Acquisitions of citizenship in Belgium
60,108 people acquired the citizenship of Belgium in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2001.
Belgium, 2024
60,108
Change from 2023
+8.9%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
6th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Belgium over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60,108 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 55,213 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 48,482 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 39,233 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 33,915 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 40,594 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 36,200 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 37,399 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 31,935 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 27,071 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 18,726 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 34,801 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 38,612 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 29,786 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 34,636 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 32,767 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 37,710 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 36,063 people | – |
| 2006 | 31,860 people | – |
| 2005 | 31,512 people | – |
| 2004 | 34,754 people | – |
| 2003 | 33,709 people | – |
| 2002 | 46,417 people | – |
| 2001 | 62,160 people | – |
| 2000 | 61,980 people | – |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +8.9% from 55,213 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18,726 people, the figure has changed by +221.0%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Belgium has the 6th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Belgium
All statistics for Belgium
Immigration
162,926 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
100,100 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
27,540 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
6.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
3.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
31,989 people
2025 · World Bank