List of countries by homeless population

It is estimated that 150 million people are homeless worldwide.[1] Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2015 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter".[2]

This is a list of countries (not all 195) by the homeless population present on any given night. Different countries often use different definitions of homelessness, making direct comparisons of numbers complicated.[3]

List
Country Homeless population
(per night)
 Data year Homeless
per 10,000		 Main article/notes
 Australia 116,428 2016 47 Homelessness in Australia
 Austria 14,603 2014[3] 17 Homelessness in Austria
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,247 2015[4] 20
 Brazil 101,500 2016[5] 4 Homelessness in Brazil
 Canada 129,127 2016[6] 36 Homelessness in Canada
 Chile 12,255 2011[7] 7 Homelessness in Chile
 China 2,579,000 2011[8] 18 Homelessness in China
 Croatia 3,000 2018[9] 7
 Czech Republic 23,830 2019[10] 22
 Denmark 6,635 2017[11] 11 Homelessness in Denmark
 Egypt 12,000,000 2013 1200 Homelessness in Egypt
 Estonia 864 2011[3] 6
 Finland 5,482 2018[12][13] 9 Homelessness in Finland
 France 141,568 2012[14] 21 Homelessness in France
 Germany 650,000 2017[15] 79[16] Homelessness in Germany

*Includes "around 375,000 asylum seekers and refugees in temporary accommodation"[15]

 Greece 20,000 2013[17] 18 Homelessness in Greece
 Grenada 60,000 2004[18] 5644 *After Hurricane Ivan
 Guatemala 475,000 2012[19] 315
 Haiti 2,300,000 2010 2324
 Honduras 1,000,000 2013[20] 1235
 Hong Kong 1,414 2013[21] 2
 Hungary 10,068 2014[3] 10 Homelessness in Hungary
 India 1,770,000 2011[22] 15 Homelessness in India
 Indonesia 3,000,000 2004[23] 136 Homelessness in Indonesia
 Ireland 10,338 2019[24] 21 Homelessness in Ireland
 Israel 25,000 2019[25] 29 Homelessness in Israel
 Italy 48,000 2014[26] 8 Homelessness in Italy
 Japan 4,555 2019[27] 0.3 Homelessness in Japan
 Jordan 0 2010[28]

2017[29]

 0
 Latvia 2,342 2011[3] 11
 Liechtenstein 0 2004[30] 0 Homelessness does not exist in Liechtenstein, and a homeless shelter which existed previously, was closed down due to lack of use.
 Luxembourg 1,533 2013[31] 28
 Mexico 40,911 2010[3] 4 Homelessness in Mexico
 Netherlands 39,300 2018[32] 23 Homelessness in the Netherlands
 New Zealand 41,207 2015[3] 94 Homelessness in New Zealand
 Nigeria 24,400,000 2007[33] 1658
 Norway 3,909 2016[34] 7 Homelessness in Norway
 Peru 2011[35] 560
 Poland 33,400 pp 2017[36] 8 Homelessness in Poland
 Portugal 3,000 2012 3 Homelessness in Portugal
 Romania 15,000 2004[37] 7
 Russia 64,000 2010[38] 4 Homelessness in Russia
  • According to the State Duma of Russia[38]
 Slovenia 2,700 2015[3] 13
 South Africa 200,000 2015[39] 36 Homelessness in South Africa
 South Korea 11,340 2016[40] 2
 Spain 40,000 2012[41] 9 Homelessness in Spain
 Sweden 34,000 2011[42] 36 Homelessness in Sweden
  Switzerland 3,000 – 8,000 2016 3–9 Homelessness in Switzerland
 Togo 100,000 1999[43] 211
 Uganda 500,000 2014[44] 143
 Ukraine 30,000 2016[45] 75 Homelessness in Ukraine
 United Kingdom 307,000 2016[46] 46 Homelessness in the United Kingdom
 United States 567,715 2019[47] 17 Homelessness in the United States
 Wales 15,000 2011[48] 48
 Zimbabwe 1,200,000 2013[49] 848

See also

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