Acquisitions of citizenship in Norway
27,460 people acquired the citizenship of Norway in 2024.
Norway, 2024
27,460
Change from 2023
−26.5%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
9th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Norway over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Norway | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27,460 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 37,340 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 39,369 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 41,092 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 19,698 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 13,201 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 10,268 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 21,648 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 13,712 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 12,411 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 15,866 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 13,480 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 12,723 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 14,406 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 11,645 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 11,444 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 10,312 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 14,877 people | – |
| 2006 | 11,955 people | – |
| 2005 | 12,655 people | – |
| 2004 | 8,154 people | – |
| 2003 | 7,867 people | – |
| 2002 | 9,041 people | – |
| 2001 | 10,838 people | – |
| 2000 | 9,474 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 −26.5% from 37,340 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 15,866 people, the figure has changed by +73.1%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Norway has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Norway
All statistics for Norway
Immigration
66,077 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
31,968 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
3,320 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.0 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
9.7 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
29,798 people
2025 · World Bank