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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2022

Figures for 2022, 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, 2022 covers 90 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 952,309; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 2,189. Against 2021, 67 values changed (36 up, 31 down), 2 countries joined, 3 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2022

HighestBangladesh

952,309

Lowest3 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, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 90 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2022: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia952,309
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa931,076
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia630,000
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia574,219
LatviaLVANorthern Europe187,564
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia115,169
RussiaRUSEastern Europe95,195
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia75,000
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe68,111
UgandaUGAEastern Africa67,000
IraqIRQWestern Asia47,093
SwedenSWENorthern Europe42,511
UkraineUKREastern Europe36,233
GermanyDEUWestern Europe29,455
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia27,389
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia26,811
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21,591
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,863
KenyaKENEastern Africa16,779
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11,564
South SudanSSDEastern Africa10,500
RwandaRWAEastern Africa9,500

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladesh952,309
  2. Côte d’Ivoire931,076
  3. Myanmar630,000
  4. Thailand574,219
  5. Latvia187,564

Lowest

  1. Uruguayshared5
  2. Naurushared5
  3. Brazilshared5
  4. Egypt10
  5. Colombia11

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2,189. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

  • +2 / −3countries joined / left
  • 67values changed, of 88 in both
  • 36 · 31rose · fell
  • 21unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Argentina+ Türkiye− Malta− Papua New Guinea− United States

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 87 distinct values among 90

    Values are stored exactly as published. 3 countries share 5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 90 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

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (2022). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2022

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