Countries

Number of IDPs
(rounded)

Govt. figures

UN figures

Other figures

Comments

Afghanistan

132,000

132,246
(UNHCR, September 2006)

Algeria

Undetermined

1,000,000
(EU, 2002)

No
recent figure available

Angola

61,700

61,700
(UNTCU, Dec. 2005)

Armenia

8,400

8,400
(NRC, 2005)

Azerbaijan

579,000
– 687,000

686,
586 (March 2007)

578,545
(UNHCR, June 2006)

These
figures include only those displaced from Nagorno Karabakh and the 7 occupied
territories. They do not include an estimated 30,000 ethnic Armenians
displaced to Nagorno Karabakh.

Bangladesh

500,000

500,000
(2000)

Bosnia
and Herzegovina

180,000

180,251
(August 2006)

180,251
(August 2006)

Burundi

100,000

100,000
(OCHA, November 2006)

Central
African Republic

212,000

212,000
(HCPT, 10 February 2007)

Chad

172,600

172,600
(UNHCR, June 2007)

Colombia

1,976,970-3,940,164

1,976,970
(3 February 2007)

3,940,164
(CODHES, 2007)

CODHES
figure cumulative since 1985. The government figure is cumulative since 1994
and does not include intra-urban displacement and people displaced by crop
fumigations. IDPs have the right to register one year after their
displacement, which is one reason why government figures only reflect the
official records up to August 2005.

Congo

7,800

7,800

7,800
(OCHA, Nov. 2004)

Côte
d’Ivoire

709,000

709,000
(UNHCR, March 2007)

UNFPA-funded
study published in March 2006 puts total number of IDPs in five
government-held zones at 709,377. Considering the return of around 300 IDPs,
UNHCR estimates the total number in the five key government-held zones at
709,000 in March 2007.

Croatia

4,200-7,000

4,200
(August 2006)

4,200
(UNHCR, August 2006) 7,000 (RSG on Human Rights of IDPs, December 2005)

Cyprus

210,000

210,000
(May 2003, UN FICYP)

Democratic
Republic of the Congo

1,000,000

1,007,246
(OCHA April 2007)

Eritrea

40,000
– 45,000

8,900
IDP households in Gash Barka and Debub (March 2006)

40,000
– 45,000 (OCHA, May 2006)

Ethiopia

100,000
– 280,000

100,000
– 280,000 (OCHA Ethiopia, April 2006)

Georgia

222,000-241,000

241,000
(Nov. 2004)

221,597
(UNHCR, 2006)

The
221,597 estimate is the result of a verification exercise carried out by the
government and UNHCR, but has not been endorsed by the government.

Guatemala

242,000

242,000
(UNFPA, May 1997)

Guinea

19,000

19,000
(Dec. 2005)

India

at
least 600,000

at
least 600,000 (IDMC, May 2006)

Compiled
from various figures available

Indonesia

150,000-250,000

150,000-250,000
(IDMC, December 2006)

Iraq

2,000,000

2
million (UNHCR, July 2007)

The
figure is cumulative and based on a UN Habitat survey published in 2001. Of
this figure, more than 820,000 people were displaced by recent rise in
intercommunal violence, according to the UN and government (as of July 2007)

Israel

150,000-420,000

150,000
(Cohen, July 2001); 420,000 (BADIL, May 2006)

The
higher figure includes displaced Bedouin, and was calculated on the basis of
an estimated average annual growth rate of 4.2% in 1950-2001, and 3% for the
later years.

Kenya

431,000

431,153
(UNOCHA, May 2006)

This
figure is derived from a 2002 UN IDP survey which has not been updated.
However, due to a lack of security and protection, it is likely that those
recorded as being displaced in 2002 remain unable or unwilling to return and
thus remain displaced. This figure also takes into account recent
displacement which has taken place throughout Kenya.

Lebanon

216,000-800,000

25,000
Palestinians newly displaced (May 25, 2007); 200,000 since July 2006; 16,750
prior to July 2006 (as of July 2006)

200,000
since July 2006 (UNHCR, November 2006) in addition 25,000 newly displaced
Palestinians (May 2007)

50,000
– 600,000 prior to July 2006 (USCR, 2004; USDOS, 2006)

In
May 2007, fighting between Lebanese forces and Fatah al Islam caused
displacement of 25,000 Palestinian refugees living in Nahr El Bared camp. As
of November 2006, 200,000 Lebanese were still displaced by the July-August
conflict. Prior to July 2006, it was estimated that some 68,000 to 600,000
Lebanese were displaced as a result of the 1975-1990 civil war and Israeli
invasions.

Liberia

7,000
– 23,000

undetermined
(UNHCR, 24 July 2007)

Approximately
23,000 individuals are believed to remain in former IDP camps. Of these some
16,000 received a return package but either did not use it or went back to
the camps while some 7,000 claim to have been wrongly denied assistance.
Verification exercises are ongoing.

Macedonia

726

726
(May 2006)

Mexico

10,000-12,000

10,000
(ICRC, June 2003); 12,000 (Center for Human Rights Fray Bartolomé de la
Casas, June 2003)

Myanmar
(Burma)

500,000

500,000
(Thailand Burma Border Consortium, Oct. 2006)

Estimate
relates to the eastern border areas only and does not include significant
numbers of IDPs in the rest of the country

Nepal

50,000-70,000

OCHA,
17 July 2007

Nigeria