Stateless Unknown 55 64 % 45 % 36 ■ Males ■ Females ■ Males ■ Females As illustrated in Figure 9, the majority of stateless persons (adults and children), i.e. 4034 (47 percent), have never been married. 3,064 (40 percent) stateless persons are either married or separated. Moreover, two smaller groups of persons are either divorced or widowed: 515 and 171 persons respectively. Figure 9: Marital status of stateless persons in Denmark Never married 4,034 Married/separated 3,064 Widowed 171 Divorced 515 Source: Provided by SD upon a request (Quarterly Population Statistics (FOLK1). Recorded 3rd quarter of 2017) Denmark is divided into five regions and 98 municipalities. As indicated in Figure 10, most stateless persons, 2,131 persons, reside in the Capital Region of Denmark, while another 1,333 stateless persons live in the Region of Zealand. 1,928 persons live in Central Denmark, Southern Denmark counts 1650 stateless persons, while 742 stateless persons live in the Region of Northern Denmark. Figure 10: Stateless persons by regional distribution in Denmark Capital Region 2,131 Region Zealand 1,333 Southern Denmark 1,650 Central Denmark 1,928 Northern Denmark 742 Source: SD (Quarterly Population Statistics (FOLK1). Recorded 3rd quarter of 2017) Figure 11 shows the distribution of stateless persons in Danish municipalities on a map. As can be seen, stateless persons are concentrated in the urban areas of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense (the three biggest cities in Denmark), with 904 persons living in the municipality of Aarhus, 578 persons in Copenhagen and 375 persons in Odense. The stateless population in these areas constitute roughly 24 percent of the whole stateless population in Denmark. In addition, the Western part of Zealand and certain municipalities in Jutland host a sizeable numbers of stateless persons. 24 Mapping Statelessness in Denmark