Myanmar vs Somalia: Forcibly displaced people

Myanmar
3.64 million
in 2025
Somalia
3.39 million
in 2025
Myanmar rank
9th
Somalia rank
12th

Forcibly displaced people over time

  • Myanmar
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 3.64 million against 3.39 million in Somalia, a difference of 245,330.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

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

Globally, Myanmar ranks 9th and Somalia ranks 12th 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.