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Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disasters

Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human…

Latest, 202348,000number of casesAnnual release · Not updated
vs 2022−35.1%74,000
High since 2008339,000number of cases2020 · World Bank
Low since 200880number of cases2013 · World Bank

Over time

number of cases2013 - 2023

Recent years

  1. 202348,000number of cases−35.1%
  2. 202274,000number of cases+362.5%
  3. 202116,000number of cases−95.3%
  4. 2020339,000number of cases+1,514.3%
  5. 201921,000number of cases−22.2%
  6. 201827,000number of cases−40.0%
  7. 201745,000number of cases+2,547.1%
  8. 20161,700number of cases−41.4%
Full table
PeriodValue
202348,000 number of cases
202274,000 number of cases
202116,000 number of cases
2020339,000 number of cases
201921,000 number of cases
201827,000 number of cases
201745,000 number of cases
20161,700 number of cases
20152,900 number of cases
201410,000 number of cases
201380 number of cases
201264,000 number of cases
201129,000 number of cases
2010163,000 number of cases
2009990 number of cases
200818,000 number of cases