Acquisitions of citizenship in Austria

13,036 people acquired the citizenship of Austria in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2007. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Acquisitions of citizenship Unit: People Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2024 13,036 People
Change from 2023 +9.6% 2023: 11,898 people
European Union, 2024 1,177,232 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 14th of 33 See the full ranking

Acquisitions of citizenship in Austria over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Acquisitions of citizenship (people), 2000 to 2024
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2024 13,036 people 1,177,232 people
2023 11,898 people 1,054,451 people
2022 10,899 people 990,857 people
2021 9,723 people 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2020 8,796 people 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2019 10,500 people 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2018 9,355 people 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2017 9,125 people 703,724 peopleb (break in time series)
2016 8,530 people 843,894 peoplee (estimated)
2015 8,144 people 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2014 7,570 people 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2013 7,354 people 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 7,043 people 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2011 6,690 people 607,113 peoplee (estimated)
2010 6,135 people 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2009 7,978 people 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2008 10,258 peopleb (break in time series) 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2007 14,010 people –
2006 25,746 people –
2005 34,876 people –
2004 41,645 people –
2003 44,694 people –
2002 36,011 people –
2001 31,731 people –
2000 24,320 people –

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +9.6% from 11,898 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7,570 people, the figure has changed by +72.2%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Austria has the 14th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_acq · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
1998 to 2024 for Austria
Provider update
27 March 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat