Forcibly displaced people in Palestine
Palestine: Forcibly displaced people was 3.10 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forcibly displaced people in Palestine, 2010–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
The most recent figure for forcibly displaced people in Palestine is 3.10 million, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forcibly displaced people in Palestine peaked at 3.10 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.00 million, in 2010.
Palestine ranks 13th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Forcibly displaced people in Palestine, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.00 million | — |
| 2011 | 2.06 million | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.09 million | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 2.14 million | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.33 million | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 2.33 million | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.35 million | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2.45 million | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 2.51 million | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.56 million | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.48 million | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 2.41 million | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2.47 million | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 3.01 million | +22.0% |
| 2024 | 3.08 million | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 3.10 million | +0.4% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 3.10 million is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,328, 54.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 3.10 million is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 184,265, 16.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.28 million | 2.00 million | 2.56 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 million | 2.41 million | 3.10 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More social development data for Palestine
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (1995)
- Electoral democracy 0 (1947)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1995)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (1995)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0089 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,323 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 10.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.356 (1948)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forcibly displaced people in Palestine?
- Forcibly displaced people in Palestine was 3.10 million in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest forcibly displaced people recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 3.10 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest forcibly displaced people recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.00 million in 2010.
- How does Palestine rank for forcibly displaced people?
- Palestine ranks 13th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forcibly displaced people rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.