It is estimated that 150 million people are homeless worldwide.Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2016 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter".
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 take into account internal displacement from conflict, violence and natural disasters, but may or may not take into account chronic and transitional homelessness, making direct comparisons of numbers complicated.
List
| Country | Homeless (avg. day) |
Data year | Homeless per 10k |
Unsheltered per 10k | Main article, other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
60,000 | 2020 | 1180 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Australia
|
122,494 | 2021 | 48 | Homelessness in Australia | |
 Austria
|
33,670 | 2019 | 25.4 | ||
 Azerbaijan
|
735,000 | 2020 | 725 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Bangladesh
|
5,000,000 | 2019 | 307 | ||
 Bhutan
|
0 | 2015 | 0 | 20 | |
 Brazil
|
222,000 | 2020 | 10 | ||
 Burkina Faso
|
700,000 | 2020 | 335 | ||
 Cameroon
|
1,033,000 | 2020 | 389 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Canada
|
25,000-30,000 | 2021 | 10 | Homelessness in Canada | |
 Central African Republic
|
686,200 | 2020 | 1421 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Chad
|
342,680 | 2020 | 209 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Chile
|
14,013 | 2019 | 7.4 | ||
 China
|
300,000,000 | 2022 | 2124 | Homelessness in China | |
 Colombia
|
4,943,000 | 2020 | 971 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Congo DR
|
5,332,000 | 2020 | 595 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Costa Rica
|
3,387 | 2020 | 6.6 | ||
 Côte d'Ivoire
|
308,070 | 2020 | 117 | ||
 Croatia
|
3,000 | 2018 | 7 | ||
 Czech Republic
|
23,830 | 2019 | 22 | ||
 Denmark
|
6,431 | 2019 | 11 | Homelessness in Denmark | |
 Egypt
|
12,000,000 | 2020 | 1200 | Homelessness in Egypt | |
 Estonia
|
1,068 | 2021 | 8.0 | ||
 Ethiopia
|
2,693,000 | 2020 | 234 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Finland
|
4,396 | 2021 | 7.9 | 0.1 | Homelessness in Finland |
 France
|
300,000 | 2020 | 45 | 4.5 | Homelessness in France |
 Georgia
|
304,010 | 2020 | 760 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Germany
|
262,600 | 2022 | 31.4 | Homelessness in Germany | |
 Ghana
|
100,000 | 2020 | 32.9 | Citation/website link is blocked. | |
 Greece
|
40,000 | 2016 | 37.1 |
Homelessness in Greece
In citation, the population figure is found under Table 12. |
|
 Grenada
|
68 | 2011 | 6.4 | 6.4 | Homeless in national census seems to mean unsheltered. High variance after hurricanes. |
 Guatemala
|
475,000 | 2012 | 315 | ||
 Haiti
|
37,867 | 2018 | 34 | ||
 Honduras
|
1,000,000 | 2013 | 1235 | ||
 Hong Kong
|
1,800 | 2018 | 2.4 | ||
 Hungary
|
30,000 | 2018 | 30.7 | Homelessness in Hungary | |
 Iceland
|
349 | 2017 | 10.3 | ||
 India
|
1,800,000 | 2020 | 12.6 | Homelessness in India | |
 Indonesia
|
3,000,000 | 2004 | 136 | Homelessness in Indonesia | |
 Iran
|
15,000 | 2015 | 1.9 | ||
 Iraq
|
1,224,000 | 2020 | 304 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Ireland
|
8,014 | 2021 | 16 | Homelessness in Ireland | |
 Israel
|
25,000 | 2019 | 29 | Homelessness in Israel | |
 Italy
|
50,724 | 2016 | 8.4 | ||
 Japan
|
3,992 | 2020 | 0.3 | Homelessness in Japan | |
 Jordan
|
0 | 2010 2017 |
0 | ||
 Kazakhstan
|
5,500 | 2020 | 0.6 | ||
 Kenya
|
394,000 | 2020 | 73.3 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Latvia
|
6,877 | 2017 | 35.3 | ||
 Libya
|
278,000 | 2020 | 405 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Liechtenstein
|
0 | 2004 | 0 | ||
 Lithuania
|
4,024 | 2017 | 14.1 | ||
 Luxembourg
|
2,059 | 2014 | 37.5 | ||
 Mali
|
332,700 | 2020 | 164 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Mexico
|
456,000 | 2020 | 35.4 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Mozambique
|
769,000 | 2020 | 246 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Netherlands
|
32,000 | 2021 | 18 | Homelessness in the Netherlands | |
 New Zealand
|
102,123 | 2018 | 217.3 | 7.5 | The Severe Housing Deprivation in Aotearoa New Zealand 2018 report |
 Nigeria
|
24,400,000 | 2007 | 1658 | ||
 Norway
|
3,909 | 2016 | 7 | ||
 Pakistan
|
4,500,000 | 2018 | 943 | ||
 Peru
|
700,000 | 2017 | 223 | ||
 Philippines
|
4,500,000 | 2018 | 424 | ||
 Poland
|
30,330 | 2019 | 8 | ||
 Portugal
|
8,209 | 2020 | 8 | 3.3 | Homelessness in Portugal |
 Romania
|
15,000 | 2004 | 7 | ||
 Russia
|
64,000 | 2010 | 4 | Homelessness in Russia | |
 Serbia
|
20,000 | 2017 | 28.5 | ||
 Slovenia
|
3,799 | 2019 | 18.3 | ||
 Somalia
|
2,968,000 | 2020 | 1867 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 South Africa
|
200,000 | 2015 | 36 | Homelessness in South Africa | |
 South Korea
|
11,340 | 2016 | 2 | ||
 South Sudan
|
1,542,000 | 2020 | 1378 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Spain
|
28,552 | 2022 | 8.6 | Homelessness in Spain | |
 Sudan
|
2,730,000 | 2020 | 623 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Sweden
|
34,000 | 2011 | 36 | Homelessness in Sweden | |
 Switzerland
|
2,200 | 2022 | 2.55 | Homelessness in Switzerland | |
 Syria
|
6,568,000 | 2020 | 3753 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Thailand
|
2,700 | 2020 | 0.4 | ||
 Togo
|
100,000 | 1999 | 211 | ||
 Turkey
|
70,000 | 2021 | 8.5 | ||
 Uganda
|
500,000 | 2014 | 143 | ||
 Ukraine
|
734,240 | 2020 | 168 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 United Kingdom
|
365,535 | 2019 | 54.4 | 0.9 | Homelessness in the United Kingdom |
 United States
|
582,462 | 2022 | 17.5 | 7.0 | Homelessness in the United States |
 Yemen
|
3,858,000 | 2020 | 1294 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Vietnam
|
162,000 | 2020 | 16.6 | Internally displaced, per IDMC | |
 Zimbabwe
|
1,200,000 | 2013 | 848 |
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