Where are the World’s Internally Displaced People?

 
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Urban areas
 
 
Urban cluster
 
Urban center

 
 
Major urban area
 
Largest urban area

 
10-mile radius around urban center
IDP location type
 
 
 
Urban
   
 
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Unknown
# of IDPs
 
 
 
1 - 1,000

 
 
 
1,001 - 10,000

 
 
 
10,001 - 50,000

 
 
 
50,001 - 100,000

 
 
 
100,001 - 6,784,000

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