Nearly 2.0 million Sudanese displaced people and refugees returned to their communities between November 2024 and July 2025, the International Organization for Migration said, citing 2,004,302 returnees across 1,611 sites in 39 localities and seven states.
Returns accelerated in the latest reporting period, with the cumulative figure rising 50% compared with November–June, reflecting both increased movement and broader data coverage, the agency said. Of the total, 77% (1,549,211 people) returned from within Sudan and 23% (455,091) came back from abroad. The internally returning caseload equals roughly 13% of Sudan’s peak registered internally displaced population, which reached about 11,585,384 in January 2025.
Gezira hosted the largest share of returnees (48%), followed by Khartoum (30%) and Sennar (9%). Reported returns picked up after the army consolidated control of Khartoum, Gezira, Sennar and White Nile, while new displacement increased in North Darfur and Kordofan amid ongoing fighting.
Sudan’s overall number of internally displaced people fell 14% from the January peak, driven by returns in Sennar, Gezira and Khartoum. As of July 29, there were 9,937,444 IDPs spread across 10,731 sites in 185 localities nationwide.
Since April 15, 2023, an estimated 7,548,913 people have been newly displaced within Sudan, and about 4,278,535 have crossed into neighboring countries. Principal areas of origin for those uprooted include Khartoum (31%), South Darfur (21%) and North Darfur (20%). The top host states for IDPs are South Darfur (19%), North Darfur (18%) and Central Darfur (10%). Children under 18 account for an estimated 53% of the internally displaced.
