Data for 2002
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002
Figures for 2002, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002 covers 16 countries. Colombia is highest, at 950,000; Moldova is lowest, at 1,000. The middle country reads 261,705. Against 2001, 14 values changed (5 up, 9 down), 1 country joined.
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR · Data for 2002
HighestColombia
950,000
LowestMoldova
1,000Shaded 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, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 16 of 16 countries · select a heading to sort
| ColombiaCOLSouth America | 950,000 |
 AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 665,156 |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 577,179 |
 Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 462,826 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 371,195 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 367,491 |
 LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 304,115 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 261,826 |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 261,583 |
 AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 188,728 |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 100,000 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 100,000 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 17,100 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 9,442 |
 DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 9,000 |
| MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 1,000 |
02In 2002
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- Colombia950,000
- Afghanistan665,156
- Azerbaijan577,179
- Sri Lanka462,826
- Russia371,195
Lowest
- Moldova1,000
- DR Congo9,000
- North Macedonia9,442
- Croatia17,100
- Côte d’Ivoireshared100,000
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 261,705. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032001 → 2002
Since 2001
What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +1 / −0countries joined / left
- 14values changed, of 15 in both
- 5 · 9rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
- Colombia720,000 → 950,000+230,000
- Liberia196,116 → 304,115+107,999
- Burundi20,000 → 100,000+80,000
- DR Congo3,458 → 9,000+5,542
- Azerbaijan572,955 → 577,179+4,224
Fell most
- Afghanistan1,200,000 → 665,156−534,844
- Sri Lanka731,838 → 462,826−269,012
- Russia443,288 → 371,195−72,093
- Bosnia and Herzegovina438,253 → 367,491−70,762
- Angola202,000 → 188,728−13,272
+ Côte d’IvoireChanges 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.
15 distinct values among 16
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 100,000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 16 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=2002&yearTo=2002&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 (2002). Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/idps-of-concern/2002
0633 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 200115 countries
The year after ›
Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 200312 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, 2002: questions and answers
Which country has the highest internally displaced people in Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002?
Colombia, at 950,000, of the 16 countries in the file.
What year does Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002 describe?
2002.
How many countries does Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002 cover?
16.
Where can I download Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2002?
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, 2002 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, 2025.