France vs Japan: People displaced internally by natural disasters

France
7,900 number of cases
in 2023
Japan
8,600 number of cases
in 2023
France rank
73rd
Japan rank
72nd

People displaced internally by natural disasters over time

  • France
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 8,600 number of cases against 7,900 number of cases in France, a difference of 700 number of cases.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was France ahead.

France ranks 73rd and Japan ranks 72nd 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.