Naturalizations

2   Naturalizations by previous citizenship. 1977-2001
Previous citizenship Total Annual average
1977-2001 1977-1980 1981-1985 1986-1990 1991-1995 1996-2000 1977 1980 1985 1990
Total 138 316 2 409 2 588 3 520 7 256 10 205 2 213 2 680 2 851 4 757
                     
Europe 46 692 1 457 1 155 1 133 1 884 2 854 1 474 1 458 1 197 1 264
Denmark 5 514 463 265 168 125 142 611 350 261 156
Finland 1 081 50 53 43 35 37 51 38 63 38
Iceland 357 12 13 9 16 19 7 14 11 13
Sweden 3 522 143 130 98 129 184 145 151 135 72
Bulgaria 441 2 5 10 31 36 - 3 10 13
France 393 26 19 14 12 10 9 51 13 14
Greece 272 15 12 12 10 6 9 22 12 13
Italy 452 40 27 13 10 7 32 38 19 8
Yugoslavia 8 323 46 57 102 405 824 29 55 52 111
Netherlands 934 71 44 31 26 24 67 68 42 37
Polen Poland 4 056 44 75 168 273 229 34 48 94 264
Portugal 420 19 22 15 14 14 23 21 11 17
Romania 650 3 5 5 21 87 5 1 2 8
Russia 745 . . . . 105 . . . .
USSR 378 5 5 7 16 41 6 3 4 11
Spain 488 39 29 14 11 10 27 38 23 13
United Kingdom 3 055 154 152 88 110 126 116 199 151 96
Switzerland 177 12 7 7 4 7 11 21 6 1
Czechoslovakia 402 40 15 21 8 4 69 22 11 14
Turkey 7 405 13 44 212 530 614 1 19 117 304
Germany1 2 337 196 126 61 49 61 186 217 102 43
Hungary 522 32 22 15 20 22 23 27 32 10
Rest of Europe 4 768 32 26 18 22 242 13 52 26 8
                     
Africa, total 14 326 68 169 231 857 1 306 45 116 225 270
Algerie 485 6 6 9 37 33 1 11 7 11
Ethiopia 2 193 3 19 37 166 198 3 4 54 49
Egypt 188 6 11 7 6 7 2 11 9 6
Gambia 519 3 3 8 21 63 - 1 4 9
Ghana 573 1 3 2 58 47 1 - 4 3
Morocco 3 494 12 80 109 272 197 3 35 97 128
Nigeria 311 1 1 3 24 30 - 2 - 1
Somalia 4 198 2 3 4 147 549 - 3 1 4
Tunisia 395 7 5 10 28 27 5 11 8 13
Rest of Africa 1 970 28 37 40 97 155 30 38 41 46
                     
Asia, total 63 900 562 940 1 744 3 763 5 203 387 697 1 072 2 758
Afghanistan 362 1 - - 18 46 - 2 1 -
Bangladesh 342 19 5 6 21 19 23 26 3 9
Sri Lanka 6 454 10 29 34 411 714 9 14 39 49
Philippines 4 410 26 107 199 266 237 12 36 187 294
India 4 203 56 144 127 245 233 22 105 154 149
Iraq 2 672 1 1 2 81 383 1 1 3 3
Iran 7 362 18 17 16 627 726 4 22 19 15
Israel 353 12 13 15 16 15 14 9 20 16
Cambodia 214 - - - 12 25 - - - 13
China 2 610 9 25 30 141 296 2 15 22 48
North Korea 68 1 5 2 4 1 2 1 5 3
South Korea 4 365 210 256 182 113 127 226 186 252 138
Lebanon 935 8 9 7 55 99 6 13 9 3
Pakistan 14 124 148 240 484 822 1 079 24 188 254 899
Syria 317 4 4 3 17 35 3 8 7 -
Thailand 1 586 2 16 38 53 149 2 1 37 58
Vietnam2 12 717 6 26 576 839 978 6 14 51 1 039
Rest of Asia 806 31 42 20 20 43 31 56 9 22
                     
North and Central America, total 3 050 149 130 97 101 140 137 185 104 77
USA 1 701 108 85 44 52 62 103 126 64 33
Rest of North and Central America 1 349 41 45 53 49 78 34 59 40 44
                     
South America, total 8 579 79 149 297 612 546 78 80 223 372
Argentina 171 3 8 8 5 9 1 4 7 7
Brazil 516 4 7 8 42 40 - 1 11 12
Chile 4 046 15 53 89 303 319 9 19 108 106
Colombia 2 885 37 65 155 211 113 43 41 78 199
Ecuador 215 8 3 9 16 9 6 9 1 12
Peru 314 6 4 11 12 27 12 1 7 15
Rest of South America 432 6 10 18 23 28 7 5 11 21
                     
Oceania, total 211 10 8 7 7 11 8 18 9 4
Australia 143 8 5 4 4 7 6 15 9 3
Rest of Oceania 68 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 - 1
                     
