120 million displaced people worldwide as of May 2024. However, the report always refers to the 2023 calendar year in its analysis. As of December 31, 2023, there were 117.3 million displaced people, an increase of eight percent from the end of 2022. 68.3 million sought help in their own country of refuge. This figure is 50 percent higher than five years ago. Germany is the country with the fourth largest refugee population. UNHCR puts the figure at 2.6 million, behind Iran (3.8 million), Turkey (3.3 million) and Colombia (2.9 million).
- Sudan: Since April 2023, more than nine million people have been displaced, including 1.9 who have fled abroad.
- Gaza Strip: 1.7 million displaced, about 75 percent of the population.
- Myanmar: 2.6 million people have been forced to flee their homes as the military dictatorship fights rebels, double the number the year before.
- Syria: remains the world’s largest refugee crisis, with 13.8 million displaced at home and abroad.
- Afghanistan: 10.9 million displaced people, of which a good 6.4 million are abroad. This makes Afghans the largest group of refugees abroad.
- Ukraine: 9.7 million displaced, about 6 million of them abroad.
