Forcibly displaced people 123.2 million14 Refugees under UNHCR’s mandate Population UNHCR protects and/or assists 129.9 million Includes both refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Used consistently in both categorizations. 31.0M Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate 5.9M Not included in the population that UNHCR protects and/or assists. Asylum-seekers 8.4M Used consistently in both categorizations. Other people in need of international protection 5.9M Used consistently in both categorizations. Internally Displaced People (IDPs) 73.5M 68.1M The biggest difference between the two categorizations is with people who have been internally displaced. When present in these statistics, UNHCR applies two different sources: IDMC’s IDP statistics collate the total forcibly displaced while those IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR are included in the total population that UNHCR protects and/or assists. The two sources of IDP data vary significantly in certain countries. Globally, IDMC reports 73.5 million IDPs while UNHCR reports 68.1 million conflict-affected IDPs at end-2024. In total, UNHCR reports 4.4 million stateless people. About 1.4 million stateless people worldwide are also displaced. Most of them are Rohingya, either internally displaced in Myanmar or refugees, mostly in neighbouring countries. These 1.4 million are only counted as forcibly displaced when calculating the total population that UNHCR protects and/or assists to avoid double counting. Stateless people 4.4M Refugee returns 1.6M Only included in the population that UNHCR protects and/or assists for a period of 12 months. IDP returns 8.2M Only included in the population that UNHCR protects and/or assists for a period of 12 months. Others of concern to UNHCR 3.8M Only included in the population that UNHCR protects and/or assists. Host community 27.3M Not included in either categorization. 14 See UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2024 5