Acquisitions of citizenship in Estonia
758 people acquired the citizenship of Estonia in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Estonia, 2024
758
Change from 2023
−29.7%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
29th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Estonia over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Estonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 758 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 1,078 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 812 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 1,034 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 770 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 779 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 766 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 880 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1,779 peopleb (break in time series) | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 898 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 1,614 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 1,330 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,339 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 1,518 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1,184 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 1,670 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 2,124 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 4,242 people | – |
| 2006 | 4,781 people | – |
| 2005 | 7,072 people | – |
| 2004 | 6,543 people | – |
| 2003 | 3,706 people | – |
| 2002 | 4,091 people | – |
| 2001 | 3,090 people | – |
| 2000 | 3,425 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 −29.7% from 1,078 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1,614 people, the figure has changed by −53.0%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Estonia has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
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