Acquisitions of citizenship
The number of people who were granted the citizenship of the country during the year.
33 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,177,232 people | 288,670 people | 103,661 people | 252,476 people |
| 2023 | 1,054,451 people | 199,790 people | 97,288 people | 240,208 people |
| 2022 | 990,857 people | 166,640 people | 114,483 people | 181,581 people |
| 2021 | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 129,990 people | 130,385 people | 144,012 people |
| 2020 | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 111,170 people | 86,483 people | 126,266 people |
| 2019 | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 131,980 peoplep (provisional) | 109,821 people | 98,954 people |
| 2018 | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 116,750 peoplep (provisional) | 110,014 people | 90,774 people |
| 2017 | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) | 115,421 people | 114,274 people | 66,498 people |
| 2016 | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) | 112,843 people | 119,152 people | 150,944 people |
| 2015 | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 110,128 people | 113,608 people | 114,351 people |
| 2014 | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 110,610 people | 105,613 people | 205,880 people |
| 2013 | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) | 111,775 people | 97,276 people | 225,793 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) | 114,637 people | 96,051 people | 94,142 people |
| 2011 | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) | 109,594 people | 114,569 people | 114,599 people |
| 2010 | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 104,600 people | 143,261 people | 123,721 people |
| 2009 | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) | 96,122 people | 135,852 people | 79,590 people |
| 2008 | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) | 94,470 people | 137,452 people | 84,170 people |
| 2007 | – | 113,030 people | 132,002 people | 71,936 people |
| 2006 | – | 124,566 people | 147,868 people | 62,375 people |
| 2005 | – | 117,241 people | 154,827 people | 42,860 people |
| 2004 | – | 127,153 people | 168,826 people | 38,220 people |
| 2003 | – | 140,737 people | 144,640 people | 26,517 people |
| 2002 | – | 154,547 people | 128,092 people | 21,805 people |
| 2001 | – | 180,349 people | 127,548 people | 16,743 people |
| 2000 | – | 186,688 people | 150,025 people | 11,996 people |
Flags: p provisional; 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
- Among the 33 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Germany (288,670 people) and the lowest Lithuania (124 people).
- Half of the countries are above 5,892 people and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 20 countries and fell in 12.
- The figure for the European Union was 1,177,232 people in 2024, against 712,266 people in 2019 (+65.3%).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Germany 288,670 people
- 2 Spain 252,476 people
- 3 Italy 217,448 people
- 4 France 103,661 people
- 5 Sweden 62,989 people
- 6 Belgium 60,108 people
- 7 Netherlands 58,999 people
- 8 Switzerland 39,912 people
- 9 Norway 27,460 people
- 10 Ireland 24,059 people
- 11 Portugal 20,624 people
- 12 Poland 16,075 people
- 13 Greece 14,275 people
- 14 Austria 13,036 people
- 15 Finland 11,512 people
- 16 Denmark 6,255 people
- 17 Luxembourg 5,892 people
- 18 Czechia 5,819 people
- 19 Romania 4,040 people
- 20 Georgia 3,587 people
- 21 Cyprus 2,800 people
- 22 Hungary 1,742 people
- 23 Slovenia 1,654 people
- 24 Malta 1,145 people
- 25 Latvia 1,056 people
- 26 Albania 919 people
- 27 Slovakia 879 people
- 28 Croatia 793 people
- 29 Estonia 758 people
- 30 Iceland 638 people
- 31 Bulgaria 343 people
- 32 Liechtenstein 182 people
- 33 Lithuania 124 people
- European Union 1,177,232 people
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.