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The UNHCR Refugee Data app showcases forced displacement and statelessness statistics over the last 24 years by country of asylum and origin.
Resettlement involves the identification and transfer of refugees (country of origin) from a State in which they have sought protection (country of asylum) to a third State which has agreed to admit them (country of resettlement). UNHCR’s identification of refugees for resettlement is referred to as submissions, and the transfer of refugees to a third State is referred to as departures.
| Year |
Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Country of Resettlement |
Persons | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Eritrea | - | - | 2,413 | January - December |
| 2016 | Eritrea | - | - | 2,498 | January - December |
| 2017 | Eritrea | - | - | 3,067 | January - December |
| 2018 | Eritrea | - | - | 3,486 | January - December |
| 2019 | Eritrea | - | - | 3,338 | January - December |
| 2020 | Eritrea | - | - | 1,166 | January - December |
| 2021 | Eritrea | - | - | 1,399 | January - December |
| 2022 | Eritrea | - | - | 1,612 | January - December |
| 2023 | Eritrea | - | - | 2,082 | January - December |
| 2024 | Eritrea | - | - | 2,926 | January - December |
| Footnote | Year | Country of Origin |
Country of Asylum |
Population Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDP figure in South Sudan includes 105,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation. | 2015 | - | South Sudan | IDP |
| Other people in need of international protection refers to people who are outside their country or territory of origin, typically because they have been forcibly displaced across international borders, who have not been reported under other categories (asylum-seekers, refugees, people in refugee-like situations) but who likely need international protection, including protection against forced return, as well as access to basic services on a temporary or longer-term basis. | 2019 - 2022 | - | - | OIP |
| The National Victims Registry of Colombia contains the historical accumulated figure of the number of victims of displacement which continues to increase, given that victims continue to be registered in the country. Thus, the total number of persons recognized as victims of displacement (more than 8.5 million), includes the number of IDPs who are subject to attention and/or reparation, i.e. those who meet the requirements to access the measures of attention and reparation established in Colombian Law 1448 (6.9 million). The number of victims of displacement who are deceased, direct victims of forced disappearance and homicide, and other victims who, for various reasons, cannot effectively access these measures, are identified as not being subject to attention or reparation and therefore not included in the figure of 6.9 million. The figure is constantly updated, considering that by legal definition, victims have up to two years to make their declaration and be included in the registry system. See the summary: https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/es/registro-unico-de-victimas-ruv/37394. | 2023 | - | Colombia | IDP |
| The IDP figure differs from those agreed and communicated by UN OCHA, given the exlusion of IDPs due to disasters, in line with UNHCR methodology. | 2023 - 2024 | - | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | IDP |
| The statelessness figure refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2016. | 2016 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| The total stateless population in Malaysia includes 9,392 non-displaced stateless persons who may be entitled to Malaysian nationality under the law. This number of non-displaced stateless persons is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR. The total statelessness figure reported also includes 107,678 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. | 2023 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| All figures relate to the end of 2016. Stateless figure refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti since June 2015. | 2017 | - | Haiti | RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT,REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC |
| Figure is from the 2011 census, likely to include 2,020 persons registered as stateless by the authorities. | 2015 - 2018 | - | Poland | STA |
| The total statelessness figure reported relates to 2,089 stateless persons who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers. There are also indications that a potentially sizable population of non-displaced stateless persons exists for whom no data is available. | 2023 | - | Indonesia | STA |
| Figure is based on a Government estimate of individuals who themselves or whose parents or grandparents migrated to Côte d’Ivoire before or just after independence and who did not establish their nationality at independence or before the nationality law changed in 1972. The estimate is derived in part from cases denied voter registration in 2010 because electoral authorities could not determine their nationality at the time. The estimation is adjusted to reflect the number of persons who acquired nationality through the special ‘acquisition of nationality by declaration’ procedure until end of 2016. The estimate does not include individuals of unknown parentage who were abandoned as children and who are not considered as nationals under Ivorian law. | 2016 - 2017 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| Refugee figure for Iraqis and Stateless persons in the Syrian Arab Republic was a Government estimate. UNHCR has registered and is assisting 18,300 Iraqis at the end of 2015. | 2015 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| The data is based on the registered population as of end-2020, as data for 2021 was not available at time of publication apart from the data on asylum-seekers, which was sourced from Eurostat, and resettlement which was sourced from the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers. | 2021 | - | Belgium | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure for non-displaced stateless is based on results from the 2021 Population Census, deducting the figures of stateless refugees and stateless asylum-seekers. | 2024 | - | Greece | STA |
| The figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons in Rakhine state and persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states in Myanmar.The figure of stateless persons in Rakhine state has been estimated on the basis of the 2014 census report and 2017 General Administration Department (GAD) of Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) data. It does not include an estimated 125,000 stateless IDPs who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are already included within the IDP figures. In Rakhine State, the total number of stateless persons were estimated to be approximately one million in 2014 according to the Government census report.Revisions have been made to take into account the number of stateless persons who fled to Bangladesh during 2017. The number of remaining stateless persons residing in Maungdaw area as of end of December 2017 is highly uncertain as no reliable comprehensive data is available and access has been severely constrained.Outside of Rakhine state, the figure of those with undetermined nationality (25,939) is based on government data released on 27 December 2016 indicating the number of persons who hold an Identity Card for National Verification, and whose citizenship has not yet been confirmed. | 2018 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| Figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011-2018. | 2018 | - | Albania | STA |
| Refugees includes people in refugee-like situations | 2019 - 2024 | Eritrea | - | REF |
| In Thailand, the number of new refugee arrivals is not available, but the Operation Centre for Displaced Persons, Ministry of Interior of Thailand, estimates that 52,000 refugees fled Myanmar and subsequently returned home from Thailand’s Temporary Safety Areas. | 2024 | - | Thailand | REF |
| The 1.7 million refugees includes around 1,316,800 registered refugees, around 140,900 unregistered members of registered families who were being verified at the time of reporting and were recorded through the documentation renewal and information verification exercise (DRIVE) and around 286,100 Afghans who arrived in the country on or after 1 January 2021. | 2022 | - | Pakistan | REF |
| Based on the information reported in the media as well as UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 3,000 people of various origins in Tajikistan who may be in need of international protection. | 2023 | - | Tajikistan | REF |
| The total statelessness figure includes 561,500 stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system as of end-2021. | 2021 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Based on the information reported in the media as well as UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 42,412 people of various origins in Kazakhstan who may be in need of international protection. | 2023 | - | Kazakhstan | REF |
| The overall figures for Spain include refugee status (11%), subsidiary protection (16%) and humanitarian reasons (73%). | 2021 | - | Spain | REF |
| UNHCR continues to report on the 2,534 refugees and 36,241 stateless people until their status and whereabouts can be ascertained. For asylum-seekers, end of year figures account also for those who confirmed their spontaneous departure to UNHCR from February 2022. The others of concern figure at end-2022 corresponds to the number of conflict-affected, non-displaced people assisted by UNHCR during the year. | 2022 | - | Ukraine | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The figure reported under “Stateless people including displaced Rohingya population from Myanmar” relates to stateless persons who are also refugees from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. This figure exceptionally includes 906,635 stateless refugees who are also counted in the column under “Refugees” in Annex Table 1. UNHCR’s statistical reporting currently follows a methodology that reports on one legal status as a person of concern only. However, due to the extraordinary size of the newly displaced stateless population in Bangladesh, UNHCR considered it important to reflect, on an exceptional basis, the dual status that this population group possesses as both refugees and stateless persons as to do otherwise might convey the mistaken impression that the overall number of stateless persons has declined significantly. | 2018 | - | Bangladesh | STA |
| The numbers refer to mid-2020, as data for end-2020 was not available at time of publication. | 2020 | - | Angola | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The number of refugees was rebased using updated data on the number of residence permit holder with refugee status and temporary protection holders by the end of 2022, available from Eurostat. | 2023 | - | Italy | REF |
| The data was provided by the Government on 9 January 2019. | 2018 | - | Nauru | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Stateless persons reported by UNHCR correspond to persons recognized as stateless by the authorities of Panama and the estimated number of persons in risk of statelessness of undetermined nationality according to the 2023 Census. | 2024 | - | Panama | STA |
| The National Victims Registry of Colombia contains the historical accumulated figure of the number of victims of displacement which continues to increase, given that victims continue to be registered in the country. Thus, the total number of persons recognized as victims of displacement (more than 8.7 million), includes the number of IDPs who are subject to attention and/or reparation, i.e. those who meet the requirements to access the measures of attention and reparation established in Colombian Law 1448 (7 million). The number of victims of displacement who are deceased, direct victims of forced disappearance and homicide, and other victims who, for various reasons, cannot effectively access these measures, are identified as not being subject to attention or reparation and therefore not included in the figure of 7 million. The figure is constantly updated, considering that by legal definition, victims have up to two years to make their declaration and be included in the registry system. See the summary: https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/es/registro-unico-de-victimas-ruv/. | 2024 | - | Colombia | IDP |
| From various sources such as civil status offices, health institutions, schools, municipal child protection units, and social services, UNHCR estimates the number of people with undetermined nationality (at risk of statelessness). | 2021 - 2022 | - | Albania | STA |
| This figure is based on the number of stateless persons registered in the German Central Aliens Register as being “stateless”. The number of stateless persons counted as asylum seekers as well as the number of stateless counted under “refugee population” have been deducted. Persons registered under the category “undefined nationality” are not included in the statistics. | 2018 | - | Germany | STA |
| The 98,900 IDPs in Pakistan that were displaced by conflict in the Tirah valley are now reported by the government to have returned. | 2022 | - | Pakistan | RDP |
| The United States of America has also offered temporary status in certain circumstances to people in need of international protection. UNHCR is in discussions with the U.S. government about how to best reflect such datapoints for all relevant populations in future reporting cycles. | 2023 - 2024 | - | United States of America | REF |
| Includes people deprived of their citizenship under previous nationality legislation, stateless individuals with permanent residence who are recognized as “stateless foreigners” and other stateless persons resident in Greece. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Greece | STA |
| Figure adjusted to reflect the results of a verification exercise, identification of new cases and the number of individuals who had their nationality confirmed in 2014 and 2015. | 2015 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina | STA |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2024 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 160 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 209,007 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2020 | - | Latvia | STA |
| The new statelessness figure is based on a 2019 mapping study jointly conducted by the Government and UNHCR. | 2019 - 2020 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| IDP figure in Ukraine includes 800,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Ukraine | IDP |
| The IDP figure can be found at CONAPO (2021) "Diagnóstico nacional sobre la situación del desplazamiento forzado interno en México" (https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/681782/Diagn_stico_nacional_sobre_la_situaci_n_del_desplazamiento_forzado_interno.pdf), where it is mentioned that 262,411 IDPs were displaced due to insecurity causes (pg18) and 24,376 IDPs due to disasters (pg 49). These calculations are based on 2020 Population and Housing Census carried out by INEGI. | 2022 - 2024 | - | Mexico | IDP |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 169 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons of 17 February 2004. 216,682 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2019 | - | Latvia | STA |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 159 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 180,455 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2023 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Updated figure is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR, which began in 2014. During 2016 874 persons of those registered acquired Malaysian nationality. | 2016 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government of Uzbekistan in 2010. The figure has been adjusted to reflect that citizenship of Uzbekistan has been granted to 6,761 persons since December 2016. | 2018 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| The decrease in the stateless population in Iceland between 2022 and 2023 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2023 | - | Iceland | STA |
| Pending asylum applications refer to the end of 2015. | 2016 | - | Angola | ASY |
| The 1.5 million refugees includes around 1,252,800 registered refugees, around 129,700 unregistered members of registered families who were being verified at the time of reporting and were recorded through the documentation renewal and information verification exercise (DRIVE) and around 108,000 Afghans who arrived in the country on or after 1 January 2021. | 2021 | - | Pakistan | REF |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.5 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2020 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| Naturalization figures refer to the admission of protected persons as permanent residents of Canada. | 2022 - 2024 | - | Canada | NAT |
