The demographic profile of the stateless population in Lithuania is rather incomplete. Governmental institutions do not collect information on the ethnic composition or countries of origin of stateless residents in a systematic manner.90 Nevertheless, the Migration Department91 extracted some disaggregated data from their databases and shared it with the researcher. This data shed some light on the composition of this group. The absolute majority of registered stateless persons in Lithuania (97%) hold permanent residence permits (see table 3). Almost 60% of them are male (see figure 3) and over 85% are over 35 years old. There were 36 stateless children in Lithuania on 1 August 2012 (see table 2 below).92 The causes of statelessness of these children are not known, but the grounds on which they were issued residence permits reveal the diversity of their circumstances. More than half hold residence permits on the grounds that at least one of their parents or their spouse is a citizen or a permanent resident of the Republic of Lithuania. This implies significant links with the country, either by birth or long term residence. A number of children have also moved to the country on the basis of family links. The children are rather evenly dispersed across the age groups (see figure 2 below). 90 Interview with representatives of the Migration Department, 7 August 2012. 91 Ibid. 92 Data was provided by the Migration Department by electronic correspondence on 10 January, 2013. U N H C R S TO C K H O L M , M AY 2 0 1 6 25