Stateless persons Unknown nationality 29 21 % % 66 5 79 ■ 0-17 years ■ 18-20 years ■ 20+ years ■ 0-17 years ■ 18-20 years ■ 20+ years Of the 7,784 stateless persons with residence rights in Denmark in 2017, the distribution by age group is as follows: 2,274 persons are minors below the age of 18 (29 percent), 344 persons are 18–20 years (5 percent); 5,166 (66 percent) stateless persons are more than 21 years old (2,850 of them being between 21–40 years old (37 percent), while 2,316 persons are older than 40 years of age (29 percent)). The distribution among age categories of persons with an unknown nationality is very different as the majority of persons with unknown nationality (79 percent) are older than 21 years old, whereas 21 percent are between ages 0 and 17 years old and 24 percent between 21 and 40 years old. In 3rd quarter of 2017, there was not a single person with unknown nationality between ages 18 and 20 years old. When considering only stateless persons who are born in Denmark, the distribution looks somewhat different: Figure 5: Age distribution of stateless persons born in Denmark who have residence permits Stateless 0-17 years 18-20 years 21+ years Total 520 8 33 561 4 0 2 6 Unknown nationality Source: Provided by SD upon a request (Quarterly Population Statistics (FOLK1). Recorded 3rd quarter of 2017) As illustrated in Figure 5 above, 520 out of the 561 stateless persons born in Denmark are under the age of 18, while eight persons are between 18 and 20 years old. It can be inferred that the vast majority of all stateless persons who are born in Denmark (91 percent in 3rd quarter of 2017) are entitled under domestic law to be listed in a naturalization bill and to acquire Danish nationality without satisfying the usual naturalization conditions. Figure 6 shows the development between 2008 and 2017, in age brackets, of stateless persons born in Denmark. Figure 6: Stateless persons born in Denmark who have residence permits (2008-2017) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 0-17 years 794 717 409 264 179 223 298 371 424 520 18-20 years 29 43 59 39 16 10 13 12 10 8 21+ years 21 28 31 30 18 21 18 27 28 33 844 788 499 333 213 254 329 410 462 561 Total Source: Provided by SD upon a request (Quarterly Population Statistics (FOLK1), 3rd quarter of every year from 2008-2017) UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries 21