| Nation | Number of Stateless People |
| 1) Myanmar: | 1.3 million |
| 2) Ivory Coast: | 700,000 |
| 3) Thailand: | 500,000 |
| 4) Latvia: | 225,000 |
| 5) Dominican Republic: | 200,000 |
| 6) Russia: | 190,000 |
| 7) Syria: | 180,000 |
| 8) Kuwait: | 170,000 |
| 9) Iraq: | 130,000 |
| 10) Estonia: | 90,000 |
The international legal definition of a stateless person is set out in Article 1 of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, which defines a stateless person as “a person who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law”. This means that a stateless person is someone who does not have a nationality of any country. Some people are born stateless, while others become stateless over the course of their lives. (United Nations Relief Agency).
Reference: Thomson Reuter, Financial Times, November 15, 2014.
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