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 | Austria | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13,036 people | 6,255 people |
| 2023 | 11,898 people | 3,355 people |
| 2022 | 10,899 people | 5,149 people |
| 2021 | 9,723 people | 6,483 people |
| 2020 | 8,796 people | 7,076 people |
| 2019 | 10,500 people | 1,781 people |
| 2018 | 9,355 people | 2,836 people |
| 2017 | 9,125 people | 7,272 people |
| 2016 | 8,530 people | 15,028 people |
| 2015 | 8,144 people | 11,745 people |
| 2014 | 7,570 people | 4,747 people |
| 2013 | 7,354 people | 1,750 people |
| 2012 | 7,043 people | 3,598 people |
| 2011 | 6,690 people | 4,243 people |
| 2010 | 6,135 people | 4,027 people |
| 2009 | 7,978 people | 6,852 people |
| 2008 | 10,258 peopleb (break in time series) | 6,022 people |
| 2007 | 14,010 people | 3,648 people |
| 2006 | 25,746 people | 7,961 people |
| 2005 | 34,876 people | 10,197 people |
| 2004 | 41,645 people | 14,976 people |
| 2003 | 44,694 people | 6,583 people |
| 2002 | 36,011 people | 17,300 people |
| 2001 | 31,731 people | 11,902 people |
| 2000 | 24,320 people | 18,811 people |
Flags: b break in time series . 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.