The International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s latest Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Iraq, to be released later Tuesday, reports that over two million people (a total of 2,004,066) have been internally displaced due to conflict in 2014, the IOM said on its official site.
Ninewa has been the province with the largest displacement figures, 943,962, and the greatest population loss: 82 per cent of the displaced fled the province due to violence over the course of the year.
Anbar province has suffered the second greatest displacement with 540,732 individuals, 67 per cent of whom are displaced within their own province.
The entire Kurdistan Region of Iraq (including the districts of Akre, Al Shikhan, in Ninewa province; and Kifri and Khanaqin, in Diyala province) hosts the majority of the displaced, 47 per cent of the total displaced populations, an estimated 946,266 individuals.
The central region of Iraq hosts 45 per cent of the total displaced population (an estimated 904,170 individuals). The Southern region hosts approximately 8 per cent of the total (an estimated 153,630 individuals).
Since 1 September, nearly 220,000 people have been displaced due to clashes between Iraqi forces and armed groups in the center and central north provinces (mainly Ninewa, Kirkuk, Anbar, Diyala, and Salah al Din). This figure accounts for 11 per cent of the total displaced.