Naturalizations

2   Naturalizations by previous citizenship. 1977-2000
Previous citizenship Total Annual average
1977-1999 1977-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 1977 1980 1985 1990
Total 127 478 2 409 2 588 3 520 7 256 10 205 2 213 2 680 2 851 4 757
                     
Europe 40 917 1 457 1 155 1 133 1 884 2 854 1 474 1 458 1 197 1 264
Denmark 5 352 463 265 168 125 142 611 350 261 156
Finland 1 040 50 53 43 35 37 51 38 63 38
Iceland 336 12 13 9 16 19 7 14 11 13
Sweden 3 273 143 130 98 129 184 145 151 135 72
Bulgaria 411 2 5 10 31 36 - 3 10 13
France 379 26 19 14 12 10 9 51 13 14
Greece 262 15 12 12 10 6 9 22 12 13
Italy 447 40 27 13 10 7 32 38 19 8
Yugoslavia 7 124 46 57 102 405 824 29 55 52 111
Netherlands 911 71 44 31 26 24 67 68 42 37
Poland 3 897 44 75 168 273 229 34 48 94 264
Portugal 405 19 22 15 14 14 23 21 11 17
Romania 607 3 5 5 21 87 5 1 2 8
Russia 553 . . . . 105 . . . .
Soviet Union 369 5 5 7 16 41 6 3 4 11
Spain 474 39 29 14 11 10 27 38 23 13
United Kingdom 2 998 154 152 88 110 126 116 199 151 96
Switzerland 176 12 7 7 4 7 11 21 6 1
Czechoslovakia 400 40 15 21 8 4 69 22 11 14
Turkey 7 049 13 44 212 530 614 1 19 117 304
Germany1 2 269 196 126 61 49 61 186 217 102 43
Hungary 520 32 22 15 20 22 23 27 32 10
Rest of Europe 1 665 32 26 18 22 242 13 52 26 8
                     
Africa, total 13 094 68 169 231 857 1 306 45 116 225 270
Algeria 451 6 6 9 37 33 1 11 7 11
Ethiopia 2 114 3 19 37 166 198 3 4 54 49
Egypt 185 6 11 7 6 7 2 11 9 6
Gambia 490 3 3 8 21 63 - 1 4 9
Ghana 554 1 3 2 58 47 1 - 4 3
Morocco 3 340 12 80 109 272 197 3 35 97 128
Nigeria 290 1 1 3 24 30 - 2 - 1
Somalia 3 522 2 3 4 147 549 - 3 1 4
Tunisia 380 7 5 10 28 27 5 11 8 13
Rest of Africa 1 768 28 37 40 97 155 30 38 41 46
                     
Asia, total 60 499 562 940 1 744 3 763 5 203 387 697 1 072 2 758
Afghanistan 326 1 - - 18 46 - 2 1 -
Bangladesh 326 19 5 6 21 19 23 26 3 9
Sri Lanka 5 977 10 29 34 411 714 9 14 39 49
Philippines 4 149 26 107 199 266 237 12 36 187 294
India 3 968 56 144 127 245 233 22 105 154 149
Iraq 2 341 1 1 2 81 383 1 1 3 3
Iran 7 001 18 17 16 627 726 4 22 19 15
Israel 347 12 13 15 16 15 14 9 20 16
Cambodia 208 - - - 12 25 - - - 13
China 2 497 9 25 30 141 296 2 15 22 48
North Korea 68 1 5 2 4 1 2 1 5 3
South Korea 4 222 210 256 182 113 127 226 186 252 138
Lebanon 884 8 9 7 55 99 6 13 9 3
Pakistan 13 715 148 240 484 822 1 079 24 188 254 899
Syria 308 4 4 3 17 35 3 8 7 -
Thailand 1 284 2 16 38 53 149 2 1 37 58
Vietnam2 12 123 6 26 576 839 978 6 14 51 1 039
Rest of Asia 755 31 42 20 20 43 31 56 9 22
                     
North and Central America, total 2 936 149 130 97 101 140 137 185 104 77
United States 1 647 108 85 44 52 62 103 126 64 33
Rest of North and Central America 1 289 41 45 53 49 78 34 59 40 44
                     
South America, total 8 330 79 149 297 612 546 78 80 223 372
Argentina 166 3 8 8 5 9 1 4 7 7
Brazil 500 4 7 8 42 40 - 1 11 12
Chile 3 874 15 53 89 303 319 9 19 108 106
Colombia 2 867 37 65 155 211 113 43 41 78 199
Ecuador 212 8 3 9 16 9 6 9 1 12
Peru 296 6 4 11 12 27 12 1 7 15
Rest of South America 415 6 10 18 23 28 7 5 11 21
                     
Oceania, total 198 10 8 7 7 11 8 18 9 4
Australia 132 8 5 4 4 7 6 15 9 3
Rest of Oceania 66 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 - 1
                     