| The decrease in the stateless population in Denmark between 2022 and 2023 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2023 | - | Denmark | STA |
| The data do not include 736 Syrians who arrived under admission programmes established by the German Laender. | 2017 | - | Germany | REF |
| The estimated figure of stateless persons in Lebanon is around 40,000. However, there is no official data on the scope of statelessness in Lebanon. Recent studies, including a 2021 study in Akkar undertaken by UNHCR and SIREN Associates, indicate that an estimated 27,000 to 40,000 persons in Lebanon lack a nationality. This does not include any estimate of statelessness amongst populations displaced to Lebanon, or of populations that may be at risk of statelessness. This reported figure will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2024 | - | Lebanon | STA |
| The figure represents a rudimentary estimate of in situ stateless persons. These estimates were provided by representatives from these unrecognized communities. The estimated figures have not been verified or confirmed by the government of Uganda and UNHCR and UNHCR is planning to support government efforts to gather official statistics on stateless persons and persons of undetermined nationality in Uganda. | 2021 | - | Uganda | STA |
| A population census in 2021, resulted in a revision of the number of persons under international protection living in Canada, which was previously estimated by UNHCR. Year-end stock refers to protected persons who are yet to acquire permanent resident status. | 2022 | - | Canada | REF |
| In 2022, people provided international protection on the basis of the humanitarian situation in their country of origin were reported as in a refugee-like situation. | 2022 | - | Japan | REF |
| The updated statelessness figure is based on a registration exercise covering 28 municipalities that has taken place between 2014 and 2016. 4,112 of the registered group were confirmed as Filipino, Indonesian or dual nationals during 2016. | 2016 | - | Philippines | STA |
| With regard to the statelessness figures, in 2019, Colombia granted nationality by birth to 28,500 children with undetermined nationality born in Colombia to Venezuelan parents displaced abroad. As these children were both identified as persons with undetermined nationality and granted Colombian nationality in 2019, there was no impact on the figures reported. | 2019 | - | Colombia | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2017. | 2017 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 3 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2018 | - | Kazakhstan | ASY |
| In South Africa, all refugees and asylum-seekers with valid permits were considered to be active during the COVID-19 pandemic era as long as their permit’s expiry dates were after the breakout of the pandemic. With the resumption of normal services in 2022, many permits have been inactivated and are therefore considered to be administrative closures. In total, some 72,200 individuals either did not extend their permits or the extended permits became inactive by the end of the year. Individuals whose permits have been inactivated can reapply although asylum-seekers and refugees have reported challenges in accessing the online renewal system. | 2022 | - | South Africa | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The Lebanese government estimates that 1.5 million Syrians are in Lebanon (some 755,400 registered by UNHCR as well as 10,000 asylum-seekers and refugees of other nationalities). | 2024 | - | Lebanon | REF |
| Figure from the 2011 census. | 2015 - 2018 | - | Czechia | STA |
| This includes around 770,500 refugees and 27,800 UNHCR pre-registered new arrivals, reported as refugee-like. Based on information received from the Government in October 2020, the Islamic Republic of Iran hosts 800,000 refugees, of which 780,000 are Afghan Amayesh cardholders and 20,000 are Iraqi Hoviat cardholders. These cards effectively offer refugee status to their holders. UNHCR has been in continuous engagement with the authorities in relation to these figures ever since. In view of the absence of updated data, UNHCR sought to estimate the changes in the refugee population considering the natural growth and onward movements, estimating the total to be some 770,000 refugees (out of which 750,000 were Afghans and 20,000 Iraqis). | 2021 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | REF |
| Includes people deprived of their citizenship under previous nationality legislation, stateless individuals with permanent residence who are recognized as "stateless foreigners" and other stateless persons resident in Greece. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Greece | STA |
| Pending a more accurate study into stateless in Iraq, the estimate of stateless persons in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006, which allows stateless persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Iraq | STA |
| According to some reports many stateless persons were naturalized between 2011-2018, but no official figures are yet confirmed. | 2018 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| An adjustment to 2015 end of year figures, in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review, has resulted in a substantially lower figure for numbers of asylum-seekers reported in South Africa. | 2015 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Figure of others of concern relates to persons who have specific protection needs and live in non-government-controlled areas or within 20 km of the contact line in government-controlled areas. | 2019 | - | Ukraine | OOC |
| Figure of stateless persons is an estimate and currently under review. | 2015 | - | Zimbabwe | STA |
| Based on new arrivals information in the report of international organizations and UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 23,400 people of various origins in Kyrgyzstan who may be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Kyrgyzstan | REF |
| All figures relate to the end of 2015. | 2016 | - | Angola | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| In the absence of official data, the figure reported refers to stateless persons and persons with undetermined nationality identified by UNHCR partner organizations in Turkmenistan. The increase in the reported figure is due to the identification of new people in stateless situations. | 2022 | - | Turkmenistan | STA |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 12,400 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2021 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Updated figure from the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). | 2015 | - | Italy | STA |
| The 303,100 Vietnamese refugees are well integrated and in practice receive protection from the Government of China. | 2019 - 2021 | - | China | REF |
| With regard to the statelessness figures, in 2020, Colombia granted nationality by birth to 7,700 children with undetermined nationality born in Colombia to Venezuelan parents displaced abroad. As these children were both identified as persons with undetermined nationality and granted Colombian nationality in 2020, there was no impact on the figures reported. | 2020 | - | Colombia | STA |
| The Albanian Government conducted the Population and Housing Census during the period of September–October 2023. The results of the census are expected to be published by the end of June 2024 and the number of persons at risk of statelessness identified will be updated accordingly. The start-year figures are based on an identification exercise conducted in 2021 which identified a further 1,120 persons at risk of statelessness, subtracting the number of undocumented persons who had their nationality confirmed by the Albanian authorities in 2021. During 2022, an additional 350 people were assisted to confirm their nationalities through administrative and/or judicial procedures, out of which 238 were fully resolved. | 2023 | - | Albania | STA |
| In November 2017, UNHCR jointly with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Care carried out a field verification of all ex-Yugoslav refugees with unresolved status issues, including those of undetermined nationality. The field exercise covered 2,318 individuals (including 42% children) in 20 municipalities. The exercise identified 145 persons of undetermined nationality. Following the verification exercise, UNHCR and the MoI formed a working group to jointly assess each case and look for solutions in Montenegro or in the countries of origin. | 2018 | - | Montenegro | STA |
| In 2010, the Government reported 86,703 stateless persons with permanent residence. The figure has been adjusted provided that citizenship of Uzbekistan was granted to 1,148 persons since December 2016. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available. | 2017 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| The profiles that are registered under this undetermined nationality category provided by the Ministry of Interior are not clearly defined and therefore these 9,641 have been removed from Stateless statistics published for Belgium. | 2020 | - | Belgium | STA |
| Figure from the 2011 census. It includes 63 stateless persons who held permits to stay in Slovakia at the end of 2011. No updated data on the number of stateless persons is available. | 2015 - 2018 | - | Slovakia | STA |
| The statistics of stateless/undetermined nationality have been revised as per the updated data received from the Ministry of Interior (as of end-2024). Based on this, the figure of 954 (other stateless persons according to 2011 census) has been removed. This is to note that the latest 2021 census did not include the category of stateless persons, therefore these are not reported. | 2024 | - | Czechia | STA |
| Figure refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2016. | 2016 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| Various studies estimate that a large number of individuals lack citizenship certificates in Nepal. While these individuals are not all necessarily stateless, UNHCR has been working closely with the Government of Nepal and partners to address this situation. | 2015 - 2019 | - | Nepal | STA |
| No official data on the actual number of refugees residing in Bulgaria is available. The estimate includes 74,300 Ukrainians who received temporary protection, and 34,400 other refugees. | 2024 | - | Bulgaria | REF |
| Asylum applications and pending figures are adjusted with the average number of person per case(1.3). | 2016 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ASY |
| Figure is based on a registration exercise in 2015 in three regions, leading to the registration of 842 people as stateless by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan.The additional 2,985 persons reflects individuals identified by UNHCR partners as at risk of statelessness or with undetermined nationality awaiting a solution from the government, as well as individuals who obtained residency permits for stateless persons reported by UNHCR partners. | 2023 | - | Tajikistan | STA |
| All 58 persons were in the final stages of naturalization or citizenship confirmation formalities. | 2019 | - | Kyrgyzstan | STA |
| The UK’s stateless figures show the number of stateless individuals recognised through the UK's stateless determination procedure since it began in 2013. In previous years, this figure has been calculated by adding all grants of stateless leave. This resulted in unavoidable double counting for stateless individuals who were applying for further statelessness leave after the expiry of their initial grant of leave. The UK Government has now provided data for initial and subsequent grants. The subsequent grants have therefore been removed from the previous cumulative figure between 2013 - 2018. Since 2019, the cumulative figure now only includes initial grants of leave following individuals’ recognition as stateless. As of 2023, the total number of individuals recognised under UK’s statelessness determination procedure is 362. UNHCR further provides the number of asylum-seekers and refugees whose nationality has been recorded as ‘stateless’ as part of the asylum process. For this group there has been no formal determination that they are stateless.The number of 'stateless' asylum-seekers in the UK awaiting a decision has been revised, following decisions on their asylum claims during the year. | 2023 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| The stateless statistics figure is a combination of data published by the National Institute of Statistics (570 as of 1 January 2024), as well as estimates from NGOs on the number of persons who are stateless or at risk of statelessness present in Italy. | 2024 | - | Italy | STA |
| Stateless persons include persons who came from other countries to live and work in Singapore and lost their foreign citizenship over time, and children born in Singapore but not eligible for Singapore Citizenship at birth and whose parents confer nationality to them. | 2018 | - | Singapore | STA |
| According to some reports many stateless persons have been naturalized since 2011, but no official figures are yet confirmed. The reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2024 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| The statelessness figure is based on a 2019 mapping study jointly conducted by the Government and UNHCR. | 2021, 2023 - 2024 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| In 2020, the refugee estimates were updated using the data provided by ISTAT for 2019, augmented with the decisions on asylum applications provided by the Ministry of Interior in 2020. The ISTAT statistics provide the total number of people with valid refugee residence permits, disaggregated for the 50 most common countries of origins. This resulted in a reduction in the start-year refugee population of 91,200 refugees. | 2020 | - | Italy | REF |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees in Iceland are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits issued on the basis of international protection, subsidiary protection, resettlement or family reasons and adding beneficiaries of temporary protection. It does not include refugees who have been granted permanent residence permits. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Iceland | REF |
| The figure reported under “Stateless people including displaced Rohingya population from Myanmar” relates to stateless persons who are also refugees from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. This figure exceptionally includes 932,204 stateless refugees who are also counted in the column under “Refugees” in Annex Table 1. UNHCR’s statistical reporting currently follows a methodology that reports on one legal status as a person of concern only. However, due to the extraordinary size of the newly displaced stateless population in Bangladesh, UNHCR considered it important to reflect, on an exceptional basis, the dual status that this population group possesses as both refugees and stateless persons as to do otherwise might convey the mistaken impression that the overall number of stateless persons has declined significantly. For more information on UNHCR’s approach in reporting on this population group, please refer to the text box on p. 53 of Global Trends 2017 report. | 2017 | - | Bangladesh | STA |
| The figure is based on an estimate provided in 2020 of ethnic Vietnamese persons whose legal identity documents were withdrawn and whose nationality is undetermined. | 2023 | - | Cambodia | STA |
| A study is being pursued to provide a revised estimate of statelessness figure. | 2016 - 2018 | - | Zimbabwe | STA |
| The statelessness figure is based on a Government estimate of individuals who themselves or whose parents or grandparents migrated to Côte d’Ivoire before or just after independence and who did not establish their nationality at independence or before the nationality law changed in 1972. The estimate is derived in part from cases denied voter registration in 2010 because electoral authorities could not determine their nationality at the time. The estimation is adjusted to reflect the number of persons who acquired nationality through the special ‘acquisition of nationality by declaration’ procedure until end of 2016. The estimate does not include individuals of unknown parentage who were abandoned as children and who are not considered as nationals under Ivorian law. | 2016 - 2018 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| The figure is based on an NGO analysis of government data and may not represent the full magnitude of statelessness in Slovenia. | 2018 | - | Slovenia | STA |
