Data for 2015
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015
Figures for 2015, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015 covers 74 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 938,000; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,494. Against 2014, 48 values changed (22 up, 26 down), 3 countries joined.
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2015
HighestMyanmar
938,000Lowest2 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 74 countries · select a heading to sort
| MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 938,000 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 700,000 |
 ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 443,862 |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 300,000 |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 252,195 |
 SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 160,000 |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 133,770 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 101,813 |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 93,000 |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 86,703 |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 85,301 |
 Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 70,000 |
 IraqIRQWestern Asia | 50,000 |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 35,228 |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 31,062 |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 20,524 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 20,000 |
 TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 19,469 |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 12,569 |
 MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 11,689 |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 11,000 |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 10,825 |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 9,118 |
 KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 7,909 |
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 7,442 |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 7,138 |
 TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | 7,125 |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 6,580 |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 5,776 |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 5,635 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 5,014 |
 AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 3,585 |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 3,466 |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 3,262 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 2,873 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 2,700 |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 2,561 |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 2,427 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 1,951 |
 Costa RicaCRICentral America | 1,806 |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 1,523 |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 1,502 |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 1,326 |
 BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 1,302 |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 1,200 |
 HaitiHTICaribbean | 977 |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 828 |
 TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 780 |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 747 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 667 |
 GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 627 |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 603 |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 440 |
 ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 311 |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 240 |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 198 |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 197 |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 132 |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 131 |
 Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | 115 |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 99 |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 82 |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 69 |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 67 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 58 |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 42 |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 41 |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 22 |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 14 |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 13 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 12 |
 MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 6 |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 5 |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 5 |
02In 2015
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
032014 → 2015
Since 2014
What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +3 / −0countries joined / left
- 48values changed, of 71 in both
- 22 · 26rose · fell
- 23unchanged
Rose most
- Myanmar810,000 → 938,000+128,000
- Tajikistan1,364 → 19,469+18,105
- Sweden27,167 → 31,062+3,895
- Belgium2,554 → 5,776+3,222
- Moldova2,036 → 5,014+2,978
Fell most
- Dominican Republic210,000 → 133,770−76,230
- Iraq120,000 → 50,000−70,000
- Thailand506,197 → 443,862−62,335
- Malaysia40,000 → 11,689−28,311
- Russia113,474 → 101,813−11,661
+ Brazil+ Haiti+ ZimbabweChanges 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.
73 distinct values among 74
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 74 countries has every column.
05The files
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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 (2015). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2015
0616 held
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07Questions
Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015: questions and answers
Which country has the highest stateless people in Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015?
Myanmar, at 938,000, of the 74 countries in the file.
What year does Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015 describe?
2015.
How many countries does Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015 cover?
74.
Where can I download Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2015?
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, 2015 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2025.