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Internally Displaced Persons, 2005
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 |
5,335,000 |
|
Colombia |
2,900,000 |
|
Uganda |
1,740,500 |
|
Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
1,664,000 |
|
Iraq |
1,300,000 |
|
India |
600,000 |
|
Zimbabwe |
569,700 |
|
Azerbaijan |
558,400 |
|
Myanmar |
540,000 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
500,000 |
|
Algeria |
400,000–600,000 |
|
Kenya |
381,900 |
|
Somalia |
370,000 |
|
Turkey |
355,800–1,000,000 |
|
Indonesia |
342,000–600,000 |
|
Sri Lanka |
341,200 |
|
Russia |
265,000 |
|
Lebanon |
250,000 |
|
Serbia and Montenegro |
247,400–273,400 |
|
Georgia |
240,000 |
|
Central African Republic |
200,000 |
|
Nigeria |
200,000 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
183,400 |
|
Jordan |
160,000 |
|
Afghanistan |
153,200–200,000 |
|
Cyprus |
150,000 |
|
Ethiopia |
150,000 |
Source: World Refugee Survey, 2006,
U.S. Committee on Refugees.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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