| Official statistics on the size of the refugee population are not available. UNHCR refugee population estimates is based on the cumulative number of recognized asylum-seekers over the past 10 years, plus the reported number of beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in the country by end-2024. | 2024 | - | Austria | REF |
| The figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons in Rakhine State and persons of undetermined nationality residing in other States in Myanmar. The figure of stateless persons in Rakhine State has been estimated on the basis of the 2014 census report. It does not include an estimated 147,000 stateless IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are already included within the figures on IDPs. In Rakhine State, the total number of stateless persons is estimated to be approximately one million. Revisions have been made to reduce the number of stateless persons due to departures to Bangladesh after October 2016. Outside of Rakhine State, the figure of those with undetermined nationality (25,939) is based on government data released on 27 December 2016 indicating the number of persons who hold an Identity Card for National Verification, whose citizenship has not yet been confirmed. | 2016 | - | Myanmar | STA,IDP |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by December 2022. | 2022 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| UNHCR is verifying the number of stateless persons with the Government of Saudi Arabia. | 2019 - 2024 | - | Saudi Arabia | STA |
| Figure of Stateless persons was estimated from the 2014 census. It does not include an estimated 151,921 stateless IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are already included within the figures on IDPs.In Rakhine State it is estimated to be approximately one million. | 2015 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| Figure from the 2011 census. It includes 23 persons registered as stateless by the Government of Croatia. | 2015 - 2017 | - | Croatia | STA |
| The reduction of about 109,400 is due to improved estimates of Somali refugees in Yemen. Starting in September 2020, UNHCR has been working with the authorities and other actors to improve estimates of refugee and asylum-seeker statistics in Yemen. | 2020 | - | Yemen | REF |
| The methodology for estimating the number of refugees in Australia is under review and subject to adjustment in future reports. The asylum-seeker figure is based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. | 2019 - 2021 | - | Australia | REF |
| The number of refugees was re-calculated based on the refugee data, as provided by the government. The overall figures for Spain include refugee status (8%), subsidiary protection (9%), temporary protection (51%) and humanitarian reasons (32%). | 2024 | - | Spain | REF |
| Estimates of the number of Ukrainians in a refugee-like situation in Montenegro were revised. | 2024 | - | Montenegro | REF |
| The UK’s stateless figures show the number of stateless individuals recognised through the UK's stateless determination procedure since it began in 2013. In previous years, this figure has been calculated by adding all grants of stateless leave. This resulted in unavoidable double counting for stateless individuals who were applying for further statelessness leave after the expiry of their initial grant of leave. The UK Government has now provided data for initial and subsequent grants. The subsequent grants have therefore been removed from the previous cumulative figure between 2013 - 2018. Since 2019, the cumulative figure now only includes initial grants of leave following individuals’ recognition as stateless. At the end of 2021, the total number of individuals recognised under UK’s statelessness determination procedure is 258. UNHCR further provides the number of asylum-seekers and refugees whose nationality has been recorded as ‘stateless’ as part of the asylum process. For this group there has been no formal determination that they are stateless. | 2021 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| In October 2020, UNHCR Iran received the data on total number of refugees from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on which consultations are ongoing. According to it, 800,000 refugee card holders reside in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 780,000 of whom are Afghans and 20,000 Iraqis. The last time the Iranian Government had shared information on Afghan refugee population was in May 2015, when according to it 951,410 Afghan refugees resided in Iran; the Iraqi refugee population data was shared in 2013, and according to it 28,268 Iraqi refugees resided in Iran. UNHCR is in consultations with the authorities to understand the reasons behind the decrease reported in 2020 data (170,081 for Afghan refugees and 8,268 for Iraqi refugees). | 2020 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | REF |
| The number of IDP returns in Ukraine is estimated using the IOM DTM Ukraine General Population Survey Round 15. The figure of 1.3 million IDP returns, was estimated by combining the share of returnees who returned from within the country and the share of returnees who had returned during the previous 12 months. | 2023 | - | Ukraine | RDP |
| The increase in the number of refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya is due to the arrival in 2024 of a total of 228,800 Sudanese. Almost 30,800 of them were registered as asylum-seekers by UNHCR and the remaining 198,000 are estimated based on the issuance of health cards in areas outside of Tripoli and reported as people in a refugee-like situation. | 2024 | - | Libya | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The figure of 18,500 is an estimate by UNHCR with input from stateless communities. | 2018 | - | Kenya | STA |
| The others of concern figure corresponds to the number of conflict-affected, non-displaced people assisted by UNHCR during the year. | 2023 | - | Ukraine | OOC |
| Based on the information reported in the media as well as UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 2,300 people of various origins in Tajikistan who may be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Tajikistan | REF |
| The figure reported under “Stateless people including displaced Rohingya population from Myanmar” relates to stateless persons in Rakhine State and persons of undetermined nationality residing in other States in Myanmar. This figure exceptionally include 125,575 stateless IDPs who are also counted in the column under “IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR, including people in IDP-like situations” in Annex Table 1. Outside of Rakhine State, the figure of those with undetermined nationality (25,939) is based on government data released on 27 December 2016 indicating the number of persons who hold an Identity Card for National Verification, whose citizenship has not yet been confirmed. The number of stateless persons in Rakhine State was estimated to be approximately one million at the end of 2016. Following large-scale departures to Bangladesh in 2017, the number of stateless persons in Rakhine State (470,000) has significantly declined in comparison to the numbers reported in 2016 and previous years. UNHCR’s statistical reporting currently follows a methodology that reports on one legal status as a person of concern only. However, due to the extraordinary size of the newly displaced stateless population in Bangladesh and within Myanmar, UNHCR considered it important to reflect, on an exceptional basis, the dual status that this population group possesses as both IDPs and stateless persons as to do otherwise might convey the mistaken impression that the overall number of stateless persons has declined significantly. For more information on UNHCR’s approach in reporting on this population group, please refer to the text box on p. 53 of Global Trends 2017 report. | 2017 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| Updated figure from the Portuguese Immigration Service referring to 2013. | 2015 - 2018 | - | Portugal | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government of Uzbekistan in November 2020 under the XII Report on compliance of Uzbekistan with CERD. Information on other categories of statelessness is unavailable. | 2020 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 174 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 224,670 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2018 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Statistics on asylum applications and decisions processed by the government of Rwanda are reported by UNHCR based on information shared by Government of Rwanda. The comprehensive data is however only available with the government of Rwanda. Please also note, that small figures have been redacted for data protection reasons. Among asylum applications decided upon by the government of Rwanda, the total number of recognised asylum-seekers in 2022 was 41, while 103 applications were rejected and 27 cased were otherwise closed. Statistics on applications and decisions processed by UNHCR, reflect case processing for the purpose of durable solutions as part of the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM). | 2022 | - | Rwanda | ASY |
| The figure for the Russian Federation includes 65,400 Ukrainians who were granted refugee or temporary asylum status, as well as those recorded in the country in 2022 under other forms of stay. | 2022 | - | Russian Federation | REF |
| When presenting statistics on internal displacement, UNHCR applies two different sources: the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s IDP statistics are incorporated in the total forcibly displaced while those IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR are included in the total population that UNHCR protects and/or assists. The two sources of IDP data vary significantly in certain countries. | 2022 | - | - | IDP |
| The statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government in 2010. The figure has been adjusted provided that citizenship of Uzbekistan was granted to 1,148 persons since December 2016. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available. | 2017 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| Figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government in 2010. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available. | 2015 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| An improved methodology to estimate the number of refugees hosted in the United States of America, using official statistics from US Citizenship and Immigration Services, led to a decrease of the refugee stock within the country. | 2022 | - | United States of America | REF |
| Refugee figure relate to the end of 2016. | 2017 | - | Luxembourg | REF |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Iceland. | 2023 | - | Iceland | RST |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.3 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2017 - 2022 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ASY |
| No official data on the actual number of refugees residing in Bulgaria is available. According to estimates, between 1,000 and 2,000 refugees and humanitarian status holders remain in the country. It is expected that the 2021 National Census, which will include the first-time refugee and stateless populations, will provide more accurate data. | 2020 | - | Bulgaria | REF |
| Refugee figure related to the end of 2016. | 2018 | - | Belgium | REF |
| Figure relates to stateless persons in Rakhine State and persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states in Myanmar. The figure of stateless persons in Rakhine State has been estimated on the basis of the 2014 census report. It does not include an estimated 147,000 stateless IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are already included within the figures on IDPs. In Rakhine State, the total number of stateless persons is estimated to be approximately one million. Revisions have been made to reduce the number of stateless persons due to departures to Bangladesh after October 2016. Outside of Rakhine State, the figure of those with undetermined nationality (25,939) is based on government data released on 27 December 2016 indicating the number of persons who hold an Identity Card for National Verification, whose citizenship has not yet been confirmed. | 2016 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| The updated figure is based on a registration exercise covering 24 municipalities in 2014 and 2015. | 2015 | - | Philippines | STA |
| The total statelessness figure reported relates to 22,646 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. The reported figure does not represent an estimate of the entire stateless population. | 2023 | - | India | STA |
| The figure is based on the 2024 National Housing & Population Census report which shows that there are 10,284 persons who identified themselves as members of indigenous communities, namely Bagabu, Bakingwe, Benet and Maragoli, that are not listed as nationals of Uganda in the Third Schedule to the Constitution. However, this may not represent the entirety of the stateless population in the country. | 2024 | - | Uganda | STA |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by December 2024. | 2024 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| The total statelessness figure includes 573,900 stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system by the end of 2022. | 2022 | - | Thailand | STA |
| The number of returned IDPs is estimated by taking a difference between the returned IDPs as stocks reported in DTM Round 17 (August - September 2023) and Round 13 (June - July 2022) at the national level due to a lack of data availability on the timing of returns. Caution should be applied to the figures, given that subnational coverage of each round is different, for example, Round 13 did not cover Tigray and Round 17 did not cover considerable areas of Amhara. | 2023 | - | Ethiopia | RDP |
| The decrease in the stateless population in France between 2023 and 2024 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2024 | - | France | STA |
| The refugee figure relates to the end of 2016. | 2018 | - | Belgium | REF |
| The figure is an estimate and currently under review. | 2015 | - | Zimbabwe | STA |
| The figures for stateless individuals in Spain represent the 8,525 individuals recognized through the Spanish stateless determination procedure under the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as 39 stateless refugees and 15 stateless asylum-seekers. Source: Permanent Observatory on Immigration, Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. | 2023 | - | Spain | STA |
| Various studies estimate that a significant number of individuals originally from Nepal lack citizenship certificates. While these individuals originally from Nepal are not all necessarily stateless, UNHCR has been working closely with the Government of Nepal and partners to address this situation. | 2020 - 2024 | - | Nepal | STA |
| In situ figure based on the 2021 census. Figures for stateless refugees and stateless asylum-seekers have been de-duplicated from census data. | 2023 | - | Greece | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011-2019. | 2019 | - | Albania | STA |
| The great majority are former Yugoslav citizens who have yet to have their Serbian nationality formally recognized through the issuance of documents proving nationality. | 2015 - 2017 | - | Serbia and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999) | STA |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 157 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 173,729 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2024 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Data is as of end-2020, apart from the data on asylum-seekers, which was sourced from Eurostat. | 2021 | - | Luxembourg | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Refers to persons in a refugee-like situation. | 2017 | Eritrea | Israel | RET |
| The decreased statistical data on refugees and subsidiary protection holders in Malta is primarily attributed to a revised/updated official data shared with UNHCR by the International Protection Agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Security and Employment. The official governmental data (as of June 30, 2024) reflects the active international protection holders residing in Malta. | 2024 | - | Malta | REF |
