The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported the first decline in global forced displacement in a decade in 2025.
The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide fell to 117.8 million in 2025, from 123.2 million in 2024.
Forced displacement includes refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other people displaced by conflict, violence or persecution.
The global refugee population stood at 41.6 million, while 68.6 million people remained internally displaced at the end of 2025.
About 14.7 million displaced people returned home in 2025, including 4.4 million refugees and 10.3 million internally displaced persons, mainly in Afghanistan, Sudan and Syria.