a record-high share of the world's population is displaced from their homes % of world population that is forcibly displaced
Nearly 1 in 100 worldwide are now displaced from their homes. As of the end of 2015, the number of displaced people in the world – more than 60 million – is at its highest since World War II. Conflict in Syria has been the principal contributor to the recent growth in the world’s displaced population.
a record-high share of the world's population is displaced from their homes  | % of world population that is forcibly displaced  | 1.0%  | 0.8%  | 0.8  | 0.6  | 0.4  | 0.2  | 1951  | '55  | 60  | 65  | 70  | 2000  | 05  | 10  | 15  | 5  | '80  | '85  | '90  | 95  | Note: Displaced includes internally displaced persons within their birth country, refugees and asylum seekers living in a  | different country who have yet to resettle permanently, and Palestinian refugees registered with the United Nations Relief and  | Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan Lebanon and Syria  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations data, accessed July 20, 2016  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 