Internal displacement by country
Countries reporting
159
Highest
11.56 million
Sudan
Lowest
0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
1,300
Years covered
6
2019–2024
Data points
1,260
What the numbers show
Internal displacement is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 11.56 million in Sudan; the lowest is 0 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,300, and the mean is 523,875.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 247,070.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Internal displacement: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudan | 11.56 million | 2024 | up 380.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Syria | 7.41 million | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 7.26 million | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.90 million | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 5.46 million | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 6 | Yemen | 4.80 million | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 7 | Somalia | 3.87 million | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 3.71 million | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 3.67 million | 2024 | up 402.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Myanmar | 3.65 million | 2024 | up 632.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 3.13 million | 2024 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 2.06 million | 2024 | up 268.8% | rising |
| 13 | Palestine | 2.03 million | 2024 | up 736.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 1.54 million | 2024 | up 663.9% | volatile |
| 15 | South Sudan | 1.36 million | 2024 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 16 | Iraq | 1.20 million | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 17 | Philippines | 1.16 million | 2024 | up 221.9% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 1.06 million | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Haiti | 1.04 million | 2024 | up 1,864.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Lebanon | 985,000 | 2024 | up 13,580.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Niger | 892,000 | 2024 | up 182.3% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 757,000 | 2024 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 718,000 | 2024 | up 224.9% | rising |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 658,000 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 25 | India | 643,000 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 26 | Guatemala | 573,000 | 2024 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 27 | Turkey | 538,000 | 2024 | up 25,519.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 469,000 | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 29 | Mexico | 390,000 | 2024 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 30 | Mali | 378,000 | 2024 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 31 | Georgia | 348,000 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 285,000 | 2024 | up 74.8% | flat |
| 33 | Cyprus | 245,000 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 34 | Pakistan | 225,000 | 2024 | up 94.0% | volatile |
| 35 | China | 198,000 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Serbia | 194,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Russia | 173,000 | 2024 | up 3,164.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Mayotte | 142,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Libya | 139,000 | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 136,000 | 2024 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Zambia | 131,000 | 2024 | up 247,070.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 108,000 | 2024 | up 315.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Honduras | 101,000 | 2024 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 44 | Indonesia | 96,000 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95,000 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 46 | Burundi | 92,000 | 2024 | up 162.9% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 83,000 | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 48 | Angola | 75,000 | 2024 | up 6,718.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Tanzania | 75,000 | 2024 | up 5,669.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 68,000 | 2024 | up 32,281.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 57,000 | 2024 | up 24,682.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Cuba | 37,000 | 2024 | up 1,661.9% | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 35,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 33,000 | 2024 | up 4,025.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Japan | 29,000 | 2024 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 56 | Rwanda | 22,000 | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 22,000 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 56 | United States | 22,000 | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Brazil | 19,000 | 2024 | up 1,257.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Nepal | 19,000 | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Togo | 18,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Benin | 13,000 | 2024 | up 271.4% | rising |
| 63 | Bolivia | 12,000 | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Madagascar | 9,900 | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 8,300 | 2024 | up 418.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 7,500 | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 67 | South Africa | 7,400 | 2024 | up 6,066.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Senegal | 5,900 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 5,500 | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Guinea | 5,200 | 2024 | up 28,788.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 4,900 | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Spain | 4,000 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Iceland | 3,700 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Vietnam | 2,600 | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Cambodia | 2,500 | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Venezuela | 2,300 | 2024 | up 618.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Vanuatu | 2,300 | 2024 | up 1,542.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Canada | 2,000 | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Namibia | 1,400 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Laos | 1,300 | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Iran | 420 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Grenada | 380 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Taiwan | 380 | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Fiji | 260 | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 260 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 240 | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Australia | 180 | 2024 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 150 | 2024 | up 2,900.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Bhutan | 140 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Paraguay | 140 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 100 | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Switzerland | 97 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 89 | 2024 | up 368.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Argentina | 74 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | France | 59 | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 58 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | 56 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Mauritius | 39 | 2024 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Comoros | 38 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Marshall Islands | 35 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Uruguay | 33 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Bahamas | 30 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 26 | 2024 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Algeria | 25 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 22 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Portugal | 21 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Belize | 8 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Gabon | 8 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Moldova | 6 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Czechia | 5 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Romania | 5 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Armenia | 4 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Lithuania | 4 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Albania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | American Samoa | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Austria | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Belgium | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Barbados | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Botswana | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Congo | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Germany | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Djibouti | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Dominica | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Egypt | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Greece | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Guyana | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Croatia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Italy | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | South Korea | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Liberia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Macao | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 116 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Norway | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Poland | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | North Korea | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Thailand | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | East Timor | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Tonga | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Tunisia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |