Ireland vs Moldova: Forcibly displaced people

Ireland
171,597
in 2025
Moldova
149,918
in 2025
Ireland rank
66th
Moldova rank
68th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Ireland
  • Moldova
050.0k100.0k150.0k201020172025

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 171,597 against 149,918 in Moldova, a difference of 21,679.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Moldova's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Ireland ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 66th and Moldova ranks 68th of 180 countries.

Individual pages

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.