Record people forcibly displaced in 2023

The United Nations says the number of people forced to flee their homes reached a record high of more than 117 million last year, with conflict in places like Gaza, Sudan and Myanmar largely to blame


117.31m
People forcibly displaced around world at end of 2023

67.08m 
Internally displaced persons

6.86m
Asylum seekers

5.97m 
Palestine refugees under UNRWA* mandate

31.64m 
Refugees under UNHCR mandate

5.76m
Other people in need of international protection


Global forced displacement
(year end, millions)

2023 117.3
2022 108.4
2021 89.3
2020 82.4
2019 79.4
2018 70.3
2017 68.4
2016 65.5
2015 65.0
2014 59.2
          

*United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East


Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 
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