Overview

• After peaking at 123.2 million by the end of 2024, the global displaced population eased to 122.1 million by April 2025.
• Sudan has become the world’s largest displacement crisis with 14.3 million refugees and internally displaced people.
• Internally displaced people reached 73.5 million by the end of 2024, representing 60 percent of all those forced to flee.
• Nearly two million Syrians returned home in recent months but face unstable security and insufficient services.
• Low and middle-income nations host 73 percent of refugees while two-thirds remain in neighboring countries under resource strain.