The number of people displaced surged between 2012 and 2015, driven by the Syrian civil war along with other conflicts in Iraq and Yemen, as well as sub-Saharan Africa.
65.6
million forcibly
displaced
worldwide
22.5
million people who
were refugees at
end of 2016
17.2
million under
UNHCR’s
mandate
5.3
million Palestinean
refugees registerd
by UNRWA
40.3
million internally
displaced
people
2.8
million
asylum-
seekers
3.4
million new
refugees and
asylum-seekers
6.9
million individuals
displaced within
their own countries
during 2016,
10.3
million people
were displaced
by conflict or
persecution
20 people
being forced to
flee their homes
every minutes of
2016, or 28,300
every day
Forced
to flee
The global population
of displaced people
reached a record in
2016 at
65.6 million
10
million people were
stateless or at risk
of statelessness in
2016
Turkey hosted the
largest number of
refugees worldwide
Turkey
2.9 mn
Pakistan
1.4 mn
Lebanon
1 mn
Iran
979,400
Uganda
940,800
Children below
18 years of age
constituted about
half of the refugee
population in
2016
84%
Developing regions
hosted 84% of the
world’s refugees under
UNHCR’s mandate,
with about 14.5
million people
Altogether, more than half(55%) of all refugees worldwide
came from just three countries
Syria
5.5 mn
Afganistan
2.5 mn
South Sudan
1.4 mn
The number of people displaced surged between 2012 and 2015. driven by the Syrian civil war along other conflicts In the region such as In Iraq and Yemen, as well as In sub-Saharan AfrIca
65.6
million forcibly
displaced
worldwide
22.5
million people who
were refugees at
end of 2016
17.2
million under
UNHCR’s
mandate
5.3
million Palestinean
refugees registerd
by UNRWA
40.3
million internally
displaced
people
2.8
million
asylum-
seekers
3.4
million new
refugees and
asylum-seekers
6.9
million individuals
displaced within
their own countries
during 2016,
10.3
million people
were displaced
by conflict or
persecution
20 people
being forced to
flee their homes
every minutes of
2016, or 28,300
every day
Forced to flee
The global population of displaced people reached
a record in 2016 at 65.6 million
10
million people were
stateless or at risk
of statelessness in
2016
Children below
18 years of age
constituted about
half of the refugee
population in
2016
84%
Developing regions
hosted 84% of the
world’s refugees under
UNHCR’s mandate,
with about 14.5
million people
Turkey hosted the
largest number of
refugees worldwide
Turkey
2.9 mn
Pakistan
1.4 mn
Lebanon
1 mn
Iran
979,400
Uganda
940,800
Altogether, more than
half(55%) of all refugees
worldwide came from
just three countries
Syria
5.5 mn
Afganistan
2.5 mn
South Sudan
1.4 mn
Related Topics
refugee / civil unrest / Syria / Iran / Iraq
