Papua New Guinea
Mid-year update 2017 (January - June)
| Source | ||
| New displacements (Disasters) | IDMC (as of June 2017) |
Country Information
| Source | ||
| Population | UN Population Division (as of 2016) | |
| Number of IDPs (Conflict and violence) | IDMC (as of 2016) | |
| New displacements (Conflict and violence) | IDMC (as of 2016) | |
| New displacements (Disasters) | IDMC (as of 2016) | |
| Refugees | UNHCR (as of 2016) |
Conflict and violence displacement figures
Latest GRID confidence assessment
| Displacement type | IDPs (Stock) | New Displacement (Flow) |
| Reporting units |
People |
People |
| Methodology |
Key informants Other |
Key informants Other |
| Geographical disaggregation | Subnational - admin 1 | Subnational - admin 1 |
| Geographical coverage | No | No |
| Frequency of reporting | Other | Other |
| Disaggregation on sex | No | No |
| Disaggregation on age | No | No |
| Data triangulation | No triangulation | No triangulation |
| Data on settlement elsewhere | No | No |
| Data on returns | No | No |
| Data on local integration | No | No |
| Data on deaths | No | No |
| Data on births | No | No |
Latest GRID figures analysis
IDMC’s estimate is based on data collected by IOM in 2016. The national figures include two separate incidents of displacement caused by tribal conflict, one which occurred in January and the other in September.
Download extended figures analysis (PDF, 29 KB)Latest GRID stock figure by year of data update
Disaster displacement figures
New displacements
Events timeline
Overview | 11 December 2014
Papua New Guinea: invisible and neglected protracted displacement
Most of the estimated 22,500 people displaced in Papua New Guinea are living in protracted displacement, having fled their homes between four and ten years ago by ethnic conflicts or natural hazards.
Blog Post | 11 December 2014
4 steps the Papua New Guinea government should take to end the displacement of the Manam IDPs
Ten years after the Manam volcano erupted, over 15,000 people remain displaced. The government must provide them with durable solutions.
Map | 11 December 2014
Papua New Guinea: internal displacement as of November 2014
This map shows the internal displacement in Papua New Guinea as of 28 November 2014.
