Sudan Displacement and Return Snapshot: 9 million internally displaced persons - over half are children

Report from International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Dated 15 April 2026 - full copy:

DTM Sudan Displacement and Return Snapshot (4)

The Sudan Displacement and Return Snapshot includes information on internally displaced persons and returnees, based on data from nearly 13,000 locations, 185 localities, and all 18 states in Sudan.

Main Findings:

• An estimated 8,936,175 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were recorded across 11,493 locations in 185 localities, in all 18 states.
• An estimated 3,994,019 returned individuals were recorded across 2,822 locations in 73 localities, in nine states.
• Eighty-three per cent of returnees moved back from internal displacement, while 17 per cent returned from locations abroad.
• Over half of IDPs (55%) and returnees (52%) were children under 18-years-old.

Key Trends:

• The number of IDPs decreased by 23 per cent compared to the highest-recorded displaced population, and by one per cent compared to the previous month.
• The number of returnees increased by four per cent compared to the previous month.

For further information, see DTM Methodological Note and the DTM Sudan Interactive Dashboard.

View original and get download 

for period covered Feb 27 2026 - Mar 31 2026: 

https://dtm.iom.int/reports/dtm-sudan-displacement-and-return-snapshot-4

Ends