In 2023, more than one million people who had been internally displaced in Ukraine, most of these due to the Russian invasion in 2022, were able to return to their homes. Moreover, more than 600,000 internally displaced Ethiopians were able to return to their homes. In total, more than 1.26 million IDPs had returned to their homes as of mid-2022.
Number of internally displaced persons who returned to their home worldwide in 2023, by country
Characteristic
Number of people
Ukraine
1,077,000
Ethiopia
606,565
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
432,229
Syrian Arab Rep.
125,881
Central African Rep.
101,873
Myanmar
89,402
Philippines
82,895
Mali
52,268
Mozambique
49,865
Cameroon
28,122
Iraq
13,374
Nigeria
9,859
Sri Lanka
1,392
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UNHCR. (February 2, 2024). Number of internally displaced persons who returned to their home worldwide in 2023, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1364110/idp-returned-home-country/
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