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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.
1,310,625
Last updated 31 Jan 2024
Source - Government, UNHCR, IOM 
Refugees & Asylum Seekers JSON  .CSV 
66,793
Last updated 31 Jan 2024
Source - UNHCR, Government 
Refugees & Asylum Seekers - Breakdown by Location JSON  .CSV 
Location name Source Data date Population
Bamako UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   3.6% 2,373
Gao UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   20.2% 13,489
Kayes UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   22.4% 14,934
Menaka UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   22.8% 15,234
Mopti UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   15.8% 10,586
Ségou UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   0.3% 229
Sikasso UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   0.0% 31
Tombouctou UNHCR, Government 31 Jan 2024   14.8% 9,917

Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) JSON  .CSV 
354,739
Last updated 31 Dec 2023
Source - Government 
Returnees JSON  .CSV 
889,093
Last updated 31 Dec 2023
Source - Government, UNHCR, IOM 
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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