Figure 7: Country of origin of stateless persons in Denmark (N <0.5%)73 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 i-A ra ud Sa st leEa Mi dd Source: SD (Requested in a separate correspondence. Recorded 1 July of 2017) bia l Ne pa Ku wa it el un Isr a kn Ira k ow n ar nm My a ele ss Sta t tan Bh u no n Le ba 0 Sy ria 500 Figure 7 indicates that 43.4 percent of the stateless population in Denmark has one or two parents from Syria (3,868 persons in absolute numbers). Another 22.6 percent has one or two parents who originate from Lebanon (1759 persons), while 9.2 percent (718 persons) are of Bhutanese origins.74 5.2 percent (408 persons) of the stateless population have their country of origin marked as ‘Stateless’ which suggests that there have been mistakes in the registration procedure, as ‘Stateless’ is not a country and cannot therefore be a person’s country of origin. Gender, marital status, and regional distribution The male to female ratio among stateless persons with residence rights is close to 1:1, with 4268 stateless men (53 percent) and 3516 stateless women (47 percent). In the case of persons with an unknown nationality, the ratio is somewhat more unequal with 37 men (64 percent) and 21 women (36 percent) registered in the CPR system. Figure 8: Gender distribution among stateless persons and persons of unknown nationality in Denmark Males Females Stateless 4,268 3,516 Unknown 37 21 Source: SD (Quarterly Population Statistics (FOLK1), recorded 3rd quarter of 2017) 73 N<0,5 percent: a country is only included when it comprises at least 0,5 percent of the total stateless population. 74 In the data provided by Statistics Denmark, persons with ‘stateless’ as country of origin and ‘unknown’ country of origin are two separate categories (303 and 38 persons, respectively). However, as a stateless person’s country of origin cannot be ‘stateless’, there seems to have been mistakes in the Danish registration system. Therefore, the two groups are merged here into one larger category covering persons with an unknown country of origin. UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries 23