Data for 2000
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000
Figures for 2000, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000 covers 17 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 1,100,000; DR Congo is lowest, at 3,000. The middle country reads 272,101. Against 1999, 11 values changed (6 up, 5 down), 5 countries joined, 1 left.
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR · Data for 2000
HighestEritrea
1,100,000
LowestDR Congo
3,000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 17 of 17 countries · select a heading to sort
| EritreaERIEastern Africa | 1,100,000 |
 AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 758,625 |
 Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 706,514 |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 572,451 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 525,000 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 518,252 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 490,650 |
 Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 300,000 |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 272,101 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 267,500 |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 257,508 |
 LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 110,686 |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 56,000 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 34,134 |
 SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 18,000 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 8,080 |
| DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 3,000 |
02In 2000
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- Eritrea1,100,000
- Afghanistan758,625
- Sri Lanka706,514
- Azerbaijan572,451
- Colombia525,000
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 272,101. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031999 → 2000
Since 1999
What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +5 / −1countries joined / left
- 11values changed, of 12 in both
- 6 · 5rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
- Afghanistan258,625 → 758,625+500,000
- Sri Lanka612,518 → 706,514+93,996
- Serbia234,900 → 267,500+32,600
- Liberia90,584 → 110,686+20,102
- Burundi50,000 → 56,000+6,000
Fell most
- Bosnia and Herzegovina809,545 → 518,252−291,293
- Sierra Leone500,000 → 300,000−200,000
- Croatia52,390 → 34,134−18,256
- Russia498,354 → 490,650−7,704
- Georgia278,533 → 272,101−6,432
+ Angola+ DR Congo+ Colombia+ Eritrea+ Somalia
− KyrgyzstanChanges in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 17 countries has every column.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
UNHCR’s own file, on its own site.
https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=2000&yearTo=2000&coo_all=true
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
Cite this edition
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2000). Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/idps-of-concern/2000
0633 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 199913 countries
The year after ›
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 200115 countries
All of them
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR: every year33 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000: questions and answers
Which country has the highest internally displaced people in Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000?
Eritrea, at 1,100,000, of the 17 countries in the file.
What year does Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000 describe?
2000.
How many countries does Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000 cover?
17.
Where can I download Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2000 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2025.