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

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World map illustrating the sources of Forced Migration.

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.