Acquisitions of citizenship in Greece
14,275 people acquired the citizenship of Greece in 2024.
Greece, 2024
14,275
Change from 2023
+7.2%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
13th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Greece over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Greece | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,275 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 13,319 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 12,733 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 10,120 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 13,272 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 16,328 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 27,857 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 34,305 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 33,210 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 13,933 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 20,913 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 29,462 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 20,302 peopleb (break in time series) | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 17,533 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 9,387 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 17,019 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 16,922 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 3,921 people | – |
| 2006 | 1,962 people | – |
| 2005 | 1,711 people | – |
| 2004 | 1,425 people | – |
| 2003 | 1,896 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 +7.2% from 13,319 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 20,913 people, the figure has changed by −31.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Greece has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Greece
All statistics for Greece
Immigration
132,149 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
78,014 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
55,380 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.8ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
-15.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
16,636 people
2025 · World Bank