Algeria vs Tanzania: Forcibly displaced people

Algeria
184,265
in 2025
Tanzania
214,404
in 2025
Algeria rank
64th
Tanzania rank
61st

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Algeria
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 214,404 against 184,265 in Algeria, a difference of 30,139.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Algeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Tanzania ahead.

Algeria ranks 64th and Tanzania ranks 61st of 180 countries.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Tanzania Difference Ahead
2010s 98,743 198,234 99,491 Tanzania
2020s 129,535 232,477 102,942 Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forcibly displaced people, Algeria or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 214,404 against 184,265 in Algeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in forcibly displaced people between Algeria and Tanzania?
30,139, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Tanzania?
16 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2025.
How do Algeria and Tanzania rank globally for forcibly displaced people?
Algeria ranks 64th and Tanzania ranks 61st of 180 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.