Internally displaced persons from disasters by country
Countries reporting
146
Highest
4.70 million
China
Lowest
1
Montenegro
Median
7,400
Years covered
16
2008–2023
Data points
1,631
What the numbers show
Internally displaced persons from disasters is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 4.70 million in China; the lowest is 1 in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,400, and the mean is 179,964.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 844,275.0%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 99.9%).
Internally displaced persons from disasters: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4.70 million | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Turkey | 4.05 million | 2023 | up 844,275.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Philippines | 2.59 million | 2023 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 4 | Somalia | 2.04 million | 2023 | up 3,305.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 1.79 million | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Myanmar | 995,000 | 2023 | up 346.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 745,000 | 2023 | up 808.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Pakistan | 732,000 | 2023 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Syria | 702,000 | 2023 | up 30,421.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Malawi | 660,000 | 2023 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 655,000 | 2023 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Kenya | 641,000 | 2023 | up 256.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 618,000 | 2023 | up 913.1% | volatile |
| 14 | India | 528,000 | 2023 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 418,000 | 2023 | up 2,686.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Colombia | 351,000 | 2023 | up 3,090.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Yemen | 240,000 | 2023 | up 2,300.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 238,000 | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 206,000 | 2023 | up 379.1% | volatile |
| 20 | United States | 202,000 | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Mexico | 196,000 | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Canada | 192,000 | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 188,000 | 2023 | up 571.4% | volatile |
| 24 | South Sudan | 167,000 | 2023 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 166,000 | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Morocco | 146,000 | 2023 | up 25,072.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 133,000 | 2023 | up 3,400.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Iran | 124,000 | 2023 | up 2,538.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 117,000 | 2023 | up 485.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Nepal | 110,000 | 2023 | up 816.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Niger | 95,000 | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 91,000 | 2023 | up 151,567.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 79,000 | 2023 | up 3,191.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 70,000 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Rwanda | 70,000 | 2023 | up 6,900.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 69,000 | 2023 | up 99,900.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Vietnam | 68,000 | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Sudan | 58,000 | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Uganda | 50,000 | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Puerto Rico | 49,000 | 2022 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 48,000 | 2023 | up 59,900.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 47,000 | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Cambodia | 46,000 | 2023 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Tanzania | 46,000 | 2023 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Chile | 44,000 | 2023 | up 1,122.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Cuba | 42,000 | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Italy | 42,000 | 2023 | up 1,035.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 41,000 | 2023 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 49 | South Korea | 40,000 | 2023 | up 852.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 36,000 | 2023 | up 355.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea | 35,000 | 2023 | up 11,566.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 24,000 | 2023 | up 1,233.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Spain | 24,000 | 2023 | up 823.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Algeria | 23,000 | 2023 | up 6,664.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Burundi | 21,000 | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 20,000 | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Bahamas | 18,000 | 2019 | up 3,500.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 17,000 | 2023 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Ecuador | 16,000 | 2023 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Paraguay | 16,000 | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Chad | 16,000 | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Togo | 16,000 | 2022 | up 13,233.3% | volatile |
| 59 | East Timor | 16,000 | 2021 | up 1,130.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Russia | 15,000 | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Liberia | 14,000 | 2023 | up 2,053.8% | volatile |
| 65 | New Zealand | 14,000 | 2023 | up 6,566.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 13,000 | 2023 | up 28,160.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Senegal | 12,000 | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 9,800 | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Haiti | 9,800 | 2023 | up 790.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Zambia | 9,300 | 2023 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Japan | 8,600 | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 73 | France | 7,900 | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Benin | 6,900 | 2022 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Fiji | 6,700 | 2023 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Honduras | 5,800 | 2023 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Norway | 5,800 | 2023 | up 752.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 5,300 | 2023 | up 1,225.0% | volatile |
| 78 | El Salvador | 5,300 | 2023 | up 130.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Belize | 5,100 | 2022 | up 3,823.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 5,100 | 2023 | up 672.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Australia | 4,700 | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 4,600 | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Iceland | 4,600 | 2023 | up 3,733.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Oman | 4,500 | 2023 | up 1,185.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Uruguay | 4,300 | 2023 | up 330.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 3,900 | 2023 | up 381.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Bolivia | 3,800 | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Germany | 3,300 | 2023 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Cameroon | 2,900 | 2023 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 2,800 | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 2,600 | 2023 | up 43,233.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Tonga | 2,400 | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Mauritius | 2,300 | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 1,700 | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 1,700 | 2023 | up 415.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Portugal | 1,700 | 2023 | up 16,900.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Hong Kong | 1,300 | 2023 | up 490.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Mali | 1,300 | 2023 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,200 | 2023 | up 1,438.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Laos | 1,100 | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritania | 1,100 | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Gabon | 900 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 850 | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Lesotho | 730 | 2021 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Venezuela | 730 | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 690 | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Austria | 670 | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 660 | 2023 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 650 | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 640 | 2023 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 610 | 2020 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Ukraine | 600 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 114 | Switzerland | 410 | 2023 | up 3,053.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Serbia | 400 | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominica | 350 | 2018 | up 264.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Jordan | 340 | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 290 | 2023 | up 346.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 250 | 2023 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Palestine | 250 | 2022 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 121 | North Korea | 200 | 2022 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Lebanon | 170 | 2023 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 150 | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 120 | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Belgium | 100 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Botswana | 99 | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Croatia | 86 | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Hungary | 66 | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Czechia | 64 | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Cyprus | 57 | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 131 | Maldives | 54 | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Romania | 51 | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Israel | 42 | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Guyana | 40 | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40 | 2022 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 39 | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Panama | 26 | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Ireland | 17 | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 138 | French Polynesia | 17 | 2022 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Jamaica | 16 | 2021 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | 14 | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Albania | 13 | 2023 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Egypt | 8 | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Finland | 2 | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 2 | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Montenegro | 1 | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |