Nov 10, 2017 - Bari. Awdal. Galgadud. Nugal. Other regions. 5,900. 8,900. 700. 6,200. 1,600. 1,500. 4,300. 2,800. 4,400.
East, Horn of Africa and Yemen
Displacement of Somalis: Refugees, asylum-seekers and IDPs showing host countries with more than 1,000 Somalis | as of 30 September 2017
2.41
SAUDI ARABIA
Red Sea
MILLION
ERITREA
SUDAN
YEMEN
2,287
TOTAL DISPLACED SOMALIS
$
256,283 **
846,968 REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS
1.56
*
o Gulf
DJIBOUTI
n f A de
13,043
MILLION
INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN SOMALIA
AWDAL
* estimated IDP population at end-2016
SANAAG WOQOOYI GALBEED
ETHIOPIA
BARI
☪
TOGDHEER
SOMALILAND
SOOL
161,000 IDPs*
252,385 SOUTH SUDAN
NUGAL
MUDUG GALGADUUD
BAKOOL
☪
PUNTLAND
SOMALIA
152,000 IDPs *
HIRAAN
GEDO Lake Turkana
DEMOCRATIC REP. OF THE CONGO
BAY Lake Albert
UGANDA
35,373
MIDDLE JUBA
KENYA
287,397
Lake Edward
1.25M IDPs *
RWANDA UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Lake Tanganyika
50km
Banadir
34%
Yemen
30%
Ethiopia
30%
Middle Juba Bakool
hosting > 20,000 Somalis Kenya | Dadaab
33%
Ethiopia | Dollo Ado
31%
Yemen | Aden
Kenya | Nairobi Yemen | Sanaa Other locations
10%
7%
8,900
5% 3% 4% 12%
Dollo Ado includes Buramino, Bokolmanyo, Hilaweyne, Kobe and Melkadida refugee camps Dadaab includes Dagahaley, Hagadera, Ifo and Ifo 2 refugee camps Jijiga includes Awbarre, Kebribeyah and Sheder refugee camps South-Western Uganda includes Nakivale, Kyaka II, Kyangwali and Kiryandongo refugee camps. Some 149,000 Somalis in Yemen dispersed in unknown locations are not shown in the graph.
700 TOGDHEER
1,500
SOOL
1,600 NUGAL
3%
4,300
2%
Hiraan
1%
Middle Shabelle
1%
Bari
1%
Awdal
1%
Galgadud
1%
Nugal
1%
Other regions
ETHIOPIA
MUDUG
2,800
GALGADUUD
4,400 BAKOOL
15,100
HIRAAN
8,300
GEDO
98,100
1%
BAY
59,600
AGE AND GENDER COMPOSITION
5%
6,200
SANAAG WOQOOYI GALBEED
3%
Woqooyi Galbeed
MAIN HOST OPERATIONS
BARI
AWDAL
5,900
10%
Lower Shabelle
0.3%
DJIBOUTI
17%
Bay
1.5%
Ethiopia | Jijiga
23%
Gedo
4.2%
Kenya | Kakuma
25%
Lower Juba
KENYA
Kenya
Eritrea
REGIONS OF ORIGIN OF SOMALIS
REGIONS OF ORIGIN OF SOMALIS
WHERE ARE THEY?
Djibouti
INDIAN OCEAN
SOUTH CENTRAL
BURUNDI
Uganda
BANADIR
☪
LOWER JUBA
Lake Victoria Lake Kivu
LOWER SHABELLE
MIDDLE SHABELLE
LOWER SHABELLE
19,546
MIDDLE SHABELLE
7,200 BANADIR
141,600
MIDDLE JUBA
Male
Female
☻49% ☽51% Women & Children
60+ 18-59
☻ ☽ 81%
☽
58,500
3%
LOWER JUBA
132,000 Less than 10,000
39%
10,000 - 30,000 30,001 - 100,000 Above 100,000
0-17
58%
An estimated 171,000 Somalis whose areas of origin information is unknown/unspecified are not shown on the map. These include 149,000 Somalis in Yemen, and some 14,000 Somalis in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Areas of origin statistics as of 31 March or latest available.
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Final boundaries between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan and Somalia and Ethiopia has not yet been determined. Printing date: 10 Nov 2017 Sources: Refugee statistics - UNHCR Country offices as of 30 September 2017, **Yemen statistics as of 31 August 2017. *IDP estimates as of 31 December 2016. Boundaries - UNCS, UNDP Figures shown are provisional and subject to change.
Author: UNHCR Regional Service Centre Nairobi
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