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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.
2,101,708
Last updated 29 Feb 2024
Source - UNHCR, Government 
Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON  .CSV 
39,174
Last updated 29 Feb 2024
Source - UNHCR, Government 
Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) JSON  .CSV 
2,062,534
Last updated 31 Mar 2023
Source - Government 
IDP - Breakdown by Location JSON  .CSV 
Location name Source Data date Population
Boucle du Mouhoun Government 31 Mar 2023   6.5% 133,994
Cascades Government 31 Mar 2023   1.3% 27,485
Centre Government 31 Mar 2023   2.9% 59,822
Centre-Est Government 31 Mar 2023   3.2% 66,192
Centre-Nord Government 31 Mar 2023   23.9% 493,954
Centre-Ouest Government 31 Mar 2023   2.7% 55,556
Centre-Sud Government 31 Mar 2023   0.5% 9,984
Est Government 31 Mar 2023   10.7% 219,719
Hauts-Bassins Government 31 Mar 2023   4.2% 86,160
Nord Government 31 Mar 2023   12.4% 256,060
Plateau-Central Government 31 Mar 2023   2.7% 55,443
Sahel Government 31 Mar 2023   24.3% 501,961
Sud-Ouest Government 31 Mar 2023   4.7% 96,204

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    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