west due to drought and instability) (2004)

Algeria
refugees (country of origin): 165,000 (Western Saharan
Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the
southwestern Algerian town of Tindouf)
IDPs: 100,000 - 200,000 (conflict between government forces, Islamic
insurgents) (2004)

Angola
IDPs: 40,000-60,000 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4
million IDPs already have returned) (2004)

Armenia
refugees (country of origin): 236,306 (Azerbaijan)
IDPs: 50,000 (conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh) (2004)

Azerbaijan
IDPs: 571,000 (conflict with Armenia over
Nagorno-Karabakh) (2004)

Bangladesh
IDPs: 61,000 (land conflicts, religious persecution)
(2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
IDPs: 327,200 (Bosnian Croats, Serbs, and
Muslims displaced in 1992-95 war) (2004)

Burma
IDPs: 600,000 - 1,000,000 (government offensives against
ethnic insurgent groups near borders; most IDPs are ethnic Karen,
Karenni, Shan, and Mon) (2004)

Burundi
refugees (country of origin): 60,288 (Democratic Republic of
the Congo)
IDPs: 140,000 (armed conflict between government and rebels; most
IDPs in northern and western Burundi) (2004)

Cameroon
refugees (country of origin): 39,261 (Chad) 16,983
(Nigeria) 9,634 (Cote d'Ivoire) (2004)

Central African Republic
refugees (country of origin): 36,479
(Sudan) 1,864 (Chad) 6,484 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
IDPs: 200,000 (unrest following coup in 2003) (2004)

Chad
refugees (country of origin): 200,000 (Sudan) 30,000 (Central
African Republic) (2004)

China
refugees (country of origin): 299,287 (Vietnam) estimated
30,000-50,000 (North Korea) (2004)

Colombia
IDPs: 2,730,000 - 3,100,000 (conflict between government
and FARC; drug wars) (2004)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
refugees (country of origin):
45,060 (Sudan) 100,000 (Angola) 19,552 (Burundi) 6,626 (Republic of
Congo) 19,743 (Rwanda) 18,953 (Uganda)
IDPs: 2.33 million (fighting between government forces and rebels
since mid-1990s; most IDPs are in eastern provinces) (2004)

Congo, Republic of the
IDPs: 60,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992;
most IDPs are ethnic Lari) (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire
refugees (country of origin): 71,711 (Liberia)
IDPs: 500,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western regions) (2004)

Croatia
IDPs: 12,600 (Croats and Serbs displaced in 1992-1995 war)
(2004)

Cyprus
IDPs: 26