ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced in a press release Friday that 3,182,736 Iraqis, including 530,456 families, have been identified as internally displaced from the start of 2015 through August 27.
The figure was calculated using the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) methodology and data collected by UN humanitarian teams.
An estimated 87 percent of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) are believed to be from the provinces of Anbar (42 percent), Nineveh (32 percent) and Salahadin (13 percent).
Since April 1, 2015, over half a million individuals were displaced from Anbar province following the ISIS sack of Ramadi. Among those, over 225,000 were displaced within the province.
The provinces hosting the highest IDP populations are Anbar (18 percent), Baghdad (18 percent) Kirkuk (13 percent), and Duhok (13 percent).
The provinces receiving the highest number of IDPs during August were Baghdad with 28,554 individuals and Kirkuk with 8,502.
