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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2025

Figures for 2025, 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, 2025 covers 94 countries. Bangladesh is highest, at 1,177,962; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 5. The middle country reads 1,314. Against 2024, 69 values changed (32 up, 37 down), 1 left.

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Stateless Persons by Country of Residence · Data for 2025

HighestBangladesh

1,177,962

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, 2025, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 94 countries · select a heading to sort

Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2025: every country, as published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1,177,962
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa930,958
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia610,791
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia519,647
LatviaLVANorthern Europe167,512
SyriaSYRWestern Asia160,000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia134,676
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia92,000
RussiaRUSEastern Europe87,826
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia75,000
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia70,000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe62,043
South SudanSSDEastern Africa60,600
LebanonLBNWestern Asia40,000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe28,315
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia25,177
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22,694
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia20,863
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia16,000
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa14,796
RwandaRWAEastern Africa14,500
SpainESPSouthern Europe11,580
CanadaCANNorthern America10,288
UgandaUGAEastern Africa10,284
KenyaKENEastern Africa9,800

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bangladesh1,177,962
  2. Côte d’Ivoire930,958
  3. Thailand610,791
  4. Myanmar519,647
  5. Latvia167,512

Lowest

  1. Uruguayshared5
  2. Paraguayshared5
  3. Egyptshared5
  4. Mexicoshared13
  5. Jordanshared13

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1,314. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 69values changed, of 94 in both
  • 32 · 37rose · fell
  • 25unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Colombia

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 88 distinct values among 94

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 94 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 (2025). Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stateless-persons/2025

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