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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2018

Figures for 2018, as UNHCR published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many people living in each country are recognised as a national by no state, as reported to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, under its mandate to identify and protect stateless people. Without a nationality, people can be shut out of schooling, work, health care and the vote.

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2018 covers 77 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 906,635; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 1,951. Against 2017, 46 values changed (22 up, 24 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2018

HighestBangladesh

906,635

Lowest2 countries share it

5

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 77 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2018: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia906,635
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa692,000
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia620,939
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia478,843
LatviaLVANorthern Europe224,844
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia79,942
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe77,877
RussiaRUSEastern Europe75,679
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia57,444
IraqIRQWestern Asia47,515
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,650
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia34,110
SwedenSWENorthern Europe31,819
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,863
KenyaKENEastern Africa18,500
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14,779
PolandPOLEastern Europe10,825
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia9,631
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8,236
BelgiumBELWestern Europe7,695
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7,690
BelarusBLREastern Europe6,025

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladesh906,635
  2. Côte d’Ivoire692,000
  3. Myanmar620,939
  4. Thailand478,843
  5. Latvia224,844

Lowest

  1. Sloveniashared5
  2. Egyptshared5
  3. Maltashared11
  4. Colombiashared11
  5. Mexico13

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,951. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 46values changed, of 74 in both
  • 22 · 24rose · fell
  • 28unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Egypt+ Cambodia+ Singapore− Brazil

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 75 distinct values among 77

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 11. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 77 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2018). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2018

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