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Somalia: Internally displaced people of concern to UNHCR

3.35Mpeople · 2025+195.4% 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 Somalia from 1996 to 2025.

19962025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20253,347,408
20243,861,643
20233,860,099
20222,967,500
20212,967,500
20202,967,500
20192,648,000
20182,648,001
20172,116,705
20161,562,554
20151,133,000
20141,133,000
20131,133,000
20121,132,963
20111,356,845
20101,463,780
20091,550,000
20081,277,200
20071,000,000
2006400,000
2005400,000
20040
20030
20020
20010
200018,000
19990
19981,603
1997200,000
1996200,000

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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