Acquisitions of citizenship in Bulgaria
343 people acquired the citizenship of Bulgaria in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2002. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Bulgaria, 2024
343
Change from 2023
−13.8%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
31st of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Bulgaria over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 343 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 398 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 893 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 2,183 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 859 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 736 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 997 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 914 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1,626 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,275 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 900 peoplep (provisional) | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 808 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,750 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 612 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 889 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 965 peopleb (break in time series) | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 7,140 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 5,966 people | – |
| 2006 | 6,738 people | – |
| 2005 | 5,882 people | – |
| 2004 | 5,783 people | – |
| 2003 | 4,382 people | – |
| 2002 | 3,544 people | – |
Flags: b break in time series; p provisional; 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 −13.8% from 398 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 900 people, the figure has changed by −61.9%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Bulgaria has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Immigration
52,189 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
13,002 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
3,800 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
0.8 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
-2,961 people
2025 · World Bank