11.4 million people in the world are refugees with an additional 26 million internally displaced within their own country, according to a new United Nations statistic released today in preparation for June 20, World Refugee Day.

Add those numbers together and that’s more than the entire population of California lacking a home or access to basic necessities.

So it’s not that big of a bummer that the Lakers lost, right?

This is the second year that numbers have risen, with the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan accounting for half the numbers. 3.1 million were Afghans, while 2.3 million were Iraqis.  A majority of these people have sought refuge in Jordan and Syria.

Pakistan has the most refugees, with Syria, Iran, Germany and Jordan following.

The number of people displaced by conflicts – including those uprooted in their own countries, who are not strictly defined as refugees – rose to 26 million (from 24.4 million).

In April, UNHCR fed 150,000 refugees daily in Damascus, compared with only 33,000 people last September.

Read about one of their stories here. And here. And here. And here.