Principle sources of Forced Migration in the World
- Key:
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
- IDPs & refugees
- Refugees
- Americas
- Colombia: 2,730,000
IDPs
- Africa
- Zimbabwe: 100,000
IDPs
- Central
African Republic: 200,000 IDPs
- Kenya: 230,000 IDPs
- Sudan:
4,800,000 IDPs 600,000 refugees
- Angola:
1,000,000 IDPs 323,000 refugees
- Congo-Kinshasa: 3,200,000 IDPs 440,000 refugees
- Somalia:
350,000 IDPs 277,000 refugees
- Eritrea:
280,000 refugees
- Côte
d’Ivoire: 500,000 IDPs
- Liberia:
384,000 refugees 500,000 IDPs
- Algeria:
100,00-200,000 IDPs
- Western
Sahara: 190,000 refugees
- Uganda: 1,400,000
IDPs
- Burundi:
400,000 IDPs 355,000 refugees
- Asia
- Philippines:
150,000 IDPs
- North
Korea: 50,000-250,000 IDPs 101,700 refugees
- Afghanistan:
200,000-300,000 IDPs 2,500,000 refugees
- Burma:
600,000-1,000,000 IDPs 586,000 refugees
- Sri
Lanka: 500,000 IDPs 105,700 refugees
- India: 650,000 IDPs
- Indonesia:
600,000-1,000,000 IDPs
- Azerbaijan:
571,000 IDPs
- Georgia: 260,000
IDPs
- Nepal: 100,000-200,000
IDPs
- Bhutan: 128,700
refugees
- Europe
- Turkey:
350,000-1,000,000 IDPs
- Russian
Federation: 368,000 IDPs
- Bosnia
and Herzegovina: 327,200 IDPs, 142,200 refugees
- Croatia:
209,100 refugees
- Yugoslavia
= Serbia & Montenegro: 252,000 IDPs
- Middle East
- Lebanon: 300,000
IDPs
- Syria: 170,000 IDPs
- Cypus: 265,000 IDPs
- Jordan: 800,000 IDPs
- Occupied
Palestinian Territories: 3,000,000 refugees
- Israel: 276,000 IDPs
- Iraq:
800,000-1,000,000 IDPs 280,600 refugees
This map has only incorporated figures for refugee and IDP populations where they number 100,000 people or more.
Source for statistics: USCR World Refugee Survey 2004.
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2004 Forced Migration Online