People displaced internally by natural disasters by country
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.
Countries reporting
145
Highest
4.70 million number of cases
China
Lowest
1 number of cases
Montenegro
Median
7,900 number of cases
Years covered
16
2008–2023
Data points
1,631
What the numbers show
People displaced internally by natural disasters is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 4.70 million number of cases in China; the lowest is 1 number of cases in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,900 number of cases, and the mean is 181,205 number of cases.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 844,275.0%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 99.9%).
People displaced internally by natural disasters: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4.70 million number of cases | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Turkey | 4.05 million number of cases | 2023 | up 844,275.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Philippines | 2.59 million number of cases | 2023 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 4 | Somalia | 2.04 million number of cases | 2023 | up 3,305.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 1.79 million number of cases | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Myanmar | 995,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 346.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 745,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 808.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Pakistan | 732,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Syria | 702,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 30,421.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Malawi | 660,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 655,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Kenya | 641,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 256.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 618,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 913.1% | volatile |
| 14 | India | 528,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 418,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 2,686.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Colombia | 351,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 3,090.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Yemen | 240,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 2,300.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 238,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 206,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 379.1% | volatile |
| 20 | United States | 202,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 196,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Canada | 192,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 188,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 571.4% | volatile |
| 24 | South Sudan | 167,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 166,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Morocco | 146,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 25,072.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 133,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 3,400.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Iran | 124,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 2,538.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 117,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 485.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Nepal | 110,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 816.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 95,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 91,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 151,567.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 79,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 3,191.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 70,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Rwanda | 70,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 6,900.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 69,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 99,900.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Vietnam | 68,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Sudan | 58,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Uganda | 50,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Puerto Rico | 49,000 number of cases | 2022 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 48,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 59,900.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 47,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 46,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Tanzania | 46,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Chile | 44,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,122.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Cuba | 42,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Italy | 42,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,035.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 41,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 49 | South Korea | 40,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 852.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 36,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 355.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea | 35,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 11,566.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 24,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,233.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Spain | 24,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 823.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Algeria | 23,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 6,664.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Burundi | 21,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 20,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Bahamas | 18,000 number of cases | 2019 | up 3,500.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 17,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Ecuador | 16,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Paraguay | 16,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Chad | 16,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Togo | 16,000 number of cases | 2022 | up 13,233.3% | volatile |
| 59 | East Timor | 16,000 number of cases | 2021 | up 1,130.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Russia | 15,000 number of cases | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Liberia | 14,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 2,053.8% | volatile |
| 65 | New Zealand | 14,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 6,566.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 13,000 number of cases | 2023 | up 28,160.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Senegal | 12,000 number of cases | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 9,800 number of cases | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Haiti | 9,800 number of cases | 2023 | up 790.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Zambia | 9,300 number of cases | 2023 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Japan | 8,600 number of cases | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 73 | France | 7,900 number of cases | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Benin | 6,900 number of cases | 2022 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Fiji | 6,700 number of cases | 2023 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Honduras | 5,800 number of cases | 2023 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Norway | 5,800 number of cases | 2023 | up 752.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 5,300 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,225.0% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 5,300 number of cases | 2023 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Belize | 5,100 number of cases | 2022 | up 3,823.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 5,100 number of cases | 2023 | up 672.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Australia | 4,700 number of cases | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 4,600 number of cases | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Iceland | 4,600 number of cases | 2023 | up 3,733.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Oman | 4,500 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,185.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Uruguay | 4,300 number of cases | 2023 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 3,900 number of cases | 2023 | up 381.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Bolivia | 3,800 number of cases | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Germany | 3,300 number of cases | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Cameroon | 2,900 number of cases | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 2,800 number of cases | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 2,600 number of cases | 2023 | up 43,233.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Tonga | 2,400 number of cases | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Mauritius | 2,300 number of cases | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 1,700 number of cases | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 1,700 number of cases | 2023 | up 415.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Portugal | 1,700 number of cases | 2023 | up 16,900.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Hong Kong | 1,300 number of cases | 2023 | up 490.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Mali | 1,300 number of cases | 2023 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,200 number of cases | 2023 | up 1,438.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Laos | 1,100 number of cases | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritania | 1,100 number of cases | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Gabon | 900 number of cases | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 850 number of cases | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Lesotho | 730 number of cases | 2021 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Venezuela | 730 number of cases | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 690 number of cases | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Austria | 670 number of cases | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 660 number of cases | 2023 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 650 number of cases | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 640 number of cases | 2023 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 610 number of cases | 2020 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Ukraine | 600 number of cases | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 410 number of cases | 2023 | up 3,053.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Serbia | 400 number of cases | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominica | 350 number of cases | 2018 | up 264.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Jordan | 340 number of cases | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 290 number of cases | 2023 | up 346.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 250 number of cases | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Palestine | 250 number of cases | 2022 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 121 | North Korea | 200 number of cases | 2022 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Lebanon | 170 number of cases | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 150 number of cases | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 120 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Belgium | 100 number of cases | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Botswana | 99 number of cases | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 86 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Hungary | 66 number of cases | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Czechia | 64 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Cyprus | 57 number of cases | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 131 | Maldives | 54 number of cases | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Romania | 51 number of cases | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Israel | 42 number of cases | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Guyana | 40 number of cases | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40 number of cases | 2022 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 39 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Panama | 26 number of cases | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 17 number of cases | 2022 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Jamaica | 16 number of cases | 2021 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | 14 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Albania | 13 number of cases | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Egypt | 8 number of cases | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Finland | 2 number of cases | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 2 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Montenegro | 1 number of cases | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
About this data
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.