Internally displaced persons (IDPs) by country
Countries reporting
104
Highest
9.12 million
Sudan
Lowest
4
Armenia
Median
29,518
Years covered
17
2009–2025
Data points
3,487
What the numbers show
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) is currently reported for 104 countries. The highest value is 9.12 million in Sudan; the lowest is 4 in Armenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 29,518, and the mean is 790,244.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 294,578.0%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 100.0%).
Internally displaced persons (IDPs): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan | 9.12 million | 2025 | up 186.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Colombia | 7.21 million | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 6.95 million | 2025 | up 491.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Syria | 5.96 million | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 5.54 million | 2025 | up 1,198.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.91 million | 2025 | up 227.0% | rising |
| 7 | Yemen | 4.80 million | 2025 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Myanmar | 3.92 million | 2025 | up 508.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Ukraine | 3.71 million | 2025 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 3.67 million | 2025 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 11 | Somalia | 3.35 million | 2025 | up 173.7% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 3.13 million | 2025 | up 596.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 2.06 million | 2025 | up 294,578.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Palestine | 2.04 million | 2025 | up 819.1% | volatile |
| 15 | South Sudan | 1.57 million | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 16 | Haiti | 1.45 million | 2025 | up 2,626.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Iraq | 1.18 million | 2025 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 1.00 million | 2025 | up 709.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 672,578 | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 659,609 | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | 657,155 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 651,302 | 2025 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 640,334 | 2025 | up 497.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Mozambique | 609,631 | 2025 | up 3,929.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Guatemala | 572,813 | 2025 | up 128.3% | rising |
| 26 | Cambodia | 517,634 | 2025 | up 39,933.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 442,127 | 2025 | up 7,199.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 427,479 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 29 | Niger | 417,302 | 2025 | up 172.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Mali | 414,524 | 2025 | up 731.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Philippines | 395,580 | 2025 | up 533.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Mexico | 390,250 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 33 | Georgia | 353,165 | 2025 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 34 | Ecuador | 316,000 | 2025 | up 136,107.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 301,705 | 2022 | up 277.1% | flat |
| 36 | Thailand | 272,670 | 2025 | up 679.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Cyprus | 247,476 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 193,920 | 2025 | up 99.3% | flat |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 182,958 | 2025 | up 316.0% | volatile |
| 40 | China | 176,700 | 2025 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Libya | 106,371 | 2025 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Honduras | 100,637 | 2025 | down 42.2% | flat |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94,790 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 44 | Peru | 88,183 | 2025 | up 47.0% | falling |
| 45 | Burundi | 75,186 | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 70,136 | 2025 | up 1,013.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Madagascar | 70,105 | 2025 | up 3,437.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Lebanon | 64,417 | 2025 | up 418.7% | volatile |
| 49 | El Salvador | 60,546 | 2025 | up 97,554.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Japan | 44,474 | 2025 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 51 | United States | 44,311 | 2025 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Israel | 31,382 | 2025 | up 14,843.8% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 27,654 | 2025 | up 23,138.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Benin | 27,485 | 2025 | up 686.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Angola | 26,672 | 2025 | up 2,347.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 21,527 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 19,043 | 2025 | up 1,236.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Togo | 18,429 | 2024 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 15,533 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 60 | Vietnam | 15,267 | 2025 | up 111.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 14,112 | 2025 | down 95.4% | falling |
| 62 | Eritrea | 10,000 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Bolivia | 9,307 | 2025 | up 375.1% | volatile |
| 64 | South Korea | 6,004 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Senegal | 5,922 | 2024 | down 75.3% | falling |
| 66 | Tanzania | 4,525 | 2025 | up 235.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Sierra Leone | 4,488 | 2025 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 4,000 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Ghana | 3,932 | 2025 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 3,400 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Cuba | 2,704 | 2025 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Zambia | 2,287 | 2025 | up 4,215.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 2,183 | 2025 | up 172.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Nepal | 2,105 | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Australia | 1,660 | 2025 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Laos | 1,274 | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Egypt | 1,100 | 2021 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Mongolia | 846 | 2025 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Malaysia | 609 | 2025 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Russia | 604 | 2025 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 563 | 2025 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Venezuela | 554 | 2025 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Iran | 421 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Switzerland | 316 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Fiji | 259 | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Gambia | 251 | 2025 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Chile | 181 | 2025 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Liberia | 168 | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Canada | 130 | 2025 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Guinea | 128 | 2025 | up 611.1% | volatile |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 108 | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 92 | East Timor | 107 | 2021 | down 88.1% | falling |
| 93 | France | 105 | 2025 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 89 | 2024 | up 368.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Rwanda | 81 | 2025 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 54 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 38 | 2022 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Italy | 33 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 99 | New Zealand | 19 | 2025 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Algeria | 10 | 2025 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Congo | 8 | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Armenia | 4 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF SP Humanitarian 74.45 million
- Países menos adelantados 50.08 million
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 47.06 million
- UNICEF SP High burden 43.79 million
- World Bank (low income) 41.42 million
- Asia (UNSDG) 35.77 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 34.23 million
- Africa (UNSDG) 31.73 million
- (SDGRC) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 31.73 million
- African Union 31.73 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_African Union Commission 31.73 million
- África Subsahariana 31.63 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank regions) 31.63 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_Sub-Saharan Africa 31.63 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_Least developed countries 26.91 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab countries 26.61 million
- Arab States (UNFPA) 26.61 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Countries in conflict 26.55 million
- Northern Africa and Western Asia (UNSDG) 25.21 million
- Middle East and North Africa (UNICEF Prog.regions) 23.27 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab Low-Income Countries (LICs) 23.22 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (UNSDG) 22.51 million
- Middle East and North Africa (World Bank regions) 21.80 million
- ESCAP_All countries 21.52 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_Oil producing economies 21.46 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_COMESA 20.82 million
- World Bank (lower middle income) 20.38 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_CEN-SAD 20.24 million
- Asia and the Pacific (UNFPA) 19.81 million
- Africa (WHO regions) 19.16 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_Mineral-rich countries 18.10 million
- África Oriental y Meridional 18.05 million
- ESCAP_Countries with Special Needs 17.65 million
- Eastern Africa (African Union) 17.28 million
- (SDGRC) ESCWA_Arab LDCs subregion 17.26 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_IGAD 17.21 million
- ESCAP_LDC (LDC_E) 16.93 million
- World Bank (upper middle income) 16.83 million
- (SDGRC) ECA_Oil LDCs 16.68 million
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) (UNSDG) 16.41 million