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These figures represent the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, refugee returnees, internally displaced people (IDP) and IDP returnees, as reported either by national authorities or UNHCR, in central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger), Chad and Mauritania. It does not necessarily imply individual identification, nor registration of each individual, and may include a degree of estimation, as per each government’s statistical data processing methodology.
5,118,906
Last updated 29 Feb 2024
Source - UNHCR, Government, IOM 
Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON  .CSV 
1,103,006
Last updated 29 Feb 2024
Source - UNHCR, Government 
Refugees & Asylum Seekers - Breakdown by Location JSON  .CSV 
Location name Source Data date Population
Burkina Faso UNHCR, Government 29 Feb 2024   1.7% 39,174
Chad UNHCR, Government 30 Apr 2024   76.4% 1,746,088
Mali UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   2.9% 66,793
Mauritania UNHCR, Government 29 Feb 2024   5.6% 128,100
Niger UNHCR, Government 29 Feb 2024   13.4% 306,466

Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) JSON  .CSV 
2,968,478
Last updated 29 Feb 2024
Source - Government, IOM 
IDP - Breakdown by Location JSON  .CSV 
Location name Source Data date Population
Burkina Faso Government 31 Mar 2023   69.5% 2,062,534
Chad IOM 29 Feb 2024   7.3% 215,928
Mali Government 31 Dec 2023   12.0% 354,739
Niger Government 29 Feb 2024   11.3% 335,277

Returnees JSON  .CSV 
889,093
Last updated 31 Dec 2023
Source - Government, UNHCR, IOM 
Others of Concern JSON  .CSV 
146,242
Last updated 29 Feb 2024
Source - Government 
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    Sahel Emergency Page

    The Sahel is facing one of the fastest growing displacement crises in the world – and yet one of the most forgotten.
IDP Population trend JSON  .CSV 
Refugee & Asylum Seekers Population trend JSON  .CSV