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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2020

Figures for 2020, 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, 2020 covers 87 countries. Côte d’Ivoire is highest, at 954,531; Slovenia is lowest, at 5. The middle country reads 1,532. Against 2019, 64 values changed (28 up, 36 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2020

HighestCôte d’Ivoire

954,531

LowestSlovenia

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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 87 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2020: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa954,531
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia866,457
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia600,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia480,695
LatviaLVANorthern Europe209,167
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia111,298
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe73,214
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia69,791
RussiaRUSEastern Europe60,185
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia57,444
SwedenSWENorthern Europe50,414
IraqIRQWestern Asia47,253
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,875
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia32,890
GermanyDEUWestern Europe26,674
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,863
IndiaINDSouthern Asia18,174
KenyaKENEastern Africa16,820
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11,655
South SudanSSDEastern Africa10,000
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7,999
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia6,385

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Côte d’Ivoire954,531
  2. Bangladesh866,457
  3. Myanmar600,000
  4. Thailand480,695
  5. Latvia209,167

Lowest

  1. Slovenia5
  2. Papua New Guineashared10
  3. Egyptshared10
  4. Maltashared11
  5. Colombiashared11

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,532. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

  • +5 / −2countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 82 in both
  • 28 · 36rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Iran+ Sri Lanka+ Nepal+ Pakistan+ South Sudan− Mongolia− New Zealand

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 82 distinct values among 87

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 65. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 87 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 (2020). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2020

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