New citizenships (per capita) statistics - countries compared

DEFINITION
Thousands of people who acquired nationality in 2000. Statistics cover all means of acquiring the nationality of a country, except where otherwise indicated. These include standard naturalisation procedures subject to age, residency, etc. criteria, as well as situations where nationality is acquired through a declaration or by option (following marriage, adoption, or other situations related to residency or descent), recovery of former nationality and other special means of acquiring the nationality of a country. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the OECD Annex. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

Immigration Statistics > New citizenships (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Canada:

6.54169 thousand per 1 million p

# 2

Belgium:

5.9919 thousand per 1 million p

# 3

Sweden:

4.83226 thousand per 1 million p

# 4

Switzerland:

3.83229 thousand per 1 million p

# 5

Australia:

3.52414 thousand per 1 million p

# 6

Denmark:

3.46097 thousand per 1 million p

# 7

Netherlands:

3.04748 thousand per 1 million p

# 8

United States:

3.03651 thousand per 1 million p

# 9

Austria:

3.0055 thousand per 1 million p

# 10

France:

2.47296 thousand per 1 million p

# 11

Germany:

2.26492 thousand per 1 million p

# 12

Norway:

2.06836 thousand per 1 million p

# 13

United Kingdom:

1.36 thousand per 1 million p

# 14

Luxembourg:

1.28049 thousand per 1 million p

# 15

Hungary:

0.749475 thousand per 1 million p

# 16

Finland:

0.574383 thousand per 1 million p

# 17

Spain:

0.297464 thousand per 1 million p

# 18

Italy:

0.199645 thousand per 1 million p

# 19

Japan:

0.117724 thousand per 1 million p

# 20

Portugal:

0.0662502 thousand per 1 million p

Weighted average:

2.4 thousand per 1 million p

DEFINITION: Thousands of people who acquired nationality in 2000. Statistics cover all means of acquiring the nationality of a country, except where otherwise indicated. These include standard naturalisation procedures subject to age, residency, etc. criteria, as well as situations where nationality is acquired through a declaration or by option (following marriage, adoption, or other situations related to residency or descent), recovery of former nationality and other special means of acquiring the nationality of a country. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the OECD Annex. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: OECD

Immigration Statistics > New citizenships (per capita) (most recent) by country

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