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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016

Figures for 2016, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016 covers 72 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 925,939; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,318. Against 2015, 46 values changed (19 up, 27 down), 2 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2016

HighestMyanmar

925,939

Lowest2 countries share it

5

Shaded 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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 72 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia925,939
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa694,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia487,741
LatviaLVANorthern Europe242,736
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia93,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe90,771
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia86,524
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe82,585
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia48,200
SwedenSWENorthern Europe36,036
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,363
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,524
KenyaKENEastern Africa20,000
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia17,002
GermanyDEUWestern Europe12,017
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia11,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia10,931
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia8,451
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe7,610
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,182
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia5,744
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe4,921

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Myanmar925,939
  2. Côte d’Ivoire694,000
  3. Thailand487,741
  4. Latvia242,736
  5. Syria160,000

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared5
  2. Brazilshared5
  3. Colombia11
  4. Mexico13
  5. Portugalshared14

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,318. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −2countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 72 in both
  • 19 · 27rose · fell
  • 26unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Dominican Republic− Zimbabwe

Changes 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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 70 distinct values among 72

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 14. 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 72 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2016). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2016

0616 held

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07Questions

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest stateless people in Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016?

Myanmar, at 925,939, of the 72 countries in the file.

What year does Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016 cover?

72.

Where can I download Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2025.

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