Acquisitions of citizenship in Spain
252,476 people acquired the citizenship of Spain in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest 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.
Spain, 2024
252,476
Change from 2023
+5.1%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
2nd of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship in Spain over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 252,476 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 240,208 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 181,581 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 144,012 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 126,266 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 98,954 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 90,774 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 66,498 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 150,944 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 114,351 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 205,880 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 225,793 peopleb (break in time series) | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 94,142 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 114,599 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 123,721 people | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 79,590 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 84,170 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 71,936 people | – |
| 2006 | 62,375 people | – |
| 2005 | 42,860 people | – |
| 2004 | 38,220 people | – |
| 2003 | 26,517 people | – |
| 2002 | 21,805 people | – |
| 2001 | 16,743 people | – |
| 2000 | 11,996 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 +5.1% from 240,208 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 205,880 people, the figure has changed by +22.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Spain has the 2nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Spain
All statistics for Spain
Immigration
1,288,562 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
662,294 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
141,055p (Provisional) applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
11.8p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
2.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
96,630 people
2025 · World Bank