Acquisitions of citizenship by country, 2024
The number of people who were granted the citizenship of the country during the year.
33 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Germany (288,670 people). Lowest: Lithuania (124 people). The median is 5,892 people.
Highest 10
- 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
Lowest 10
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Source: Eurostat.
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%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 288,670 people | 2024 | |
| 2 | Spain | 252,476 people | 2024 | |
| 3 | Italy | 217,448 people | 2024 | |
| 4 | France | 103,661 people | 2024 | |
| 5 | Sweden | 62,989 people | 2024 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 60,108 people | 2024 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 58,999 people | 2024 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 39,912 people | 2024 | |
| 9 | Norway | 27,460 people | 2024 | |
| 10 | Ireland | 24,059 people | 2024 | |
| 11 | Portugal | 20,624 people | 2024 | |
| 12 | Poland | 16,075 people | 2024 | |
| 13 | Greece | 14,275 people | 2024 | |
| 14 | Austria | 13,036 people | 2024 | |
| 15 | Finland | 11,512 people | 2024 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 6,255 people | 2024 | |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 5,892 people | 2024 | |
| 18 | Czechia | 5,819 people | 2024 | |
| 19 | Romania | 4,040 people | 2024 | |
| 20 | Georgia | 3,587 people | 2024 | |
| 21 | Cyprus | 2,800 people | 2024 | |
| 22 | Hungary | 1,742 people | 2024 | |
| 23 | Slovenia | 1,654 people | 2024 | |
| 24 | Malta | 1,145 people | 2024 | |
| 25 | Latvia | 1,056 people | 2024 | |
| 26 | Albania | 919 people | 2024 | |
| 27 | Slovakia | 879 people | 2024 | |
| 28 | Croatia | 793 people | 2024 | |
| 29 | Estonia | 758 people | 2024 | |
| 30 | Iceland | 638 people | 2024 | |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 343 people | 2024 | |
| 32 | Liechtenstein | 182 people | 2024 | |
| 33 | Lithuania | 124 people | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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