Migration and integration Naturalisation by former citizenship

Naturalisations, 2022, by former citizenship
citizenshipNaturalisation, totalNaturalisation potential realized
Calculated for foreigners with at least
10 years of residence in Germany1
Calculated for foreigners with at least
6 years of residence in Germany2
number%

1: The realized naturalisation potential relates the number of naturalisations in a given year to the number of foreigners with at least 10 years of residence in Germany at the end of the previous year.
2: The realized naturalisation potential relates the number of naturalisations in a given year to the number of foreigners with at least 6 years of residence in Germany at the end of the previous year.
Source: Naturalisation statistics.

Total168,7753.102.09
Europe64,5401.451.10
EU–European Union31,9951.470.98
Bulgaria2,1352.631.05
Greece2,9701.271.02
Italy4,5101.020.87
Poland5,5551.560.93
Romania6,9905.831.95
Other Europe32,5451.421.26
Kosovo3,6152.642.07
Russian Federation1,7551.150.87
Serbia1,7101.110.93
Turkey14,2651.111.07
Ukraine5,5657.015.37
United Kingdom2,3151.230.95
Africa11,8557.383.56
Morocco2,1155.554.02
America7,0302.972.20
Asia81,43015.335.56
Afghanistan4,20513.742.40
India2,77510.524.84
Iraq6,81514.854.71
Iran4,79018.508.02
Syria48,385254.7910.78
Australia and Oceania1800.280.19
Stateless, unsettled or unknown3,74012.165.26

As at 27 October 2023

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