Migration and integration
Naturalisation by former citizenship

Naturalisations, 2023, 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.

Total200,0953.622.36
Europe58,1651.280.96
EU–European Union31,3101.360.91
Bulgaria2,3152.280.99
Greece2,5851.070.87
Italy4,0000.900.76
Poland5,4401.370.87
Romania7,5755.011.80
Other Europe26,8551.191.04
Kosovo2,7401.951.49
Russian Federation1,9951.240.94
Serbia1,4200.910.75
Turkey10,7350.840.81
Ukraine5,9107.305.35
United Kingdom1,3100.540.41
Africa13,2357.753.46
Morocco2,5206.474.56
America6,3052.882.13
Asia117,14521.107.07
Afghanistan6,52018.473.02
India3,40511.275.11
Iraq10,71022.505.92
Iran6,42023.179.38
Syria75,485330.6414.19
Australia and Oceania1000.330.22
Stateless, unsettled or unknown5,15016.606.64

As at 28 May 2024