Egypt vs France: Forcibly displaced people

Egypt
1.10 million
in 2025
France
873,646
in 2025
Egypt rank
28th
France rank
31st

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Egypt
  • France
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 1.10 million against 873,646 in France, a difference of 224,654.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was France ahead.

Globally, Egypt ranks 28th and France ranks 31st 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.