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Afghanistan: Internally displaced people of concern to UNHCR

3.20Mpeople · 2025+172.4% since 2015

People displaced within their own country by conflict, whom UNHCR protects or assists. Not every country's internally displaced population is counted here. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1993 to 2025.

19932025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20253,199,023
20243,199,710
20233,222,397
20223,254,002
20213,457,744
20202,886,317
20192,553,390
20182,106,893
20171,837,079
20161,797,551
20151,174,306
2014805,409
2013631,286
2012486,298
2011447,547
2010351,907
2009297,129
2008230,670
2007153,718
2006129,310
2005142,505
2004159,549
2003184,269
2002665,156
20011,200,000
2000758,625
1999258,625
1998315,800
1997296,795
1996273,840
1995159,600
1994332,200
199315,000

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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UNHCR (2026). Internally displaced people of concern to UNHCR. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-idps (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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