Number of internally displaced persons in Africa 2023, by country

Published by
Saifaddin Galal,
May 16, 2024

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the African country with the highest number of internally displaced persons, those forced to leave their house but remain within their country's borders. In 2023, the Democratic Republic on the Congo counted some six million IDPs, in a population of around 90 million people. Somalia had roughly 3.9 million displaced persons, while Nigeria had about 3.4 million.

African countries with the largest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of 2023 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

May 2024

Region

Africa

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

Countries with less than 100,000 people displaced were not included.


Figures were rounded.

Data as of mid-year 2023.


The source does not provide a publication date. The release date is therefore the date the statistic was accessed.

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