AID BY NUMBERS: The world's 10 worst displacement hotspots

LONDON (AlertNet)

&${esc.hash}39; Ethnic and religious fighting, land disputes and communal conflicts have driven more than 3 million Nigerians from their homes since 1999, a report showed in mid-March.

That gives Nigeria the dubious honour of being home to the third-highest number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the world after Sudan and Colombia.

How do other countries stack up? Here&${esc.hash}39;s a league table of countries with the highest numbers of people internally displaced by violence.

1. Sudan

5.4 million

2. Colombia

1.7 to 3.7 million

3. Nigeria

3 million

4. Uganda

1.7 million

5. Congo

1.7 million

6. Iraq

1.2 million

7. Algeria

1 million

8. Turkey

356,000 to more than 1 million

9. India

At least 600,000

10. Indonesia

342,000 to 600,000

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre except Nigeria&${esc.hash}39;s National Commission for Refugees for Nigeria

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