Global displacement trend (millions) — key events marked
EscalationDisasterCeasefire / returnPolicy
Humanitarian funding gapsOCHA FTS
1 in 69
people on Earth forced from their home — the highest proportion since UNHCR began tracking in 1950.
+65.5%
increase since 2018 — displacement has nearly doubled in six years, driven by climate, conflict and instability.
83%
hosted by developing nations — Iran, Turkey and Colombia absorb most refugees despite limited resources.
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of the world's refugees are children — under 18. Women and girls make up roughly half again of those forced to flee, a reality that shapes every shelter, school and clinic a response has to provide.
Who is displaced — age & sex breakdown by country of origin, from
UNHCR. Bars show the child / working-age / older split;
figures cover the share of each population for which UNHCR holds demographic data.
Demographic breakdown by origin% children · % female
Children (0–17)Adults (18–59)Older (60+)
Where displacement is reversingUNHCR
Refugees returnedIDPs returnedResettled
Who carries the heaviest loadrefugees per 1,000 people
Raw totals favour big countries. Measured against national population, the strain falls hardest on small economies neighbouring conflict — a different map of responsibility.