Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in IDA total
IDA total: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 50.64 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in IDA total, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
IDA total recorded 50.64 million for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in 2025.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 103.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in IDA total peaked at 54.85 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.53 million, in 2011.
That places IDA total 4th out of 43 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
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 IDA total, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13.69 million | — |
| 2010 | 13.11 million | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 10.53 million | -19.7% |
| 2012 | 14.60 million | +38.6% |
| 2013 | 21.82 million | +49.5% |
| 2014 | 23.24 million | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 24.90 million | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 23.51 million | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 25.65 million | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 28.68 million | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 33.42 million | +16.5% |
| 2020 | 36.84 million | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 41.91 million | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 46.29 million | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 51.95 million | +12.2% |
| 2024 | 54.85 million | +5.6% |
| 2025 | 50.64 million | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.69 million | 13.69 million | 13.69 million | 1 |
| 2010s | 21.94 million | 10.53 million | 33.42 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.08 million | 36.84 million | 54.85 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 1 Sudan 9.12 million compare
- 2 Colombia 7.21 million compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 5.96 million compare
- 4 Yemen 4.80 million compare
- 5 Afghanistan 4.36 million compare
- 6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.28 million compare
- 7 Ukraine 3.71 million compare
More social development data for IDA total
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0105 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.006 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20.81 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20.81 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11.87 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11.87 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 6.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -10.93 % change on previous year (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 IDA total?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in IDA total was 50.64 million 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 54.85 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.53 million in 2011.
- How does IDA total rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- IDA total ranks 4th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.