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Internally Displaced Persons, 2005

Table includes countries in which persecution, armed conflict, or widespread violence has internally displaced the largest numbers of civilians. Although internally displaced persons share many characteristics with refugees, they are not protected by international refugee law because they remain inside their own countries.

Country	Number
Sudan	5,335,000
Colombia	2,900,000
Uganda	1,740,500
Congo, Dem. Rep. of	1,664,000
Iraq	1,300,000
India	600,000
Zimbabwe	569,700
Azerbaijan	558,400
Myanmar	540,000
Côte d'Ivoire	500,000
Algeria	400,000–600,000
Kenya	381,900
Somalia	370,000
Turkey	355,800–1,000,000
Indonesia	342,000–600,000
Sri Lanka	341,200
Russia	265,000
Lebanon	250,000
Serbia and Montenegro	247,400–273,400
Georgia	240,000
Central African Republic	200,000
Nigeria	200,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	183,400
Jordan	160,000
Afghanistan	153,200–200,000
Cyprus	150,000
Ethiopia	150,000