Press release No. 181 of 23 May 2018
WIESBADEN – Roughly 112,200 foreigners became naturalised German citizens in 2017. This was the highest number since 2013. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of just over 1,800, or 1.7%, compared with a year earlier.
As in the previous year, a marked increase was especially recorded in the number of Britons who were naturalised as German citizens. While in 2015 only 622 British citizens acquired German citizenship, that number amounted to not less than 2,865 in 2016 (+361% on a year earlier) and finally to 7,493 in 2017 (+162% on the previous year) - another record high after 2016.
