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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2023

Figures for 2023, 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, 2023 covers 91 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 971,898; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 1,611. Against 2022, 68 values changed (29 up, 39 down), 4 countries joined, 3 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2023

HighestBangladesh

971,898

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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 91 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2023: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia971,898
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa930,978
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia632,789
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia587,132
LatviaLVANorthern Europe180,614
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia117,070
RussiaRUSEastern Europe92,209
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia75,000
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
UgandaUGAEastern Africa67,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe65,944
UkraineUKREastern Europe35,765
GermanyDEUWestern Europe28,964
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia26,811
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,646
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia22,496
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,863
SwedenSWENorthern Europe18,698
South SudanSSDEastern Africa10,500
KenyaKENEastern Africa9,800
RwandaRWAEastern Africa9,500
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe8,657
SpainESPSouthern Europe8,579

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladesh971,898
  2. Côte d’Ivoire930,978
  3. Myanmar632,789
  4. Thailand587,132
  5. Latvia180,614

Lowest

  1. Uruguayshared5
  2. Paraguayshared5
  3. Brazilshared5
  4. Sloveniashared10
  5. Egyptshared10

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,611. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

  • +4 / −3countries joined / left
  • 68values changed, of 87 in both
  • 29 · 39rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq47,093 → 233−46,860
  • Sweden42,511 → 18,698−23,813
  • Kenya16,779 → 9,800−6,979
  • Latvia187,564 → 180,614−6,950
  • Uzbekistan27,389 → 22,496−4,893
+ Chile+ New Zealand+ Peru+ Paraguay− Colombia− Iran− Nauru

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 91

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 91 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 (2023). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2023

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