People without a legal identity are both uncounted and unprotected.

没有合法身份的人不仅不被纳入统计且不被保护。

See, without a legal identity, you are not recognized as a person by the government.

你看，没有一个合法身份，你就不会被政府承认为一个人。

Of the one billion people in the world without a legal identity, the vast majority are children who were never registered at birth.

在世界上 10 亿没有合法身份的人口中，大部分是在出生时就从未被注册的孩子。

And some form of legal identity in almost every country is required to vote, get a SIM card or open a bank account.

几乎在所有国家，都要求某些形式的合法身份证明来参与公投，购买电话卡，或是在银行开户。

A birth certificate is also often required for other forms of legal identity, like a national ID or a passport.

其他形式的合法身份通常也需要出生证明，例如国民身份证或护照。

In fact, of the 1.7 billion people in the world who are unbanked, 20 percent is due to not having a legal identity document.

事实上，世界上 17 亿没有银行账户的人中，其中 20% 是因为没有一张合法身份证件。

In the face of world poverty and hunger, making sure everyone in the world has a legal identity doesn't really seem important, but in reality it is.

面对世界贫困和饥饿，确保世界上每个人都有一个合法身份看起来不那么重要，但其实很重要。