China vs Philippines: People displaced internally by natural disasters

China
4.70 million number of cases
in 2023
Philippines
2.59 million number of cases
in 2023
China rank
1st
Philippines rank
3rd

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • China
  • Philippines
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How they compare

China currently reports 4.70 million number of cases against 2.59 million number of cases in Philippines, a difference of 2.11 million number of cases.

That makes China's figure about 1.8 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2008 it was China ahead.

China ranks 1st and Philippines ranks 3rd 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.