MAPPING OF THE POPULATION AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN ALBANIA
according to INSTAT47 the number of men and women in the Republic of Albania are approximately the
same, seems to indicate that the risk of statelessness is not determined by the gender of the person.
Figure 1: Identified Stateless Individuals According to Sex
As expected, and shown in Figure 2, a large majority (97%) of 1031 identified stateless, or at risk of
statelessness, persons were children.
Figure 2: Identified Persons at risk of statelessness according to Age Group (General)
A more detailed breakdown, as represented by Figure 3, demonstrates that almost 50% of our sample
falls between the ages of 0-5 years old, and more than a third falls between the ages of 6-14. Together,
these groups account for 87% of all the identified persons at risk of statelessness. On the other hand, as
47 INSTAT publication “Women and men in Albania”, 2017
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