Stateless and unknown 1 504 88 41 14 32 145 84 126 21 12
                     
                     
  1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Total 5 055 5 132 5 538 8 778 11 778 12 237 12 037 9 244 7 988 9 517
                     
Europe 1 393 1 211 1 606 2 525 2 684 2 427 2 688 2 442 2 604 4 109
Denmark 108 108 119 187 102 91 143 149 158 170
Finland 31 25 46 43 32 29 24 27 54 49
Iceland 9 11 19 23 19 16 17 21 14 29
Sweden 103 108 153 150 130 112 167 154 241 246
Bulgaria 16 26 25 38 49 50 48 38 21 21
France 6 13 16 12 13 9 11 7 12 12
Greece 19 7 7 11 8 10 14 5 1 1
Italy 5 6 14 16 9 5 9 9 8 6
Yugoslavia 140 201 274 656 754 543 520 560 1 176 1 322
Netherlands 25 20 30 27 30 23 38 25 17 17
Poland 234 215 265 275 374 267 282 192 209 196
Portugal 11 5 14 20 20 17 15 10 14 14
Romania 12 12 9 26 47 72 114 90 91 70
Russia . 3 3 8 12 34 76 93 102 222
Soviet Union 9 7 8 13 43 26 38 63 38 42
Spain 11 12 6 12 15 11 9 13 4 13
United Kingdom 93 107 106 136 110 162 142 129 94 104
Switzerland 2 10 3 5 2 4 7 6 5 14
Czechoslovakia 10 7 6 13 2 9 6 4 1 -
Turkey 474 238 393 752 793 836 837 705 170 523
Germany1 40 46 56 59 45 41 63 55 73 74
Hungary 20 13 18 18 33 29 36 21 13 9
Rest of Europe 15 11 16 25 42 31 72 66 88 955
                     
Africa, total 489 506 642 890 1 758 1 680 1 529 1 540 1 077 704
Algeria 21 20 38 53 51 43 47 32 35 10
Ethiopia 62 56 107 160 445 249 291 282 108 59
Egypt 7 7 7 5 5 14 12 6 2 3
Gambia 18 14 17 20 38 101 84 50 44 34
Ghana 26 20 25 99 122 81 62 50 22 18
Morocco 280 299 275 257 248 318 294 154 90 131
Nigeria 7 3 14 37 58 66 31 21 17 13
Somalia 7 6 26 117 581 575 507 739 591 332
Tunisia 19 27 30 34 30 62 36 15 13 11
Rest of Africa 42 54 103 108 180 171 165 191 155 93
                     
Asia, total 2 639 2 926 2 722 4 562 5 965 7 111 6 596 4 505 3 631 4 174
Afghanistan - 1 8 38 45 52 82 46 31 19
Bangladesh 6 13 25 27 35 45 15 16 11 7
Sri Lanka 51 39 55 699 1 212 1 100 834 531 650 454
Philippines 235 298 213 243 343 315 360 155 199 157
India 166 220 242 251 346 313 274 157 232 188
Iraq 11 15 37 150 193 252 253 317 567 524
Iran 39 72 317 1 287 1 419 1 148 848 629 526 481
Israel 6 6 16 24 30 16 36 13 7 2
Cambodia 10 2 9 33 7 30 33 45 15 2
China 76 95 149 148 235 383 348 279 315 156
North Korea 5 8 6 1 - 4 - 1 2 -
South Korea 95 107 105 135 121 122 109 146 144 113
Lebanon 23 15 41 79 119 141 222 61 18 52
Pakistan 778 1 054 664 616 997 1 530 1 583 1 097 106 1 077
Syria 5 7 2 26 45 27 69 21 34 22
Thailand 32 31 63 76 63 131 202 177 91 142
Vietnam2 1 082 931 746 710 727 1 446 1 276 781 651 738
Rest of Asia 19 12 24 19 28 56 52 33 32 40
                     
North and Central America, total 84 80 97 125 119 135 152 135 139 139
United States 49 44 67 56 45 69 65 63 60 54
Rest of North and Central America 35 36 30 69 74 66 87 72 79 85
                     
South America, total 435 392 445 621 1 167 794 667 487 450 330
Argentina 6 7 8 4 2 9 17 9 7 5
Brazil 20 47 47 51 47 44 38 64 23 31
Chile 82 81 117 310 923 531 416 240 252 156
Colombia 270 221 217 204 143 144 130 111 110 72
Ecuador 8 12 24 16 20 19 8 9 4 3
Peru 23 14 8 6 8 18 23 26 20 49
Rest of South America 26 10 24 30 24 29 35 28 34 14
                     
Oceania, total 4 7 5 11 6 10 18 4 10 12
Australia 2 4 5 4 6 6 10 3 8 7
Rest of Oceania 2 3 - 7 - 4 8 1 2 5
                     
Stateless and unknown 11 10 21 44 73 80 387 131 77 49
1  Persons with previous citizenship of Federal Republic of Germany and of German Democratic Republic.
2  Including persons with previous citizenship of South Vietnam.

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