| The statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence in Uzbekistan officially reported by the Government of Uzbekistan to UNHCR as of 31 December 2023. Information on other categories of statelessness is unavailable. | 2023 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| Figure from 2009 census. 1,640 persons were registered by the Ministry of Interior as stateless at the end of 2012. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Azerbaijan | STA |
| The figure for the Russian Federation includes 6,894 Ukrainians who were granted refugee or temporary asylum status by end-2024. Moreover, as of mid-2023 an estimated 1.2 million Ukrainians were recorded in the Russian Federation under different legal forms of stay (other than refugee or temporary asylum status) and reported by UNHCR as persons in a refugee-like situation. However, this figure has not been updated since June 2023, and therefore can no longer be included in UNHCR’s official statistics for end of 2024. | 2024 | - | Russian Federation | REF |
| Figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011-2017. | 2017 | - | Albania | STA |
| This figure is a combination of data published by the National Institute of Statistics (675 as of 1 January 2023), as well as estimates from NGOs on the number of persons who are stateless or at risk of statelessness present in Italy. | 2023 | - | Italy | STA |
| The total statelessness figure includes 480,696 stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system as of end-2020. | 2020 | - | Thailand | STA |
| According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps. Statistical data relating to refugees are entirely for humanitarian purposes. The total number of persons in need of humanitarian assistance services is estimated to be far higher than this figure. | 2019 - 2022 | - | Algeria | REF |
| A study is being pursued to provide a revised estimate of the statelessness figure. | 2019 - 2021 | - | Zimbabwe | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year as reported by the Norwegian authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end with valid residence permit as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation and naturalisations) through the year as reported by Norwegian authorities; and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Norway corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 1 January 2025, deducting the estimated number of stateless refugees at year-end. | 2024 | - | Norway | STA |
| An adjustment to 2014 end of year figures in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review has resulted in a substantially higher figure for numbers of asylum seekers reported in South Africa for 2015. It should be noted that the current legal framework in South Africa does not enable the withdrawal (whether explicit or implicit) of asylum applications lodged. | 2015 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| In January 2024, the Government of Turkmenistan released first time ever official statistical information on stateless persons. Previously, in the absence of official data, the figure reported refers to stateless persons and persons with undetermined nationality identified by UNHCR partner organizations in Turkmenistan. Given the discrepancies between partner organizations figures and official figures as of 31 Dec 2023, UNHCR plans to continue crosschecking of partners’ database with the Turkmen authorities in 2024 in order to ensure accurate reporting for 2024. The decrease in the reported figure corresponds to those people who were naturalized or who had another nationality confirmed. | 2023 | - | Turkmenistan | STA |
| All data is as of end-2022. | 2023 - 2024 | - | Bahamas | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| From 10 October to 31 December 2021, UNHCR conducted 142,182 household-level multi-sectorial rapid assessments in 314 districts in all 34 provinces with the goal of identifying families in need of UNHCR assistance. At least 791,000 returned IDPs were identify during the assessments. | 2021 | - | Afghanistan | RDP |
| Australia’s figures for asylum-seekers are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Australia | ASY |
| UNHCR data on resettlement departures used in lieu of government resettlement arrival data, which was not available at end-2020 | 2020 | - | Romania | RST |
| Updated figure from the Royal Thai Government. The decrease includes the grant of Thai nationality to over 18,000 stateless people in the last three years. | 2015 | - | Thailand | STA |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by end 2020. | 2020 | - | Dominican Rep. | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Figure refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti since June 2015. | 2016 - 2017 | - | Haiti | STA |
| Stateless figures in Australia are sourced from the Government. They consist of figures on stateless persons held in detention and those that have been issued or are in an application process for an “Onshore Humanitarian Visa” and have self-reported to be stateless. Australia does not have a separate statelessness status determination procedure and only provides statistics on humanitarian visas. Due to this, the figure reported here does not capture all stateless persons in Australia and is not an estimate of statelessness in Australia. Figures for stateless persons in detention come from the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs and Australian Border Force report on Immigration Detention and Community Statistics Summary 31 December 2023. | 2023 | - | Australia | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the number of stateless displaced persons have not been available for several years, hence current estimates may not reflect the real numbers currently in the country. | 2024 | - | Austria | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees is Denmark are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits for asylum as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation) through the year are as reported by authorities. Figures for temporary protection holders in Denmark are based on data by Eurostat. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Denmark | REF |
| Updated figure is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR, which began in 2014. During 2018, 781 persons of those registered acquired Malaysian nationality. | 2018 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| There is no official data on statelessness in Poland. The reported figure refers to the number of stateless people holding a personal identification number issued by the Government, which does not cover all stateless people in the country. The figure additionally includes stateless asylum-seekers and refugees (including beneficiaries of temporary protection) in Poland. | 2024 | - | Poland | STA |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Slovenia. | 2023 | - | Slovenia | RST |
| All figures refer to the mid of 2018. | 2018 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps. | 2016 | - | Algeria | REF |
| In November 2017, jointly with the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro (MoI) and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, UNHCR carried out a field verification of all ex-Yugoslav refugees with unresolved legal status and persons at risk of statelessness, known to UNHCR at that time. The field exercise covered 2,318 individuals (including 42% children) in 20 out of 23 municipalities of Montenegro. Based on the verification results, in 2018 UNHCR reported at least 605 persons at risk of statelessness (145 at risk of statelessness and 460 in a statelessness like situation). During 2023 their number decreased for 125 persons. However, new 37 persons at risk of statelessness were identified in the field, leading to the total number of 406 persons at risk of statelessness at the end of 2023. In 2018 Montenegro introduced formal statelessness determination procedure in its legal system. By the end of 2023, through this procedure, 10 persons were officially recognized as stateless by the MoI | 2023 | - | Montenegro | STA |
| The figure does not represent the entire number of persons registered as stateless in the German Central Aliens Register. The number of stateless persons holding a humanitarian residence title (not all of whom are persons of concern to UNHCR) and the number of stateless asylum-seekers have been deducted from it. | 2015 - 2017 | - | Germany | STA |
| The number of other people in need of international protection is estimated from the RMRP. | 2021 | - | Chile | OIP |
| The great majority are former Yugoslav citizens who have yet to have their nationality of North Macedonia formally recognized through the issuance of documents proving nationality. | 2018, 2023 | - | North Macedonia | STA |
| Refugee figure includes 932,204 stateless persons from Myanmar. | 2017 | - | Bangladesh | REF |
| The Republic of Latvia enacted a Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004, which replaced the Law on the Status of Stateless Persons in the Republic of Latvia of 18 February 1999, and which determines the legal status of persons who are not considered as citizens by the legislation of any State and whose status is not determined by the 25th April 1995 Law. This figure includes persons of concern who fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2016 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Since 2023, the number of refugees is based on the data on refugee and temporary protection status holders at year-end as provided by authorities. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | REF |
| The total statelessness figure includes 589,800 stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system by the end of 2024, as well as other stateless individuals known to UNHCR, including permanent residents of Thailand who have not yet been granted nationality. The figure includes 513 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity from Myanmar who are also counted as refugees. | 2024 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Figure refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2017. | 2017 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| Based on reports from international organizations, UNHCR estimates that there are approximately 3,400 Afghan nationals residing in Turkmenistan who are likely to be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Turkmenistan | REF |
| The refugee population in Jordan includes 34,300 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis. | 2019 - 2020 | - | Jordan | REF |
| All data is as of May 2024. | 2024 | - | Curacao | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to stateless statistics, since 2024 the number of stateless persons at year-end in Sweden are based on data reported by the Swedish Migration Agency including stateless refugees (3,752), stateless asylum-seekers (236) and stateless persons with other non-protection related types of permits (3,027). | 2024 | - | Sweden | STA |
| The estimated figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity in Rakhine State, including stateless Rohingya IDPs in Myanmar. The number of persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states or regions in Myanmar is not currently available. The number of stateless people remaining in Rakhine State following violence in 2016 and 2017 and large scale departures to Bangladesh is based on detailed estimates for each village tract made by UNHCR, other UN agencies and NGOs in early 2018, which concluded that between 532,000 to 600,000 Rohingya remained in Rakhine State, increasing to 619,400 due to additional displacement (including an estimated 253,500 of those Rohingya who have been internally displaced). | 2024 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| This figure is an estimate of stateless persons in Rakhine State derived from the 2014 census. It does not include an estimated 151,921 stateless IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are already included within the figures on IDPs. In Rakhine State it is estimated to be approximately one million. | 2015 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| Figure is an extrapolation of the 2001 census figure of persons who self-declared as not having a nationality. It includes 5,650 persons who are registered as stateless by the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. | 2018 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| Figure of Stateless persons refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011- 2015. The figure includes 12,881 stateless persons holding a temporary or a permanent residence permit. | 2015 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| This figure reflects the number of stateless persons identified through a survey completed by UNHCR and a partner among various communities affected by statelessness, which led to 1,000 interviews being conducted, through which 233 individuals were considered to be stateless. This figure only captures stateless individuals known to UNHCR, while there are likely to be more people in the country who are stateless. It does not include any estimate of the stateless refugee population or persons of undetermined nationality, populations that are also typically included in official UNHCR statelessness statistics. Based on other data sources it is understood that there are also persons of those profiles in Iraq, and the reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2023 | - | Iraq | STA |
| The total number of refugees is 78,398 at the end of 2019. The numbers published refer to end-2018, as validated disaggregated country of origin data for 2019 was not available at time of publication. | 2019 | - | South Africa | REF |
| The data was provided by the Government on 26 September 2017. | 2017 | - | Papua New Guinea | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The total stateless population in Malaysia includes 9,200 non-displaced stateless people who may be entitled to Malaysian nationality under the law. This number of non-displaced stateless people is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| This figure presents an estimate of persons with undetermined nationality/at risk of statelessness, based on a survey conducted by the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) in 2010, which found approximately 9500 persons to be at risk of statelessness. Efforts are underway to conduct a survey that will provide an updated and reliable statistics in 2022. | 2021 - 2022 | - | Rwanda | STA |
| All figures refer to mid-2018. | 2018 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Refugee figure relates to the end of 2016. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Luxembourg | REF |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents. According to information released by the authorities, 26,153 individuals had been issued their Dominican civil documents by September of 2018. Additionally, 308 individuals formally presented their naturalization claims to the Ministry of Interior and Policeas of the end of 2018 and are awaiting their naturalization decrees. | 2018 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| In the Islamic Republic of Iran, some 2.6 million Afghans have been reported as people in a refugee-like situation. In 2022, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran conducted a recount of the previously "head counted" population and extended the scope of this scheme to all undocumented Afghans residing in the country, including those who had newly arrived due to the Taliban takeover in 2021 in Afghanistan. It is reported that 2.6 million Afghans enrolled in this exercise, which provides them with a headcount slip and temporary protection from deportation. | 2022 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | REF |
| The 2021 end-year statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence in Uzbekistan officially reported by the Government of Uzbekistan to UNHCR as of 31 December 2021. Information on other categories of statelessness is unavailable. The reported figure includes a reduction of 2,200 people who acquired the citizenship of Uzbekistan from 1 to 31 December 2020, which was not included in the 2020 annual statistics as it was reported in February 2022. | 2021 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| The decrease in the stateless population in Norway between 2022 and 2023 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2023 | - | Norway | STA |
| The total statelessness figure includes 474,888 non-displaced stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system as of December 2019. This figure includes 119 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity from Myanmar who are also counted as others of concern to UNHCR. UNHCR’s statistical reporting generally follows a methodology that reports only one status for each person of concern. However, due to the size of the stateless Rohingya population displaced from Myanmar, UNHCR considers it important to reflect the dual status of this population group as others of concern to UNHCR and stateless. This approach is being used for Thailand for the first time in 2019. | 2019 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Number of stateless persons registered by the Department of Citizenship and Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. (In the 2009 census, 16,116 persons declared that they do not possess any nationality). | 2015 - 2016 | - | Belarus | STA |
