China vs Turkey: People displaced internally by natural disasters

China
4.70 million number of cases
in 2023
Turkey
4.05 million number of cases
in 2023
China rank
1st
Turkey rank
2nd

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • China
  • Turkey
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M200820152023

How they compare

China currently reports 4.70 million number of cases against 4.05 million number of cases in Turkey, a difference of 649,000 number of cases.

That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Turkey's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and Turkey ranks 2nd 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.