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 | Liechtenstein | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 182 people | 124 people |
| 2023 | 189 people | 106 people |
| 2022 | 186 people | 485 people |
| 2021 | 163 people | 150 people |
| 2020 | 114 people | 152 people |
| 2019 | 112 people | 117 people |
| 2018 | 139 people | 130 people |
| 2017 | 147 people | 187 people |
| 2016 | 171 people | 176 people |
| 2015 | 112 people | 183 people |
| 2014 | 173 people | 183 people |
| 2013 | 114 people | 185 people |
| 2012 | 119 people | 202 people |
| 2011 | 116 people | 254 people |
| 2010 | 95 people | 181 people |
| 2009 | 103 people | 203 people |
| 2008 | 250 people | 310 people |
| 2007 | 210 people | 371 people |
| 2006 | 166 people | 467 people |
| 2005 | 153 people | 435 people |
| 2004 | 166 people | 610 people |
| 2003 | 178 people | 471 people |
| 2002 | 202 people | 504 people |
| 2001 | – | 507 people |
| 2000 | – | 490 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
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.