta N/A
Montenegro N/A
North Macedonia N/A
Portugal 3
San Marino N/A
Serbia N/A
Slovenia N/A
Spain 10
OCEANIA 11000
Australia 9900
Federated States of Micronesia N/A
Fiji 400
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati N/A
Marshall Islands 28
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand 150
Palau N/A
Papua New Guinea 190
Samoa N/A
Solomon Islands 11
Tonga 260
Tuvalu N/A
Vanuatu N/A

Endnotes

Sources

2023 World Population Data Sheet

Updated

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