| 277 persons were naturalized or granted citizenship in 2023. Since December 2021 the data on number of staleless persons is provided by the Government. | 2023 | - | Kyrgyzstan | STA |
| The great majority are former Yugoslav citizens who have yet to have their nationality of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia formally recognized through the issuance of documents proving nationality. | 2015 - 2017 | - | North Macedonia | STA |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Belgium. | 2023 | - | Belgium | RST |
| The Republic of Latvia enacted a Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004, which replaced the Law on the Status of Stateless Persons in the Republic of Latvia of 18 February 1999, and which determines the legal status of persons who are not considered as citizens by the legislation of any State and whose status is not determined by the 25th April 1995 Law (quoted below). | 2017 - 2018 | - | Latvia | STA |
| The figure relate to the end of 2016. | 2018 | - | Luxembourg | REF |
| The total statelessness figure includes 586,500 stateless persons reported by the Royal Thai Government and registered with the national civil registration system by the end of 2023. | 2023 | - | Thailand | STA |
| In Poland, the refugee population was rebased using the estimate of those likely to still be present on the territory of the State using the number of valid identity cards at year-end. This resulted in a reduction of some 10,200 refugees. | 2020 | - | Poland | REF |
| By mid-2022, there were 234 Ukrainian nationals, 73 of whom were protected, a further 73 under temporary residence on humanitarian grounds and 161 with non-visa stay. | 2022 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina | REF |
| Refugee figure for Iraqis was a Government estimate. UNHCR has registered 15,700 Iraqis at the end of 2018. According to some reports many stateless persons were naturalized between 2011-2018, but no official figures are yet confirmed. | 2018 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| Figure of stateless persons refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti during the reporting period. | 2015 | - | Haiti | STA |
| The overall figures for Spain include cases granted refugee status (4%), subsidiary protection (1%) and cases that were granted authorization to stay based on humanitarian reasons (37%). | 2020 | - | Spain | REF |
| Start-year figures come from the 2009 census, reporting 3585 stateless persons. In 2023, UNHCR conducted an extensive identification exercise of stateless persons in Azerbaijan using both government and UNHCR registers. The exercise was able to account for 513 stateless person. The government of Azerbaijan confirmed that between 2008 and 2023, 2306 stateless persons aquired citizenship of Azerbaijan. | 2023 | - | Azerbaijan | STA |
| Data refers to number of cases or mix of persons and cases. | 2016 - 2018 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ASY |
| The 2022 statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence in Uzbekistan officially reported by the Government of Uzbekistan to UNHCR as of 31 December 2022. Information on other categories of statelessness is unavailable. | 2022 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| The reported figure is a preliminary estimate of persons of undetermined nationality by UNHCR. The estimate is based on the UNHCR 2018 statelessness study which documents specific profiles of groups at risk of statelessness in South Sudan. | 2023 | - | South Sudan | STA |
| Figure refers to a census from 2011 and is currently under review. | 2015 | - | Albania | STA |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. There are some 13,400 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2022 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Australia's figures for asylum-seekers are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Australia | ASY |
| The statelessness figure is based on a 2019 mapping study jointly conducted by the Government and UNHCR. On 30 June 2022, the cessation clause for Ivorian refugees recommended by UNHCR came into effect. | 2022 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011-2017. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Albania | STA |
| Also, only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2023 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| Asylum applications and pending figures are adjusted with the average number of person per case(1.46). | 2016 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| Figure refers to persons who have been recognized as stateless through the statelessness determination procedure in 2013 - 2016. | 2016 - 2017 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| The overall figures for Spain include refugee status (6%), subsidiary protection (9%), temporary protection (50%) and humanitarian reasons (35%). Source: Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. | 2022 | - | Spain | REF |
| Figure is based on a Government estimate of individuals who themselves or whose parents or grandparents migrated to Côte d’Ivoire before or just after independence and who did not establish their nationality at independence or before the nationality law changed in 1972. The estimate is derived in part from cases denied voter registration in 2010 because electoral authorities could not determine their nationality at the time. The estimation is adjusted to reflect the number of persons who acquired nationality through the special ‘acquisition of nationality by declaration’ procedure until end of 2018. The estimate does not include individuals of unknown parentage who were abandoned as children and who are not considered as nationals under Ivorian law. | 2018 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| Refugee figure relates to the end of 2014. | 2015 | - | Guinea-Bissau | REF |
| Figure based on a registration exercise in three regions and 729 people registered as stateless by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan. | 2015 | - | Tajikistan | STA |
| The estimate for internally displaced people in Ethiopia included previously inaccessible locations in the Tigray region and the south of the country. | 2024 | - | Ethiopia | IDP |
| A study is being pursued to provide a revised estimate of this figure. | 2016 - 2018 | - | Zimbabwe | STA |
| The overall figures for Spain include cases granted refugee status (3%), subsidiary protection (3%) and cases that were granted authorization to stay based on humanitarian reasons (63%). | 2019 | - | Spain | REF |
| No data was available for stateless persons residing in the United States of America. | 2022 - 2024 | - | United States of America | STA |
| The updated figure is based on improved information concerning persons of Indonesian descent who have acquired nationality. | 2018 - 2021 | - | Philippines | STA |
| Figures are UNHCR estimates. | 2015 - 2019, 2021, 2024 | - | Japan | ASY,REF,ROC,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The data was provided by the Government on 3 December 2018. | 2018 | - | Papua New Guinea | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Refers to refugee status determination conducted in Kosovo S/RES/1244(1999). | 2015 - 2016 | - | Serbia and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999) | ASY |
| The estimated figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity in Rakhine State, including stateless Rohingya IDPs in Myanmar. The number of persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states or regions in Myanmar is not currently available. The number of stateless persons remaining in Rakhine State following violence in 2016 and 2017 and large scale departures to Bangladesh is based on detailed estimates for each village tract made by UNHCR, other UN agencies and NGOs in early 2018, which concluded that between 532,000 to 600,000 Rohingya remained in Rakhine State, increasing to 632,800 due to additional displacement (including an estimated 155,500 of those Rohingya who have been internally displaced). | 2023 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| UNHCR’s global reporting standard for asylum statistics is for individual level data. To meet this standard, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shared the 2021 asylum data expressed in terms of individuals. Previously, USCIS provided data based on asylum “cases” and average family household size, which UNHCR used to estimate the total number of individual asylum applications before USCIS. The shift in 2021 to USCIS reporting of individuals (not cases) allows for more precise reporting, as well as more consistency across the U.S. asylum data, since the U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has already been reporting individual-level asylum statistics to UNHCR. UNHCR notes that the increase in the reported number of asylum applications filed with USCIS in 2021 primarily reflects this change in reporting modality. | 2021 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| The number of stateless people (233) reported for Iraq reflects the number of stateless persons identified through a survey completed by UNHCR and a partner among various communities affected by statelessness, which led to 1,000 interviews being conducted, through which 233 individuals were considered to be stateless. This figure only captures stateless individuals known to UNHCR, while there are likely to be more people in the country who are stateless. It does not include any estimate of the stateless refugee population or persons of undetermined nationality, populations that are also typically included in official UNHCR statelessness statistics. Based on other data sources it is understood that there are also persons of those profiles in Iraq, and the reported figures will be reviewed as more information becomes available. | 2024 | - | Iraq | STA |
| No information on asylum applications registered or decisions taken during 2015 is available. Pending cases refers to September 2013. | 2015 | - | Ecuador | ASY |
| All figures relate to the end of 2014 except refugees. | 2015 | - | Ecuador | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Asylum applications registered and decisions taken is limited to UNHCR data. | 2015 | - | Israel | ASY |
| With regards to stateless statistics, in November 2017, jointly with the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro (MoI) and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, UNHCR carried out a field verification of all ex-Yugoslav refugees with unresolved legal status and persons at risk of statelessness, known to UNHCR at that time. The field exercise covered 2,318 individuals (including 42% children) in 20 out of 23 municipalities of Montenegro. Based on the verification results, in 2018 UNHCR reported at least 605 persons at risk of statelessness (145 at risk of statelessness and 460 in a statelessness like situation). During 2024 their number decreased for 60 persons. However, new 67 persons at risk of statelessness were identified in the field, leading to the total number of 413 persons at risk of statelessness at the end of 2024. In 2018 Montenegro introduced formal statelessness determination procedure in its legal system. By the end of December 2024, through that procedure, 10 persons were living as officially recognized stateless persons in Montenegro . | 2024 | - | Montenegro | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year reported by the Danish authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end with valid residence permit as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation) through the year as reported by Danish authorities; and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Denmark corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 1 January 2025, deducting the estimated number of stateless refugees at year-end. | 2024 | - | Denmark | STA |
| The United States of America has not adopted a formal status determination procedure to identify stateless persons, and there is no official government data-tracking of the stateless population in the USA. As such, while the USA has a stateless population, the actual number is unknown. | 2018 | - | United States of America | STA |
| A previous estimate of persons of undetermined nationality was removed, as more comprehensive dissagregation of country of origin information of populations from the 2021 census became available. | 2023 | - | Slovakia | STA |
| Almost all people recorded as being stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. | 2015 - 2024 | - | Estonia | STA |
| Figure refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti from July 2015 to September 2017. | 2018 | - | Haiti | STA |
| This figure presents an estimate of persons with undetermined nationality/at risk of statelessness, based on joint outreach mission conducted by the Government of Uganda and UNHCR in September/October 2021, that aimed to provide estimate numbers through self-identification of communities not recognized under the Third Schedule of the 1995 Constitution. | 2022 - 2023 | - | Uganda | STA |
| The total stateless population in Malaysia includes 9,040 non-displaced stateless persons who may be entitled to Malaysian nationality under the law. This number of non-displaced stateless persons is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR. | 2020 - 2022 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| Figure from the 2011 census. It includes 28 persons registered as stateless by the Government of Croatia. | 2018 | - | Croatia | STA |
| According to some reports many stateless persons have been naturalized since 2011, but no official figures are yet confirmed. | 2019 - 2023 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| The National Victims Registry of Colombia contains the historical accumulated figure of the number of victims of displacement which continues to increase, given that victims continue to be registered in the country. Thus, the total number of persons recognized as victims of displacement (more than 8.4 million), includes the number of IDPs who are subject to attention and/or reparation, i.e. those who meet the requirements to access the measures of attention and reparation established in Colombian Law 1448 (6.8 million). The number of victims of displacement who are deceased, direct victims of forced disappearance and homicide, and other victims who, for various reasons, cannot effectively access these measures, are identified as not being subject to attention or reparation and therefore not included in the figure of 6.8 million. The figure is constantly updated, considering that by legal definition, victims have up to two years to make their declaration and be included in the registry system. See the summary: https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/es/registro-unico-de-victimas-ruv/37394. | 2022 | - | Colombia | IDP |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year as reported by the Icelandic authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end with valid residence permits on the basis of international protection as reported by Icelandic authorities; and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Iceland corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 1 January 2024 (no available data for end-2024 yet), deducting the reported number of stateless refugees at year-end. | 2024 | - | Iceland | STA |
| Data for refugees and stateless people is as of end-2020. Data for asylum-seekers is sourced from the monthly statistics published on the Government website: https://migracija.lrv.lt/lt/statistika/prieglobscio-skyriaus-statistika/statistika-1/2021-metai | 2021 | - | Lithuania | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The number of refugees is based on the data on refugees, as provided by the government. The overall figures for Spain include refugee status (7%), subsidiary protection (8%), temporary protection (50%) and humanitarian reasons (35%). Source: Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. | 2023 | - | Spain | REF |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees in Sweden are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits issued on the basis of international protection. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Sweden | REF |
