Data for 2012
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012
Figures for 2012, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 covers 67 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 808,075; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,300. Against 2011, 40 values changed (19 up, 21 down), 7 countries joined, 2 left.
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2012
HighestMyanmar
808,075Lowest2 countries share it
5Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 67 countries · select a heading to sort
| MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 808,075 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 700,000 |
 ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 506,197 |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 280,759 |
 SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 221,000 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 178,000 |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 120,000 |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 94,235 |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 93,000 |
 Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 70,000 |
 MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 40,001 |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 35,000 |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 21,009 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 20,000 |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 15,473 |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 11,500 |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 10,825 |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 9,596 |
 TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | 8,947 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 8,500 |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 7,443 |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 6,969 |
 KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 6,935 |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 6,015 |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 5,683 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 4,500 |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 4,130 |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 3,898 |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 3,623 |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 3,585 |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 3,383 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 2,886 |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 2,313 |
 TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 2,300 |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 2,017 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 2,005 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 1,998 |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 1,523 |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 1,502 |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 1,302 |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 1,210 |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 1,200 |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 1,156 |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 1,100 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 905 |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 780 |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 553 |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 542 |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 470 |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 248 |
 MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 220 |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 205 |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 179 |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 177 |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 154 |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 119 |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 111 |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 73 |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 69 |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 60 |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 36 |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 35 |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 14 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 12 |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 7 |
 LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe | 5 |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 5 |
02In 2012
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- Myanmar808,075
- Côte d’Ivoire700,000
- Thailand506,197
- Latvia280,759
- Syria221,000
Lowest
- Sloveniashared5
- Liechtensteinshared5
- Mexico7
- Colombia12
- Israel14
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,300. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032011 → 2012
Since 2011
What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +7 / −2countries joined / left
- 40values changed, of 60 in both
- 19 · 21rose · fell
- 20unchanged
Rose most
- Poland763 → 10,825+10,062
- Belgium697 → 3,898+3,201
- Azerbaijan1,741 → 3,585+1,844
- Slovakia63 → 1,523+1,460
- Vietnam10,200 → 11,500+1,300
Fell most
- Latvia312,362 → 280,759−31,603
- Kyrgyzstan32,300 → 15,473−16,827
- Syria231,000 → 221,000−10,000
- Ukraine39,817 → 35,000−4,817
- Estonia97,749 → 94,235−3,514
+ Albania+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Czechia+ Ireland+ Liechtenstein+ Philippines+ Slovenia
− Nepal
− PanamaChanges in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
66 distinct values among 67
Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 67 countries has every column.
05The files
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https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/population/?limit=1000&yearFrom=2012&yearTo=2012&coa_all=true
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2012). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2012
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07Questions
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012: questions and answers
Which country has the highest stateless people in Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012?
Myanmar, at 808,075, of the 67 countries in the file.
What year does Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 describe?
2012.
How many countries does Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 cover?
67.
Where can I download Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2012 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2025.