World
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
estimated that in December 2005 there was a global population of 8.4
million registered refugees, the lowest number in 26 years, and as
many as 23.7 million IDPs in more than 50 countries; the actual
global population of refugees is probably closer to 10 million given
the estimated 1.5 million Iraqi refugees displaced throughout the
Middle East (2006)
Yemen
refugees (country of origin): 78,582 (Somalia) (2006)
Zambia
refugees (country of origin): 75,468 (Angola), 61,243
(Democratic Republic of the Congo), 5,669 (Rwanda) (2006)
Zimbabwe
refugees (country of origin): 6,536 (Democratic Republic of
Congo)
IDPs: 569,685 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights
violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2006)
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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@2195 GDP (official exchange rate)
Afghanistan
$7.095 billion (2005 est.)
Albania
$9.306 billion (2006 est.)
Algeria
$92.22 billion (2006 est.)