The list of stateless ethnic groups covers those ethnic groups which may be diaspora, or which may live within an ethnic homeland that is not under ethnic state control.

• Kurds: 35-40 million. Their area covers sizeable parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and smaller parts of Armenia. They are also found in Lebanon, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Central-Asian states.

• Berbers: 20-25 million in North African states, their claimed area covers Morocco and parts of Algeria but Berbers are also found in Tunisia, Lybia and Egypt.

• Lankan Tamils: 20 million in Northeast-Sri Lanka

• Kashmiris: 15-20 million in Northeast-Pakistan and Northwest-India.

• Palestinians: 7-8 million In the Levant, or the Mediterranean-adjacent Middle East region.

• Tibetans: 6-7 million in Southwest-China.

• African Sudanese : 6 million in Southern Sudan.

• Basques: 3-4 million in North-Spain and Southwest-France.

• Saharawis: >200,000 in the Western Sahara claimed and administered by Morocco.