IDMC said conflict- and violence-driven internal displacement reached a record high in 2025, with 32.3 million conflict-driven displacements, 60% more than the previous year. [1, 2, 3]
The report said conflict and violence-driven displacement exceeded disaster-driven displacement for the first time since data collection began. It said 65.8 million new internal displacements were recorded in 2025, including repeated displacements of the same people. [2, 3]
By the end of 2025, 82.2 million people were living in internal displacement worldwide, a total IDMC described as slightly below the 2024 record high. Disasters caused 29.9 million internal displacements in 2025, while wildfire-related displacement reached nearly 700,000. [1, 2, 3]
Sudan remained the country with the largest internally displaced population for a third straight year, with more than 9 million people uprooted. Colombia, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan were also among the countries with the largest displaced populations. [1, 2, 3]
The report said Iran and the Democratic Republic of the Congo accounted for two-thirds of all new conflict-driven internal displacements and each had about 10 million internally displaced people. It added that 54 countries saw conflict-driven internal displacement in 2025, affecting 69.7 million people. [2, 3]
IDMC said disaster-driven displacement fell 35% from 2024's unusually high level, but stayed 13% above the previous 10-year annual average. Jan Egeland called the figures a sign of a global collapse in basic protection of civilians. [1, 2, 3]