| By the end of 2017, a total of 6,072 persons out of the 8,745 persons of Indonesian descent registered by the Government of the Philippines between 2014-2016 were confirmed as Filipino, Indonesian or dual nationals. | 2017 | - | Philippines | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure is an estimate based on previous NGO analysis of government data and may not represent the full magnitude of statelessness in Slovenia. | 2024 | - | Slovenia | STA |
| Refugee figure includes 906,635 stateless persons from Myanmar. | 2018 | - | Bangladesh | REF |
| No official data on the actual number of refugees residing in Bulgaria is available. According to estimates, between 1,000 and 2,000 refugees and humanitarian status holders remain in the country. It is expected that the 2021 National Census, which will include for the first-time refugee and stateless populations, will provide more accurate data by end of 2022. | 2021 - 2022 | - | Bulgaria | REF |
| The National Victims Registry of Colombia contains the historical accumulated figure of the number of victims of displacement, which continues to increase given that victims continue to be registered in the country. Thus, the total number of people recognized as victims of displacement (more than 8.2 million), includes the number of IDPs who are subject to attention and/or reparation, i.e. those who meet the requirements to access the measures of attention and reparation established in Colombian Law 1448 (6.8 million). The number of victims of displacement who are deceased, or IDPs who were victims of homicide or forced disappearance, and other victims who, for various reasons, cannot effectively access these measures, are identified as not being subject to attention or reparation and therefore not included in the figure of 6.8 million. The figure is constantly updated, considering that by legal definition, victims have up to two years to make their declaration and be included in the registry system. See the summary: https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/es/registro-unico-de-victimas-ruv/37394. | 2021 | - | Colombia | IDP |
| There is no official data on statelessness in Poland. The reported figure refers to the number of stateless persons holding a personal identification number issued by the Government, which does not cover all stateless people in the country. The figure additionally includes stateless asylum-seekers and refugees (incl. benificiaries of temporary protection) in Poland. | 2023 | - | Poland | STA |
| 33 The estimated figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity in Rakhine State, including stateless Rohingya IDPs in Myanmar. The number of persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states or regions in Myanmar is not currently available. The number of stateless persons remaining in Rakhine State following violence in 2016 and 2017 and large scale departures to Bangladesh is based on detailed estimates for each village tract made by UNHCR, other UN agencies and NGOs in early 2018, which concluded that between 532,000 to 600,000 Rohingya remained in Rakhine State, increasing to 630,000 due to additional displacement in 2022 (including an estimated 156,600 of those Rohingya who have been internally displaced). | 2022 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| Figure refers to persons who have been recognized as stateless through the statelessness determination procedure in 2013 - 2015. | 2015 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| Source: Eurostat | 2019 | - | Belgium | ASY |
| Updated figure is based on a registration exercise covering 28 municipalities that has taken place between 2014 and 2016. 4,112 of the registered group were confirmed as Filipino, Indonesian or dual nationals during 2016. | 2016 | - | Philippines | STA |
| New asylum applications were not received in 2021 while Refugee Reception Offices were closed due to the declaration of a national state of disaster (COVID-19 health pandemic). | 2021 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| From the Islamic Republic of Iran, almost a quarter of a million Afghans were estimated to have returned to their country in 2024. Refugee returns are expected to increase in 2025, following the announcement by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in February 2025 that headcount slips will not be extended beyond 20 March 2025. See https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/115667. | 2024 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | REF |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents. Thousands of individuals also are believed to have been issued their Dominican civil documents in 2016, although an official figure was not available for this report. | 2016 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| Since 2007, people in IDP-like situations are included in the IDP estimates. IDP figures since 2007 are not fully comparable with previous years. | 2017 - 2018 | - | - | IDP |
| This figure presents an estimate of persons with undetermined nationality/at risk of statelessness, based on a survey conducted by the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) in 2010, which found approximately 9,500 persons to be at risk of statelessness. The 2023 population and housing census, led to the identification of areas where populations reside who are stateless or at the risk thereof. Efforts are underway to conduct targeted surveys that will provide an updated and reliable statistics. | 2023 | - | Rwanda | STA |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Sweden. | 2023 | - | Sweden | RST |
| The figures include an estimated 125,000 stateless IDPs, people in IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate. | 2018 | - | Myanmar | IDP |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 160 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 187,404 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2022 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Pending a more accurate study into stateless in Iraq, the estimate of stateless persons in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006, which allows stateless persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances. | 2017 | - | Iraq | STA |
| Based on the information reported in the media as well as UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 65,500 people of various origins in Kazakhstan who may be in need of international protection. | 2024 | - | Kazakhstan | REF |
| Stateless figure refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti since June 2015. | 2018 | - | Haiti | STA |
| All figures refer to the end of 2016. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | ASY |
| Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.501 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin. | 2018 - 2019 | - | United States of America | ASY |
| Figure adjusted to reflect the results of a verification exercise, identification of new cases and the number of individuals who had their nationality confirmed between 2014 and 2016. | 2016 | - | Bosnia and Herzegovina | STA |
| The data are generally provided by governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection. | 2019 - 2022 | - | - | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figures include: (a) the number of stateless asylum seekers at end-year reported by the Finnish authorities; (b) the number of stateless refugees at year-end based on UNHCR's estimation of refugees in Finland (recognized asylum-seekers over that past 10-years); and (c) the number of non-displaced stateless persons (those with other non-protection related types of permits) based on data from Statistics Finland corresponding to the resident population recorded as "Stateless" as of 31 December 2023 (no available data for end-2024 yet), deducting the estimated number of stateless refugees. | 2024 | - | Finland | STA |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure is based on results from the 2021 Population Census. | 2024 | - | Malta | STA |
| The figure of 14,796 is based on data provided by the Namibian government's Director: National Population Register, Identification and Production in 2024. This comprises individuals who identified as stateless or individuals without proof of nationality in a government survey. A further assessment of this population is planned. | 2024 | - | Namibia | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government of Uzbekistan in December 2019 under the XII Report on compliance of Uzbekistan with CERD. Information on other categories of statelessness is unavailable. | 2019 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011-2016. | 2016 | - | Albania | STA |
| The numbers reported in Ukraine are an extrapolation of the 2001 census figure of persons who self-declared as not having a nationality. It includes 5,700 persons who are registered as stateless by the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. | 2023 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| The total stateless population in Malaysia includes 9,040 non-displaced stateless persons who may be entitled to Malaysian nationality under the law. This number of non-displaced stateless persons is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR, and, among those registered, 930 persons acquired Malaysian nationality in 2019. The total statelessness figure reported also includes 99,292 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. UNHCR’s statistical reporting generally follows a methodology that reports only one legal status for each person of concern. However, due to the size of the stateless Rohingya population displaced from Myanmar, UNHCR considers it important to reflect the dual status of this population group as both displaced and stateless. This approach is being used for Malaysia for the first time in 2019. | 2019 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| The figure of Others of concern has been provided by the Government of Colombia. | 2019 | - | Colombia | OOC |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the reduction in reported statelessness figures for 2024 relates to a review of the methodology and use of available up to date data sources. The actual scale of statelessness is, however, undetermined and likely higher owing to the ongoing war, temporary occupation and large-scale forced displacement. | 2024 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| Pending a more accurate study into statelessness in Iraq, the figure is an estimate based on various sources. | 2019 - 2022 | - | Iraq | STA |
| Refugee figure relates to the end of 2015. | 2016 | - | Angola | REF |
| The figure includes persons determined to be stateless following the statelessness determination procedure and persons with undetermined nationality who hold expired Soviet passports. | 2015 - 2018, 2023 | - | Rep. of Moldova | STA |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 178 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 252,017 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2015 | - | Latvia | STA |
| With regards to refugee statistics, the number of refugees by end 2024 correspond to data on individuals holding active residence permits under refugee status or temporary protection as of December 2024, replacing previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Greece | REF |
| The figures for stateless individuals in Spain represent the 10,098 individuals recognized through the Spanish statelessness determination procedure, as well as 51 stateless refugees and 15 stateless asylum-seekers. Source: Permanent Observatory on Immigration, Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. | 2024 | - | Spain | STA |
| Updated figure is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR, which began in 2014. During 2017, 906 persons of those registered acquired Malaysian nationality. | 2017 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| Decisions during 2018 are not available. | 2018 | - | Nauru | ASY |
| Figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011-2016. | 2016 | - | Albania | STA |
| Data is as of end-2019. | 2022 | - | Monaco | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to refugee statistics, official statistics on the size of the refugee population are not available. UNHCR refugee population estimates are based on the cumulative number of recognized asylum-seekers over the past 10 years, plus the reported number of beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in the country by end-2024. | 2024 | - | Finland | REF |
| The statelessness figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government in 2010. The figure has been adjusted to reflect the acquisition of nationality of 179 formerly stateless persons. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available. | 2016 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| Refugee figure for Iraqis and stateless persons in the Syrian Arab Republic was a Government estimate. UNHCR has registered and is assisting 16,900 Iraqis at the end of 2016. | 2016 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| The refugee population includes 243,000 persons originating from Myanmar in a refugee-like situation. The Government of Bangladesh estimates the population to be between 300,000 and 500,000. | 2016 | - | Bangladesh | REF |
| This figure includes persons of concern who fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2017 - 2018 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Stateless refugees from Myanmar of Rohingya ethnicity in Iran have been resettled in 2023. No estimates of the entire stateless population in the Islamic Rep. of Iran is available. | 2023 | - | Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | STA |
| The methodology for estimating the number of refugees in Australia is under review and subject to adjustment in future reports. | 2022 | - | Australia | REF |
| Brazil reported 95,800 people in a refugee-like situation, primarily Haitian nationals (87,400), who have been granted a humanitarian residency permit. | 2023 | - | Brazil | REF |
| The Republic of Latvia enacted a Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004, which replaced the Law on the Status of Stateless Persons in the Republic of Latvia of 18 February 1999, and which determines the legal status of persons who are not considered as citizens by the legislation of any State and whose status is not determined by the 25th April 1995 law (quoted below). | 2015 | - | Latvia | STA |
| The figure of IDP returns was released by the "Commissions de mouvements de population” and covers the period from April 2018 to September 2019. | 2019 | - | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | IDP |
| In the absence of official data, the figure reported refers to stateless persons and persons with undetermined nationality identified by UNHCR partner organizations in Turkmenistan. The increase in the reported figure is due to the identification of new persons in stateless situations. | 2021 | - | Turkmenistan | STA |
| From various sources such as civil status offices, health institutions, schools, municipal child protection units, and social services, UNHCR estimates the number of people with undetermined nationality (at risk of statelessness) in Albania. | 2024 | - | Albania | STA |
| According to the results of the 2020 All-Russia Census finalized at end 2022, some 91,173 persons declared themselves stateless of whom 2,988 persons obtained Russian citizenship in 2023. | 2023 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| The number of refugees will be re-estimated based on the data received from from the government as of start 2022. | 2022 | - | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | REF |
| The figure includes: i) 300,000 children abandoned at birth: Government estimate of individuals of unknown parentage who were abandoned as children and who are not considered as nationals under Ivorian law. ii) 400,000 descendants of immigrants: Government estimate of individuals who themselves or whose parents or grandparents migrated to Côte d’Ivoire before or just after independence and who did not establish their nationality at independence or before the nationality law changed in 1972. The estimate is derived in part from cases denied voter registration in 2010 because electoral authorities could not determine their nationality at the time. | 2015 | - | Cote d'Ivoire | STA |
| Decisions during the year are not available. | 2017 | - | Nauru | ASY |
| The figure is an estimate. | 2015 - 2017 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2018. | 2018 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| Since 2007, people in refugee-like situations are included in the refugee estimates. Figures as from 2007 are not fully comparable with previous years | 2017 - 2018 | - | - | REF |
| The number of other people in need of international protection is estimated from the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan. | 2022 - 2024 | - | Chile | OIP |
