Bangladesh vs Myanmar: People displaced internally by natural disasters

Bangladesh
1.79 million number of cases
in 2023
Myanmar
995,000 number of cases
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
5th
Myanmar rank
6th

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Myanmar
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 1.79 million number of cases against 995,000 number of cases in Myanmar, a difference of 796,000 number of cases.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.8 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Myanmar ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 5th and Myanmar ranks 6th of 146 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
People displaced internally by natural disasters
Unit
number of cases
Source
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
146 places, 1,631 data points, 2008–2023
Last refreshed

Internally-displaced persons are defined as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, as a result of natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border.