As many as 89 million people are expected to flee conflict and persecution by 2021, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Over the last year, this number has increased by eight percent and is expected to reach 100 million by the end of 2022.
There were nearly two-thirds of all refugees and displaced people in late 2021 from only five countries, and those countries represented for more than 80 percent of the world's entire population. As seen in the graph, Syria has the highest number of people who have been displaced from their nation, at 6.8 million. 4.6 million Venezuelans have left the country, making them the world's second-largest displaced population.
There were 2.7 million internally displaced Afghans at the time of this writing, making it the third-highest number in the world. Most South Sudanese refugees will be found in Uganda (958,900), Sudan (803,600), Ethiopia (386,800), and Kenya (135,000), which are all located within the Horn of Africa area. The UNHCR projects that the number of refugees will rise from 2.2 million in 2020 to 2.4 million by the end of 2021.
The number of people forced to flee their homes increased, although this was partly owing to new birth registrations, new estimates of displacement, and updates after the backlog from 2020, when registration resumed in 2021 after being delayed due to Covid-19. Since the study only covers the period from January 2021 to December 2021, these figures do not reflect more recent events. By 2022, Ukraine will be one of the world's most refugee-infested nations, with 5.1 million Ukrainians having departed the country as of mid-June.
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