Democratic Republic of Congo vs Syria: Forcibly displaced people
Forcibly displaced people over time
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 6.34 million against 4.88 million in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.46 million.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.3 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Syria ahead.
Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th and Syria ranks 3rd of 180 countries.
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About this data
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.