There are many people around the world who are born and die without leaving any official trace of their existence. They are ghosts in their own country; unaccounted for, unidentifiable and hidden. The lack of functional civil registration systems in many places ensures that a lot of births and deaths are never recorded, effectively rendering huge parts of the world\u2019s population invisible. This phenomenon is often more prevalent in low and middle income countries whose systems aren\u2019t fully developed and key statistics not recorded.<\/p>\n