Sudan in world’s worst displacement crisis

Sudan’s civil war has displaced 13 million people, the United Nations estimates, as the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters a third year

SUDAN POPULATION DISPLACEMENT (since start of conflict in Apr 2023)
CHAD 774,754
SUDAN  Total IDPs 8,596,622
Red Sea
LIBYA 256,000
EGYPT 1,500,000
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 42,295
ETHIOPIA  72,357
South Darfur 936,149
UGANDA 72,732
Khartoum
River Nile 935,723
SOUTH SUDAN 1,101,904
Gedaref 829,567

500km 310 miles



Internally Displaced People (IDPs)
Refugees, asylum seekers and returnees*

Data as of Apr 14, 2025. *Returnees refers to refugees or IDPs who have returned to their country or area of origin but are not yet fully reintegrated into their community

Sources: AFP, UNHCR © GRAPHIC NEWS