Mar 3, 2025

Main recipients of an EU country citizenship

In 2023, 1.1 million people acquired the citizenship of the EU country where they lived.

Main recipients of an EU country citizenship:

🇸🇾Syrians (107 500 new citizenships)

🇲🇦Moroccans (106 500)

🇦🇱Albanians (44 400)

Dataset

Rank	Country of Prev. Citizenship	Total Acquisitions in EU	Main EU Countries Granting Citizenship
		(1 000)	Rank 1	(%)	Rank 2	(%)	Rank 3	(%)	Rank 4	(%)	Other (%)
1	Syria	107.5	Germany	70.2	Netherlands	10.6	Sweden	10.4	Belgium	3.5	5.3
2	Morocco	106.5	Spain	50.7	Italy	26.2	France	12.5	Belgium	5	5.6
3	Albania	44.4	Italy	71.5	Greece	22.4	Sweden	1.6	Belgium	1.3	3.2
4	Romania	37.2	Italy	38.7	Germany	20.4	Spain	13.2	Belgium	9.3	18.4
5	Venezuela	32.1	Spain	93.8	Italy	2.2	Portugal	0.9	France	0.7	2.3
6	Brazil	28.9	Italy	44.5	Spain	19.9	Portugal	18.9	Germany	4.2	12.5
7	Ukraine	28.1	Germany	22.4	Italy	20.9	Poland	19.6	Spain	9.6	27.6
8	India	27.7	Italy	35.2	Netherlands	14.3	Germany	12.3	Sweden	9.5	28.7
9	Turkiye	26.3	Germany	40.8	France	17.9	Netherlands	17.4	Belgium	7.5	16.3
10	Argentina	24	Italy	67	Spain	30	France	0.8	Germany	0.6	1.5

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Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union.

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