| Figure refers to stateless persons with permanent residence reported by the Government in 2010. The figure has been adjusted to reflect the acquisition of nationality of 179 formerly stateless persons. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available. | 2016 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| Figure refers to persons who have been recognized as stateless through the statelessness determination procedure in 2013 - 2018. | 2018 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| The figure reported under “Stateless people including displaced Rohingya population from Myanmar” relates to stateless persons in Rakhine state and persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states in Myanmar. This figure includes stateless IDPs who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate.The number of remaining stateless persons residing in northern Rakhine after the violence of 2016 and 2017 and the large scale departures to Bangladesh was uncertain as no comprehensive data was available and access had been severely constrained. The numbers of remaining Rohingya population in Rakhine State was estimated based on the outcome of a very thorough, village tract by village tract, exercise conducted by UNHCR and the Maungdaw Inter-Agency Group members (a group composed of all UN and NGOs operational in northern Rakhine State) in early 2018. The outcome of this exercise enabled UNHCR to conclude that between 532,000 to 600,000 stateless persons remain in Rakhine State (inclusive of both displaced and non-displaced stateless), among which between 200,000 and 240,000 are in the three northern townships. For the purpose of the UNHCR’s Global Trend Report the higher range of this estimate has been used. Outside of Rakhine state, the figure of those with undetermined nationality (25,939) is based on government data released on 27 December 2016 indicating the number of persons who hold an Identity Card for National Verification, and whose Myanmar citizenship has not yet been confirmed. | 2018 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| The figure refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2015. The figure includes 12,881 stateless persons holding a temporary or a permanent residence permit. | 2015 | - | Russian Federation | STA |
| The data was provided by the Government on 14 September 2017. | 2017 | - | Nauru | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The number of refugees is based on the data on refugee and temporary protection status holders, as provided by the government. | 2023 | - | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | REF |
| End-year stock refers to protected persons who are yet to acquire permanent resident status. | 2024 | - | Canada | REF |
| Refugee figure for Iraqis and Stateless persons in the Syrian Arab Republic was a Government estimate. UNHCR has registered and is assisting 16,300 Iraqis at the end of 2017. | 2017 | - | Syrian Arab Rep. | STA |
| No estimations for the non-displaced stateless population for the country are available. | 2023 | - | Papua New Guinea | STA |
| The figure is an extrapolation of the 2001 census figure of persons who self-declared as not having a nationality. It includes 3,217 persons who are registered as stateless by the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. | 2015 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| As no government figures for the refugee population in the country is available, UNHCR estimates the number of refugees by assuming that it is the sum of all asylum-seekers recognized during the last ten years on a rolling basis. | 2024 | - | New Zealand | REF |
| UNHCR is currently engaged in ongoing discussions with the Australian Government about how best to reflect Afghan refugee arrivals. The total number of Afghan refugee resettlement arrivals may change in future reports. Many of the Afghan resettlement arrivals include individuals that arrived in Australia on 449 visas and were subsequently converted to offshore humanitarian visas. As a result, not all of the arrivals may have occurred in 2022. | 2022 | - | Australia | RST |
| Host community refers to a community that hosts large populations of refugees or internally displaced persons, whether in camps, integrated into households, or independently. UNHCR reports on host communities in countries with substantive programmes focusing on sharing the burden of hosting large refugee populations, as set out in the Global Compact on Refugees. | 2021 - 2022 | - | - | HST |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Finland. | 2023 | - | Finland | RST |
| The updated statelessness figure is based on a registration and community legal assistance programme undertaken in West Malaysia by a local NGO with technical support from UNHCR, which began in 2014. During 2016, 874 persons of those registered acquired Malaysian nationality. | 2016 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| Figure based on a registration exercise in three regions and 769 people registered as stateless by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan. | 2016 - 2018 | - | Tajikistan | STA |
| The 2014 ministerial declaration that offered Prima Facie refugee status to persons fleeing generalised violence from Central African Republic from January 2013 onwards is no longer applicable. As such, all refugees are assessed on an individual basis by the National Commission for Refugees. | 2021 - 2024 | - | Dem. Rep. of the Congo | ASY,REF |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the UK’s stateless figures show the number of stateless individuals recognised through the UK's stateless determination procedure since it began in 2013. In previous years, this figure has been calculated by adding all grants of stateless leave. This resulted in unavoidable double counting for stateless individuals who were applying for further statelessness leave after the expiry of their initial grant of leave. The UK Government has now provided data for initial and subsequent grants. The subsequent grants have therefore been removed from the previous cumulative figure between 2013 - 2018. Since 2019, the cumulative figure now only includes initial grants of leave following individuals’ recognition as stateless. As of end-2024, the total number of individuals recognised under UK’s statelessness determination procedure is 389. UNHCR further provides the number of asylum-seekers and refugees whose nationality has been recorded as ‘stateless’ as part of the asylum process. For this group there has been no formal determination that they are stateless. | 2024 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| The refugee figure is currently under review, which may lead to an adjustment in future reports. | 2015 | - | United States of America | REF |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Romania. | 2023 | - | Romania | RST |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by June 2021. Data on refugees and asylum-seekers is as of mid-2021. | 2021 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 164 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 195,190 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2021 | - | Latvia | STA |
| The estimated figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity in Rakhine State and also includes stateless IDPs in Myanmar. The number of persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states or regions in Myanmar is not currently available. The number of stateless persons remaining in Rakhine State following violence in 2016 and 2017 and large scale departures to Bangladesh is based on detailed estimates for each village tract made by UNHCR, other UN agencies and NGOs in early 2018, which concluded that between 532,000 to 600,000 Rohingya remained in Rakhine State (including an estimated 140,886 of those Rohingya who have been internally displaced). For the purposes of this report, the higher range of this estimate has been used. | 2019 - 2021 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| No official data on the actual number of refugees residing in Bulgaria is available. The estimate includes 68,300 Ukrainians who received temporary protection, and 29,400 other refugees. | 2023 | - | Bulgaria | REF |
| The figure is reported by the Government. | 2023 | - | Argentina | STA |
| This figure includes persons of concern who fall under Latvia’s 25th April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non- citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2015 | - | Latvia | STA |
| The figure is based on an NGO analysis of government registry data and may not represent the full magnitude of statelessness in Slovenia. | 2015 - 2017 | - | Slovenia | STA |
| Figure refers to a population of undetermined nationality. | 2015 - 2018, 2023 | - | Costa Rica | STA |
| The figures include an estimated 141,000 stateless IDPs who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate. | 2019 - 2020 | - | Myanmar | IDP |
| With regards to stateless statistics, the figure includes persons determined to be stateless following the statelessness determination procedure and persons with undetermined nationality who hold expired Soviet passports. | 2024 | - | Rep. of Moldova | STA |
| Based on reports from international organizations, UNHCR estimates that there are approximately 3,600 Afghan nationals residing in Turkmenistan who are likely in need of international protection | 2023 | - | Turkmenistan | REF |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents. According to information released by the authorities, 20,872 individuals had been issued their Dominican civil documents by the end of 2017. | 2017 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| All figures are as of mid-2024 apart from statistics on resettlement arrivals and asylum-seekers. | 2024 | - | Australia | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| With regards to refugee statistics, since 2024 the number of refugees is Norway are based on data reported by authorities of persons with valid residence permits for asylum as of 1 January 2024 and increases (e.g. recognitions) or decreases (e.g. refugee status cessation and naturalisations) through the year as reported by authorities. Figures for temporary protection holders in Norway are based on data by Eurostat. The figures replace previous refugee stock estimations conducted by UNHCR. | 2024 | - | Norway | REF |
| This figure does not include potentially stateless Bedouin or former USSR citizens who may be stateless. | 2023 | - | Israel | STA |
| An adjustment to 2016 end of year figures, in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review, has resulted in a substantially lower figure for numbers of asylum-seekers reported in South Africa. | 2016 | - | South Africa | ASY |
| Based on unofficial reference from authorities in Uzbekistan, the number of stateless persons with permanent residence has decreased below 20,000 by the end of 2024. The figures will be reviewed once official data for 2025 becomes available. Information on categories of statelessness, other than stateless persons with permanent residence is unavailable. | 2024 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 6,100 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them. | 2020 | - | Saudi Arabia | ASY |
| The number of refugees in Australia has been revised using updated data on the number of residence permit holders with refugee status by the end of 2023, as received from the government. | 2023 | - | Australia | REF |
| The number of resettlement arrivals is based on available figures of UNHCR facilitated resettlement departures to Norway. | 2023 | - | Norway | RST |
| In the South Caucasus region, 141,900 refugees fled to Armenia with most of them arriving after renewed armed conflict in Karabakh in September 2023. | 2023 - 2024 | - | Armenia | REF |
| The statistics of the remaining IDPs at the end of the year, while provided by the Government authorities at the district level, are being reviewed by the central authorities. Once this review has been concluded, the statistics will be changed accordingly. | 2015 | - | Sri Lanka | IDP |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 176 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 242,560 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2016 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Figure refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti during the reporting period. | 2015 | - | Haiti | STA |
| Figure from the 2010 census. | 2015 - 2018, 2023 | - | Cabo Verde | STA |
| The figure of persons of concern under the statelessness mandate relates to stateless persons in Rakhine state and persons of undetermined nationality residing in other states in Myanmar.The figure of stateless persons in Rakhine state has been estimated on the basis of the 2014 census report and 2017 General Administration Department (GAD) of Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) data. It does not include an estimated 125,575 stateless IDPs who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are already included within the IDP figures. In Rakhine State, the total number of stateless persons were estimated to be approximately one million in 2014 according to the Government census reporr.Revisions have been made to take into account the number of stateless persons who fled to Bangladesh during 2017. The number of remaining stateless persons residing in Maungdaw area as of end of December 2017 is highly uncertain as no reliable comprehensive data is available and access has been severely constrained.Outside of Rakhine state, the figure of those with undetermined nationality (25,939) is based on government data released on 27 December 2016 indicating the number of persons who hold an Identity Card for National Verification, and whose citizenship has not yet been confirmed. | 2017 | - | Myanmar | STA |
| The number of IDP returns in Ukraine is estimated using the IOM Ukraine "Internal Displacement Report - General Population Survey", Round 19 (results as of December). Based on the report, it is estimated that out of the total number of IDP returnees since the war started (3,096,000), 25% returned during 2024 (equivalent to 782,000 persons). | 2024 | - | Ukraine | RDP |
| All figures related to mid-2018. | 2018 | - | South Africa | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Stateless persons reported by UNHCR correspond to recognized stateless persons who have been granted a residence permit in Belgium and who are therefore registered in the national register. It should be noted that recognized stateless persons who have not been granted a residence permit are not taken into account in figures provided by the Belgian Government. | 2023 - 2024 | - | Belgium | STA |
| This figure presents an estimate of persons with undetermined nationality/at risk of statelessness, based on a survey conducted by the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration (DGIE) in 2010, which found approximately 9,500 persons to be at risk of statelessness. A mapping exercise by the National Statelessness Taskforce led to the identification of additional populations (approx. 5000 people) of undetermined nationality or at risk of statelessness. | 2024 | - | Rwanda | STA |
| The figure is based on an estimate of 18,500 in 2019 by UNHCR with input from stateless communities of whom 1,670 stateless persons of Shona descent were granted Kenyan citizenship in 2020. In 2022 approximately 7,000 individuals from the Pemba community had their nationality confirmed. | 2023 | - | Kenya | STA |
| The number of asylum applications includes 38,278 asylum applications not yet formalized, i.e. individuals with an appointment to complete the application procedure, as well as 11,066 applicants whose cases have been processed but have yet to receive notification of the decision on their asylum applications. The latter relate primarily to cases received prior to 2020. Until end-2020 these were reported under others of concern and have since been re-classified as asylum applications since the 2021 mid-year statistical report. | 2021 | - | Costa Rica | ASY |
| Start-year figure comes from the 2022 census, with changes during the year reflecting updated reporting by the Ministry of the Interior. | 2023 | - | Croatia | STA |
| The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) and refugees individually recognized in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. | 2020 - 2022, 2024 | - | Canada | ASY |
| The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. | 2023 | - | Canada | ASY |
| The IDP figure has been aligned to the inter-agency methodology as defined in the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview. Figure of others of concern relates to persons who have specific protection needs and live in non-government-controlled areas or within 20 km of the contact line in government-controlled areas. | 2019 - 2020 | - | Ukraine | IDP |
