List of sovereign states by homeless population

Homeless population per 10 00 Inhabitants
Homeless population per 10,000 inhabitants, 2023

It is estimated that 150 million people are homeless worldwide.[1] Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2016 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter".[2]

Different countries often use different definitions of homelessness. It can be defined by living in a shelter, being in a transitional phase of housing and living in a place not fit for human habitation. The numbers may or may not take into account internal displacement from conflict, violence and natural disasters. Also, they may or may not take into account chronic and transitional homelessness, making direct comparisons of numbers complicated.[3]

List

Country Homeless
(average day) 		Data year Homeless
per 10,000 		Unsheltered per 10,000 Main article, other notes
 Albania 32,000 2020[4] 113
 Australia 122,494 2021[5] 48.0 Homelessness in Australia
 Austria 22,580 2019[6] 25.0
 Bangladesh 5,000,000 2019[7] 307
 Belgium 13,524 2021[8] 11.7
 Bhutan 0 (claim) 2021[9] 0 20
 Brazil 281,000 2022[10] 13.1 Only about 2,000 out of 5,570 municipalities in Brazil count the number of homeless people.
 Burkina Faso 700,000 2020[11] 335
 Canada 235,000 2021[12] 10 Homelessness in Canada
 Chile 14,013 2019[6] 7.0
 China 2,579,000 2011[13] 19 Homelessness in China
 Colombia 13,252 2019[6] 3.0
 Costa Rica 3,387 2020[6] 7.0
 Croatia 2,000 2020[14] 4.94
 Czech Republic 23,830 2019[15] 22
 Denmark 5,789 2022[8] 9.8 Homelessness in Denmark
 DR Congo 1,500,000 2018[16] 172
 Egypt 2,000,000 2020[17] 186 Homelessness in Egypt
 Estonia 1,068 2021[18] 8.0
 Ethiopia 600,000 2023[19] 47.4 The figure consists of children and teenagers only.
 Finland 4,114 2022[20] 7.9 0.1[21] Homelessness in Finland
 France 330,000 2022[22] 48.7 4.5[23] Homelessness in France
 Germany 262,600 2022[24] 31.4 Homelessness in Germany
 Ghana 100,000 2020 32.9 Citation/website link is blocked.
 Greece 40,000 2016[25] 37.1 Homelessness in Greece
 Grenada 68 2011 6.4 6.4[26] Homeless in national census seems to mean unsheltered. High variance after hurricanes.
 Guatemala 475,000 2012[27] 315
 Haiti 37,867 2018[28] 34
 Honduras 150,000 2020[29] 148
 Hungary 30,000 2018[30] 30.7 Homelessness in Hungary
 Iceland 349 2017[6] 10.0
 India 1,770,000 2011[31] 12.6 Homelessness in India
 Indonesia 122,000 2023[32] 4.5 Homelessness in Indonesia
 Iran 15,000 2015[33] 1.9
 Ireland 11,632 2022[8] 16 Homelessness in Ireland
 Israel 3,471 2020[6] 4.0 Homelessness in Israel
 Italy 96,197 2016[34] 8.4
 Japan 3,065 2023[35] 0.2 Homelessness in Japan
 Jordan 0 (claim) 2017[36] 0
 Kazakhstan 5,500 2020[37] 0.6
 Kenya 20,095 2019[38] 3.9
 Latvia 5,644 2021[8] 35.3
 Liechtenstein 0 (claim) 2004[39] 0
 Lithuania 4,009 2021[8] 14.1
 Luxembourg 420 2017[8] 37.5
 Malta 236 2022[40] 4.6
 Mexico 40,911 2010[6] 4.0
 Netherlands 32,000 2021[41] 18 Homelessness in the Netherlands
 New Zealand 102,123 2018[42][43] 217.3 7.5 Homelessness in New Zealand
 Nigeria 4,500,000 2022[44][better source needed] 206 Internally displaced, per IDMC.
 Norway 3,325 2020[45] 6.2
 Pakistan 8,000,000 2023[46] 331
 Peru 700,000 2017[47] 223
 Philippines 4,500,000 2018[48] 424 Street children in the Philippines
 Poland 30,330 2019[49] 8
 Portugal 9,604 2021[8] 8 3.3 Homelessness in Portugal
 Romania 2,976 2017[8] 7
 Russia 11,285 2023[50] 0.8 Homelessness in Russia
 Serbia 20,000 2017[51] 28.5
 Singapore 1,036 2021[52] 1.9
 Slovakia 10,661 2020[8] 19.5
 Slovenia 1,047 2020[8] 5
 South Africa 200,000 2015[53] 36 Homelessness in South Africa
 South Korea 11,340 2016[54] 2
 Spain 28,552 2022[55] 8.6 Homelessness in Spain
 Sweden 33,269 2017[8] 36 Homelessness in Sweden
  Switzerland 2,200 2022[56] 2.55 Homelessness in Switzerland
 Syria 40,500 2024[57] 16.9
 Thailand 2,700 2020[58] 0.4
 Togo 15,000 2022[59] 17.4
 Turkey 70,000 2021[60][61][62] 8.5
 Uganda 500,000 2014[63] 143
 United Kingdom 380,000 2023[64][65][66][67] 56.1 0.9 Homelessness in the United Kingdom
 United States 653,104 2023[68] 19.5 7.0 Homelessness in the United States
 Vatican City State 0 2015 0 A shelter supported by the Holy See accommodates up to 30 homeless people in Rome.[69]
 Zimbabwe 1,200,000 2013[70] 848

Dependent territories

Statistics on homelessness (and other social issues) in dependent territories are often integrated into those for the nation-states to which they are related. However, territories with significant populations often compile their statistics or generate news on homelessness. For example, in Hong Kong in 2017, media reports indicated that 1,800 people were homeless, with the problem mainly attributed to high costs of living.[71]

See also

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