Chile vs Guatemala: Forcibly displaced people

Chile
674,696
in 2025
Guatemala
578,674
in 2025
Chile rank
43rd
Guatemala rank
45th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Chile
  • Guatemala
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 674,696 against 578,674 in Guatemala, a difference of 96,022.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.2 times Guatemala's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Chile ahead.

Globally, Chile ranks 43rd and Guatemala ranks 45th of 180 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forcibly displaced people
Source
Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 3,518 data points, 2010–2025
Last refreshed

Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.