Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Uganda: Forcibly displaced people

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
29.20 million
in 2025
Uganda
1.97 million
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
18th
Uganda rank
19th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Uganda
010.0M20.0M30.0M201020172025

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan currently reports 29.20 million against 1.97 million in Uganda, a difference of 27.23 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's figure about 14.8 times Uganda's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 19th of 47 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Uganda Difference Ahead
2010s 21.74 million 713,099 21.02 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2020s 30.02 million 1.65 million 28.37 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forcibly displaced people, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Uganda?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, at 29.20 million against 1.97 million in Uganda as of 2025.
What is the difference in forcibly displaced people between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Uganda?
27.23 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Uganda?
16 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2025.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Uganda rank globally for forcibly displaced people?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 19th of 47 groups.
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.