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Sri Lanka: Internally displaced people of concern to UNHCR

4099people · 2025-90.9% 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 Sri Lanka from 1993 to 2025.

19932025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
20254,099
20244,806
20234,806
20228,540
20218,767
202025,013
201925,110
201835,473
201739,322
201639,730
201544,934
201430,847
201342,191
201293,482
2011138,401
2010273,772
2009434,900
2008504,800
2007459,567
2006469,165
2005324,699
2004351,884
2003386,104
2002462,826
2001731,838
2000706,514
1999612,518
1998603,025
1997200,000
1996200,000
1995200,000
19949,090
199329,400

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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