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Internally Displaced Persons, 2006

Table includes countries in which persecution, armed conflict, or widespread violence has internally displaced the largest numbers of civilians. Although internally displaced persons share many characteristics with refugees, they are not protected by international refugee law because they remain inside their own countries.

Country	Number
Sudan	5,355,000
Colombia	1,853,000–3,833,000
Iraq	1,700,000
Uganda	1,200,000–1,700,000
Turkey	954,000–1,200,000
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	1,100,000
Lebanon	216,000–800,000
Côte d'Ivoire	750,000
Azerbaijan	579,000–687,000
India	600,000
Zimbabwe	570,000
Sri Lanka	500,000
Bangladesh	500,000
Kenya	431,000
Israel	150,000–420,000
Somalia	400,000
Syria	305,000
Ethiopia	100,000–280,000
Indonesia	150,000–250,000
Georgia	222,000–241,000
Serbia	228,000
Nepal	100,000–200,000
Russia	82,000–190,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	180,000
Central African Republic	150,000

Source: World Refugee Survey, 2006, U.S. Committee on Refugees.

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