| Refugee figure relate to the end of 2014. | 2015 | - | Papua New Guinea | REF |
| This revised estimate of 133,770 stateless persons includes only individuals born in the country to parents who were both born abroad, It does not include individuals born in the country to one foreign-born and one Dominican-born parent, as per the previously reported figure of 210,000. This estimate does not include subsequent generations of individuals of foreign descent, as there is no reliable population data available on groups other than first-generation individuals. As such, this estimate does not include all persons without nationality in the country. It will be adjusted as official data becomes available on the number of individuals who have found an effective nationality solution. | 2015 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| The figure does not include potentially stateless Bedouin nor all stateless former USSR citizens. | 2015 - 2018 | - | Israel | STA |
| The figure is an estimate based on previous NGO analysis of government data and may not represent the full magnitude of statelessness in Slovenia. | 2023 | - | Slovenia | STA |
| Pending a more accurate study into stateless in Iraq, the estimated reduction of stateless persons in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006, which allows stateless persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances. The total reduction of 115 (from 47,630 to 47,515) comes from estimates based on various sources. | 2018 | - | Iraq | STA |
| The figure of 20,000 is an estimate by UNHCR and civil society organizations based on currently available information on several communities in Kenya. This estimate is under review pending further research and mapping activities. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Kenya | STA |
| The figure related to the mid of 2018. | 2018 | - | South Africa | REF |
| The total statelessness figure reported relates to 17,730 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. UNHCR’s statistical reporting generally follows a methodology that reports only one legal status for each person of concern. However, due to the size of the stateless Rohingya population displaced from Myanmar, UNHCR considers it important to reflect the dual status of this population group as both displaced and stateless. This approach is being used for India for the first time in 2019. | 2019 | - | India | STA |
| The Indo-Chinese population in China is no longer considered as refugees under UNHCR's mandate and has been removed from UNHCR's statistical reporting since June 2022, because they have full access to public services and enjoy the same rights as nationals. | 2022 | - | China | REF |
| In December 2024, 116 Rohingya that were rescued and disembarked. At an initial interview with UNHCR soon after disembarkation they stated that they departed to Sri Lanka to seek asylum. Given the intention and considering the situation of Rohingya in Myanmar, UNHCR has included them as asylum-seekers. UNHCR has not been able to conduct a formal registration process as UNHCR does not have access to them while they remain in detention. | 2024 | - | Sri Lanka | ASY |
| 2011 census figure adjusted to reflect number of persons that acquired naionality. | 2015 - 2017 | - | Montenegro | STA |
| The statelessness figure refers to a census from 2011 and has been adjusted to reflect the number of persons with undetermined nationality who had their nationality confirmed in 2011- 2020. | 2020 | - | Albania | STA |
| In the absence of official data, the figure reported refers to stateless persons and persons with undetermined nationality identified by UNHCR partner organizations in Turkmenistan. The decrease in the reporting figure is due to naturalization in Turkmenistan and confirmation of nationality by a third country. | 2019 - 2020 | - | Turkmenistan | STA |
| Figure on the number of registered stateless persons has been updated by the Royal Thai Government. It includes an increase of 61,070 persons who are expected to form a large proportion of the group which will benefit from positive changes introduced to the nationality framework in December 2016. In addition it reflects decreases as a result of 8,814 stateless persons acquiring Thai nationality in 2016 and 8,377 cases that were de-registered because of death or duplicate registration. | 2016 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Small values between zero and five have been rounded to multiples of five. Data on asylum applications and decisions has additionally been rounded for small values between five and 10. Demographic data has been additionally modified so that the data remains additive. | 2019 - 2022 | - | - | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The figure is an estimated number of individuals who are stateless, including people who are unable to establish their nationality from among the Indian community (Tamils). Estimate is based on NGO and media reports, some citing official sources. | 2015 | - | Malaysia | STA |
| The decrease in the stateless population in Sweden between 2022 and 2023 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2023 | - | Sweden | STA |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population affected by ruling 168-13 that found an effective nationality solution. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) in 2022, out of the total Group A population of 61,206 persons, approximately 26,200 had obtained their Dominican nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2020, over 1,830 persons (800 of which were children) – out of the 7,159 approved individuals who had applied to the regularization plan established in Law 169-14 (Group B)- had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). Up until December 2023, two naturalization decrees had been issued granting Dominican nationality to 799 applicants, all of whom are still pending to receive nationality documentation. | 2023 | - | Dominican Rep. | STA |
| The decrease in the stateless population in Finland between 2022 and 2023 is due to de-duplication of figures reported in previous years. | 2023 | - | Finland | STA |
| The figure reported includes 854,704 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. UNHCR’s statistical reporting generally follows a methodology that reports only one legal status for each person of concern. However, due to the size of the stateless Rohingya population displaced from Myanmar, UNHCR considers it important to reflect the dual status of this population group as both displaced and stateless. This approach has been used for Bangladesh since 2017. | 2019 | - | Bangladesh | REF,STA |
| Figure is an extrapolation of the 2001 census figure of persons who self-declared as not having a nationality. It includes 5,363 persons who are registered as stateless by the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. | 2016 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| The figure on the number of registered stateless persons has been updated by the Royal Thai Government. It includes an increase of 61,070 persons who are expected to form a large proportion of the group which will benefit from positive changes introduced to the nationality framework in December 2016. In addition it reflects decreases as a result of 8,814 stateless persons acquiring Thai nationality in 2016 and 8,377 cases that were de-registered because of death or duplicate registration. | 2016 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Figure is an extrapolation of the 2001 census figure of persons who self-declared as not having a nationality. It includes 5,294 persons who are registered as stateless by the Ministry of the Interior of Ukraine. | 2017 | - | Ukraine | STA |
| The number of refugees was rebased using updated data on the number of residence permit holder with refugee status and temporary protection holders by the end of 2023, available from Eurostat. | 2024 | - | Italy | REF |
| The UK’s stateless figures show the number of stateless individuals recognised through the UK's stateless determination procedure since it began in 2013. In previous years, this figure has been calculated by adding all grants of stateless leave. This resulted in unavoidable double counting for stateless individuals who were applying for further statelessness leave after the expiry of their initial grant of leave. The UK Government has now provided data for initial and subsequent grants. The subsequent grants have therefore been removed from the previous cumulative figure between 2013 - 2018. Since 2019, the cumulative figure now only includes initial grants of leave following individuals’ recognition as stateless. At the end of 2022, the total number of individuals recognised under UK’s statelessness determination procedure is 319. UNHCR further provides the number of asylum-seekers and refugees whose nationality has been recorded as ‘stateless’ as part of the asylum process. For this group there has been no formal determination that they are stateless. | 2022 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | STA |
| In October 2024, the Government of Turkmenistan announced the resolution of all known cases of statelessness in the country, following the naturalization of a final group of 1,146 stateless people in September 2024. In February 2025, the Government reported that, as of 31 December 2024, there were no remaining stateless people in Turkmenistan. Since 2017, UNHCR has relied on figures reported by its partner organizations, as official statistical data was not made available by the authorities. In 2023, UNHCR partners launched a verification exercise to cross-check their database on stateless persons and those with undetermined nationality. This process continued in 2024 and confirmed the Government’s report. As part of the exercise, individuals were contacted to verify their current legal status. The findings showed that many had been naturalized in recent years, some had confirmed foreign nationality, and others had passed away. This verification exercise, combined with the official information provided by the Government, confirms that there are now zero officially registered stateless people in Turkmenistan. | 2024 | - | Turkmenistan | STA |
| In 2022, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (only October to December) started their applications by obtaining an appointment to formalize their asylum claim. The appointment process for Nicaraguans and Venezuelans ended in December 2022. | 2022 | - | Costa Rica | ASY |
| In Pakistan, the verification of the number of new arrivals from Afghanistan concluded in 2024. Due to the inactivation of substantive numbers of absentees, this resulted in an overall reduction of 190,200 Afghans reported in the country and an increase of 108,300 Afghans being registered as asylum-seekers. At the same time, 143,900 formerly unregistered family members of registered refugees, that were previously reported as people in a refugee-like situation, are now included as refugees, in line with the upcoming 2025-2027 multi-year strategy for Afghans. | 2024 | - | Pakistan | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| Data include asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR. | 2015 - 2016 | - | Türkiye | ASY |
| All statistics reported by the United States of America apart from resettlement arrivals are as of mid-2024. Hence, the data of new applications and decisions only include the period between January and June 2024, and the number of pending applications is as of 30 June 2024. The full year statistics for each of these are likely to be higher. | 2024 | - | United States of America | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| All figures relate to the end of 2016. | 2017 - 2018 | - | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| The figure of 18,500 is an estimate by UNHCR and civil society organizations based on currently available information on several communities in Kenya. | 2017 | - | Kenya | STA |
| The United States of America has also offered temporary status in certain circumstances to people in need of international protection. For example, in 2022, a significant number of Ukrainians and their immediate family members were given temporary protection on a humanitarian basis in the United States. UNHCR is in discussions with the U.S. government about how to best reflect such datapoints for all relevant populations in future reporting cycles. | 2022 | - | United States of America | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
| In situ figure based on the 2011 census. | 2023 | - | Czechia | STA |
| Figure of stateless persons refers to those with permanent residence reported in 2010 by the Government. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available. | 2015 | - | Uzbekistan | STA |
| Refugee figure is a Government estimate. | 2019 | - | Türkiye | REF |
| The refugee population in Jordan includes 31,000 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis. | 2022 | - | Jordan | REF |
| Figure from the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). | 2016 - 2018 | - | Italy | STA |
| Naturalization figures refer to the admission of protected persons as permanent residents of Canada. End-year stock refers to protected persons who are yet to acquire permanent resident status. The statistics on refugees individually recognized in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment. | 2023 | - | Canada | REF |
| The total statelessness figure reported relates to 582 stateless persons of Rohingya ethnicity who are also counted as refugees or asylum-seekers from Myanmar, mainly from Rakhine State. UNHCR’s statistical reporting generally follows a methodology that reports only one legal status for each person of concern. However, due to the size of the stateless Rohingya population displaced from Myanmar, UNHCR considers it important to reflect the dual status of this population group as both displaced and stateless. This approach is being used for Indonesia for the first time in 2019. There are also indications that a potentially sizable population of non-displaced stateless persons exists for whom no data is available. | 2019 | - | Indonesia | STA |
| Data for the number of refugees is as of mid-2022. | 2022 | - | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | REF |
| With respect to persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate, this figure includes persons of concern covered by two separate Latvian laws. 178 persons fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004. 233,393 of the persons fall under Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or Any Other State (“Non-citizens”). In the specific context of Latvia, the “Non-citizens” enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, including protection from removal, and as such the “Non-citizens” may currently be considered persons to whom the Convention does not apply in accordance with Article 1.2(ii). | 2017 | - | Latvia | STA |
| Figure is based on the total cumulative figure from the Victim’s Registry which commenced in 1985 (https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/en). | 2019 - 2020 | - | Colombia | IDP |
| Figure of Stateless persons is Updated from the Royal Thai Government. The decrease includes the grant of Thai nationality to over 18,000 stateless people in the last three years. | 2015 | - | Thailand | STA |
| Persons under UNHCR’s statelessness mandate were included in the category “Others of concern” until 2003. | 2017 - 2018 | - | - | STA,OOC |
| Based on new arrivals information in the report of international organizations and UNHCR protection monitoring activities, UNHCR estimates there to be 27,540 people of various origins in Kyrgyzstan who may be in need of international protection. | 2023 | - | Kyrgyzstan | REF |
| The IDP figure has been aligned to the inter-agency methodology as defined in the 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview, including an area-based improvement of the estimation of people displaced in government-controlled areas. The others of concern figure relates to persons who have specific protection needs and live in non-government-controlled areas. | 2021 | - | Ukraine | IDP |
| The refugee population in Jordan includes 34,200 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis. | 2021 | - | Jordan | REF |
| There are indications that a potentially sizable population of non-displaced stateless persons exists for whom no data is available. | 2020 - 2022, 2024 | - | Indonesia | STA |
| UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population have been issued to date. | 2019 | - | Dominican Rep. | REF,ROC,ASY,IDP,IOC,STA,OOC,RET,RDP,HST,OIP,RST,NAT |
