Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Iraq
Iraq: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 997,000 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Iraq, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
The most recent figure for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Iraq is 997,000, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 69.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Iraq peaked at 3.29 million in 2015 and was at its lowest, 997,000, in 2025.
That places Iraq 15th out of 62 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2.76 million | — |
| 2010 | 2.80 million | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 2.60 million | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 2.10 million | -19.2% |
| 2013 | 2.10 million | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.28 million | +56.0% |
| 2015 | 3.29 million | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 3.04 million | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 2.62 million | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 1.96 million | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 1.53 million | -21.9% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million | -20.2% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.17 million | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.12 million | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 1.03 million | -8.3% |
| 2025 | 997,000 | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.76 million | 2.76 million | 2.76 million | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.53 million | 1.53 million | 3.29 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 million | 997,000 | 1.22 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 12 Burkina Faso 2.06 million compare
- 13 Palestine, State of 2.04 million compare
- 14 Haiti 1.43 million compare
- 16 Cameroon 954,000 compare
- 17 South Sudan 945,000 compare
- 18 Azerbaijan 657,000 compare
More social development data for Iraq
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 322,345 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 270,671 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (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 0.0058 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 270,671 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0069 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 Iraq?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Iraq was 997,000 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 3.29 million in 2015.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 997,000 in 2025.
- How does Iraq rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Iraq ranks 15th out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.