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DEFINITION:
Internally displaced persons (number, high estimate). Internally displaced persons are people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 5.28 million | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Sudan | 5.2 million | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Iraq | 2.6 million | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.71 million | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Somalia | 1.46 million | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Turkey | 1.2 million | 2011 | ||
| =7 | Zimbabwe | 1,000,000 | 2010 | ||
| =7 | Algeria | 1,000,000 | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Pakistan | 900,000 | 2011 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 631,750 | 2009 | |||
| 10 | Rwanda | 600,000 | 2001 | ||
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 599,000 | 2011 | ||
| 12 | Syria | 589,000 | 2011 | ||
| 13 | India | 506,000 | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Bangladesh | 500,000 | 2009 | ||
| 15 | Yemen | 463,500 | 2011 | ||
| 16 | Afghanistan | 456,000 | 2011 | ||
| 17 | Burma | 450,000 | 2011 | ||
| 18 | Lebanon | 390,000 | 2009 | ||
| 19 | Ethiopia | 300,000 | 2010 | ||
| 20 | Georgia | 257,000 | 2011 | ||
| 21 | Kenya | 250,000 | 2011 | ||
| 22 | Cote d'Ivoire | 247,000 | 2011 | ||
| 23 | Guatemala | 242,000 | 2006 | ||
| 24 | Serbia | 225,000 | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Cyprus | 208,000 | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Israel | 200,000 | 2008 | ||
| 27 | Philippines | 188,000 | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Indonesia | 180,000 | 2011 | ||
| 29 | Mexico | 160,000 | 2011 | ||
| 30 | Peru | 150,000 | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Chad | 126,000 | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 125,000 | 2011 | ||
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 113,000 | 2011 | ||
| 34 | Central African Republic | 105,000 | 2011 | ||
| 35 | Burundi | 78,800 | 2011 | ||
| 36 | Russia | 78,000 | 2010 | ||
| 37 | Nepal | 50,000 | 2011 | ||
| 38 | Senegal | 40,000 | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Uganda | 30,000 | 2011 | ||
| 40 | Liberia | 28,000 | 2006 | ||
| =41 | Angola | 20,000 | 2011 | ||
| =41 | Nigeria | 20,000 | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Guinea | 19,000 | 2006 | ||
| 44 | Kosovo | 18,000 | 2011 | ||
| 45 | Eritrea | 10,000 | 2011 | ||
| 46 | Armenia | 8,400 | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Republic of the Congo | 7,800 | 2011 | ||
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 7,500 | 2003 | ||
| 49 | Niger | 6,500 | 2009 | ||
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 3,500 | 2003 | ||
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 3,400 | 2010 | ||
| 52 | Croatia | 2,100 | 2011 | ||
| 53 | Togo | 1,500 | 2007 | ||
| =54 | Moldova | 1,000 | 2003 | ||
| =54 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,000 | 2002 | ||
| 56 | Republic of Macedonia | 650 | 2010 | ||
| 57 | East Timor | 400 | 2009 |
