Acquisitions of citizenship in Poland

16,075 people acquired the citizenship of Poland in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Acquisitions of citizenship Unit: People Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Poland, 2024 16,075 People
Change from 2023 +36.4% 2023: 11,785 people
European Union, 2024 1,177,232 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 12th of 33 See the full ranking

Acquisitions of citizenship in Poland over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Acquisitions of citizenship (people), 2000 to 2024
Period PolandEuropean Union
2024 16,075 people 1,177,232 people
2023 11,785 people 1,054,451 people
2022 9,558 people 990,857 people
2021 7,420 peopleep (estimated, provisional) 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2020 6,999 peopleep (estimated, provisional) 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2019 6,395 peopleep (estimated, provisional) 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2018 5,115 peopleep (estimated, provisional) 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2017 4,233 people 703,724 peopleb (break in time series)
2016 3,684 people 843,894 peoplee (estimated)
2015 3,974 peoplep (provisional) 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2014 4,073 people 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2013 3,933 people 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 3,792 people 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2011 3,445 people 607,113 peoplee (estimated)
2010 2,926 people 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2009 2,503 people 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2008 1,802 people 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2007 1,542 people –
2006 1,064 people –
2005 2,866 people –
2004 1,937 people –
2003 1,653 people –
2002 1,182 people –
2001 1,070 people –
2000 1,436 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; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +36.4% from 11,785 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4,073 people, the figure has changed by +294.7%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Poland has the 12th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_acq · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Poland
Provider update
27 March 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat