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Global density of countries by internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence

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This area map of countries shows the sum of internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence. The darker shades for each country indicate a higher sum of internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence.

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There are 2 fields used on this map, including filters:

  • Country: Name of country.
  • Internally Displaced Persons, By Conflict And Violence (people): Internally displaced persons are defined according to the 1998 Guiding Principles (http://www.internal-displacement.org/publications/1998/ocha-guiding-principles-on-internal-displacement) as people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border. “People displaced” refers to the number of people living in displacement as of the end of each year, and reflects the stock of people displaced at the end of the previous year, plus inflows of new cases arriving over the year as well as births over the year to those displaced, minus outflows which may include returnees, those who settled elsewhere, those who integrated locally, those who travelled over borders, and deaths.

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This map is made with Leaflet and based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

This map can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license.