Acquisitions of citizenship in Portugal
20,624 people acquired the citizenship of Portugal in 2024.
Portugal, 2024
20,624
Change from 2023
+21.4%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
11th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Portugal over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20,624 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 16,985 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 20,844 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 24,516 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 32,147 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 21,099 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 21,333 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 18,022 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 25,104 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 20,396 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 21,124 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 24,476 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 21,819 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 23,238 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 21,750 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 24,182 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 22,408 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2006 | 4,447 people | – |
| 2005 | 2,981 people | – |
| 2004 | 2,855 people | – |
| 2003 | 2,435 people | – |
| 2002 | 2,704 people | – |
| 2001 | 2,217 people | – |
| 2000 | 1,625 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 +21.4% from 16,985 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 21,124 people, the figure has changed by −2.4%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Portugal has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Immigration
189,367 immigrants
2023 · Eurostat
Emigration
33,916 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,755 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
6.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.8 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
16,472 people
2025 · World Bank