Ecuador vs Niger: Forcibly displaced people

Ecuador
783,887
in 2025
Niger
827,990
in 2025
Ecuador rank
35th
Niger rank
34th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Ecuador
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 827,990 against 783,887 in Ecuador, a difference of 44,103.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Ecuador ahead.

Globally, Ecuador ranks 35th and Niger ranks 34th 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.