Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 583,000 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Bangladesh, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 583,000 for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in 2025.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 36.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Bangladesh peaked at 585,000 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 426,000, in 2009.
That places Bangladesh 20th out of 62 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 426,000 | — |
| 2010 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 432,000 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 426,000 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 426,000 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 585,000 | +37.3% |
| 2025 | 583,000 | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 426,000 | 426,000 | 426,000 | 1 |
| 2010s | 426,600 | 426,000 | 432,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 478,667 | 426,000 | 585,000 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 17 South Sudan 945,000 compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 657,000 compare
- 19 Chad 593,000 compare
- 21 Guatemala 573,000 compare
- 22 India 530,000 compare
- 23 Mozambique 465,000 compare
More social development data for Bangladesh
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.18 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 31,862 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 31,862 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Bangladesh?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Bangladesh was 583,000 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 585,000 in 2024.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 426,000 in 2009.
- How does Bangladesh rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Bangladesh ranks 20th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / origin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Internally displaced people (IDPs) are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of, or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, and violations of human rights, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.