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Stateless People by African country

2025

Number of stateless people in the country (UNHCR).

Africa, 202552 of 54 countries
1.0mtotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Cote d'Ivoire · 931kLowest in 2025Zimbabwe · 0Reported in 202552 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
0250k500k750k1.0mCote d'Ivoire931kSouth Sudan61kNamibia15kRwanda15kUganda10kKenya10kBurundi734Cabo Verde115Egypt5Algeria0Angola0Benin0Botswana0Burkina Faso0Cameroon0Central African Republic0Chad0Comoros0Democratic Republic of the Congo0Djibouti0Equatorial Guinea0Eritrea0Eswatini0Ethiopia0Gabon0Gambia0Ghana0Guinea0Guinea-Bissau0Lesotho0Liberia0Libya0Madagascar0Malawi0Mali0Mauritania0Mauritius0Morocco0Mozambique0Niger0Nigeria0Republic of the Congo0Senegal0Sierra Leone0Somalia0South Africa0Sudan0Tanzania0Togo0Tunisia0Zambia0Zimbabwe0Sao Tome and Principeno dataSeychellesno data
20142025
UNHCR · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Western Africa16 of 16 countries931k
Eastern Africa17 of 18 countries96k
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries15k
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries5
Middle Africa8 of 9 countries0
Africaall 54 countries · 52 with a 2025 figure1.0m

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Two countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Stateless PeopleNumber of stateless people in the country (UNHCR).
SourceUNHCR, with processing by Africa API
Unitpeople
Last updated1 Jan 2025
Next expected updateJan 2026
Date range2025–2025
Coverage52 of 54 countries · 52 reported, 0 modelled, 2 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 52 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Stateless People". Data adapted from UNHCR. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/stateless-people
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=stateless_total&year=2025&limit=100

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Stateless People: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

52 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryStateless PeoplePeriod
1Cote d'Ivoire930.96K2025
2South Sudan60.6K2025
3Namibia14.8K2025
4Rwanda14.5K2025
5Uganda10.28K2025
6Kenya9.8K2025
7Burundi7342025
8Cabo Verde1152025
9Egypt52025
10Algeria02025
11Angola02025
12Benin02025
13Botswana02025
14Burkina Faso02025
15Cameroon02025
16Central African Republic02025
17Chad02025
18Comoros02025
19Democratic Republic of the Congo02025
20Djibouti02025
21Equatorial Guinea02025
22Eritrea02025
23Eswatini02025
24Ethiopia02025
25Gabon02025
26Gambia02025
27Ghana02025
28Guinea02025
29Guinea-Bissau02025
30Lesotho02025
31Liberia02025
32Libya02025
33Madagascar02025
34Malawi02025
35Mali02025
36Mauritania02025
37Mauritius02025
38Morocco02025
39Mozambique02025
40Niger02025
41Nigeria02025
42Republic of the Congo02025
43Senegal02025
44Sierra Leone02025
45Somalia02025
46South Africa02025
47Sudan02025
48Tanzania02025
49Togo02025
50Tunisia02025
51Zambia02025
52Zimbabwe02025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 52 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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