Eurostat presented statistics on the acquisition of citizenship in 2019

In 2019, around 706 400 persons acquired citizenship of one of the EU-27 Member States of the European Union (EU), up from 672 300 in 2018 and 700 600 in 2017.

Most new citizenships in 2019 were granted by Germany (132 000 or 19 % of the EU-27 total), Italy (127 000 or 18 %), France (109 800 or 16 %), Spain (99 000 or 14 %) and Sweden (64 200 or 9 %).

Of those acquiring citizenship of an EU-27 Member State, 85% had previously been citizens of non-EU countries. Of these, citizens of Morocco made up the highest numbers, followed by citizens of Albania, the United Kingdom, Syria and Turkey.

The full explanation of the statistics can be found here.

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