Internally displaced person
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 75.9 million (2023) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.8 million |
| North Africa and Middle East | 15.3 million |
| South Asia | 8.2 million |
| Europe and Central Asia | 7.2 million |
| Americas | 6.3 million |
| East Asia and Pacific | 4.2 million |
An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders.[1] They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee.[2]
In 2022, it was estimated there were 70.5 million IDPs worldwide.[3] The first year for which global statistics on IDPs are available was in 1989. As of 3 May 2022, the countries with the largest IDP populations were Ukraine (8 million),[4][5][6][7] Syria (7.6 million), Ethiopia (5.5 million),[8] the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5.2 million), Colombia (4.9 million),[9] Yemen (4.3 million),[10] Afghanistan (3.8 million),[11] Iraq (3.6 million), Sudan (2.2 million), South Sudan (1.9 million), Pakistan (1.4 million), Nigeria (1.2 million) and Somalia (1.1 million).[12] More than 85% of Palestinians in Gaza (1.9 million) were internally displaced as of January 2024.[13]
The United Nations and the UNHCR support monitoring and analysis of worldwide IDPs through the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.[1][14]
- ^ a b "Internally Displaced Persons". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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- ^ "Needs Growing for over 8 Million Internally Displaced in Ukraine".
- ^ "Ukraine". IDMC. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Response to Internal Displacement in Ethiopia Fact Sheet – January to March 2022". ReliefWeb. 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Global displacement figures 2021". Norwegian Refugee Council.
- ^ "Needs mount as conflict in Yemen rages". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Afghanistan situation". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. 2022.
- ^ "UNHCR – Global Trends –Forced Displacement in 2014". United Nations High Commission for Refugees. 18 June 2015.
- ^ "As Israel's Aerial Bombardments Intensify, 'There Is No Safe Place in Gaza', Humanitarian Affairs Chief Warns Security Council". United Nations. 12 January 2024.
- ^ IDMC at the UNHCR website Archived 2023-03-20 at the Wayback Machine: "At the request of the United Nations, the Geneva-based IDMC runs an online database providing comprehensive information and analysis on internal displacement in some 50 countries."