Top 10 Countries with the Highest Number of Internally Displaced Persons, Indonesia Included
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According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), in 2021, approximately 59.1 million people were recorded as internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide.
Internally displaced persons are people who have been forced to flee or leave their homes but remain within their own country. This displacement can be caused by armed conflict, widespread violence, natural disasters, or other disasters resulting from human actions.
China had the highest number of internally displaced persons globally in 2021, reaching 6.04 million.
The Philippines and Ethiopia followed, with 5.82 million and 5.38 million internally displaced persons, respectively.
Indonesia ranked ninth, with 776,000 internally displaced persons. According to the IDMC, almost all internally displaced persons in Indonesia resulted from natural disasters.
The IDMC also estimates that the global number of internally displaced persons has increased due to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine that erupted in late February 2022.
(See also: 12,000 Palestinians in the West Bank Displaced from Their Homes due to Israeli Attacks)
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