Stateless and unknown 1 558 88 41 14 32 145 84 126 21 12
                     
                     
  1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 5 132 5 538 8 778 11 778    12 237    12 037    9 244    7 988    9 517    10 838
                     
Europe 1 211 1 606 2 525 2 684 2 427 2 688 2 442 2 604 4 109 5 775
Denmark 108 119 187 102 91 143 149 158 170 162
Finland 25 46 43 32 29 24 27 54 49 41
Iceland 11 19 23 19 16 17 21 14 29 21
Sweden 108 153 150 130 112 167 154 241 246 249
Bulgaria 26 25 38 49 50 48 38 21 21 30
France 13 16 12 13 9 11 7 12 12 14
Greece 7 7 11 8 10 14 5 1 1 10
Italy 6 14 16 9 5 9 9 8 6 5
Yugoslavia 201 274 656 754 543 520 560 1 176 1 322 1 199
Netherlands 20 30 27 30 23 38 25 17 17 23
Polen Poland 215 265 275 374 267 282 192 209 196 159
Portugal 5 14 20 20 17 15 10 14 14 15
Romania 12 9 26 47 72 114 90 91 70 43
Russia 3 3 8 12 34 76 93 102 222 192
USSR 7 8 13 43 26 38 63 38 42 9
Spain 12 6 12 15 11 9 13 4 13 14
United Kingdom 107 106 136 110 162 142 129 94 104 57
Switzerland 10 3 5 2 4 7 6 5 14 1
Czechoslovakia 7 6 13 2 9 6 4 1 - 2
Turkey 238 393 752 793 836 837 705 170 523 356
Germany1 46 56 59 45 41 63 55 73 74 68
Hungary 13 18 18 33 29 36 21 13 9 2
Rest of Europe2 11 16 25 42 31 72 66 88 955 3 103
                     
Africa, total 506 642 890 1 758 1 680 1 529 1 540 1 077 704 1 232
Algerie 20 38 53 51 43 47 32 35 10 34
Ethiopia 56 107 160 445 249 291 282 108 59 79
Egypt 7 7 5 5 14 12 6 2 3 3
Gambia 14 17 20 38 101 84 50 44 34 29
Ghana 20 25 99 122 81 62 50 22 18 19
Morocco 299 275 257 248 318 294 154 90 131 154
Nigeria 3 14 37 58 66 31 21 17 13 21
Somalia 6 26 117 581 575 507 739 591 332 676
Tunisia 27 30 34 30 62 36 15 13 11 15
Rest of Africa 54 103 108 180 171 165 191 155 93 202
                     
Asia, total 2 926 2 722 4 562 5 965 7 111 6 596 4 505 3 631 4 174 3 401
Afghanistan 1 8 38 45 52 82 46 31 19 36
Bangladesh 13 25 27 35 45 15 16 11 7 16
Sri Lanka 39 55 699 1 212 1 100 834 531 650 454 477
Philippines 298 213 243 343 315 360 155 199 157 261
India 220 242 251 346 313 274 157 232 188 235
Iraq 15 37 150 193 252 253 317 567 524 331
Iran 72 317 1 287 1 419 1 148 848 629 526 481 361
Israel 6 16 24 30 16 36 13 7 2 6
Cambodia 2 9 33 7 30 33 45 15 2 6
China 95 149 148 235 383 348 279 315 156 113
North Korea 8 6 1 - 4 - 1 2 - -
South Korea 107 105 135 121 122 109 146 144 113 143
Lebanon 15 41 79 119 141 222 61 18 52 51
Pakistan 1 054 664 616 997 1 530 1 583 1 097 106 1 077 409
Syria 7 2 26 45 27 69 21 34 22 9
Thailand 31 63 76 63 131 202 177 91 142 302
Vietnam3 931 746 710 727 1 446 1 276 781 651 738 594
Rest of Asia 12 24 19 28 56 52 33 32 40 51
                     
North and Central America, total 80 97 125 119 135 152 135 139 139 114
USA 44 67 56 45 69 65 63 60 54 54
Rest of North and Central America 36 30 69 74 66 87 72 79 85 60
                     
South America, total 392 445 621 1 167 794 667 487 450 330 249
Argentina 7 8 4 2 9 17 9 7 5 5
Brazil 47 47 51 47 44 38 64 23 31 16
Chile 81 117 310 923 531 416 240 252 156 172
Colombia 221 217 204 143 144 130 111 110 72 18
Ecuador 12 24 16 20 19 8 9 4 3 3
Peru 14 8 6 8 18 23 26 20 49 18
Rest of South America 10 24 30 24 29 35 28 34 14 17
                     
Oceania, total 7 5 11 6 10 18 4 10 12 13
Australia 4 5 4 6 6 10 3 8 7 11
Rest of Oceania 3 - 7 - 4 8 1 2 5 2
                     
Stateless and unknown 10 21 44 73 80 387 131 77 49 54
1  Persons with previous citizenship of Federal Republic of Germany and of German Democratic Republic.
2  Persons with previous citizenship of Bosnia-Herzegovina represent 2 999 of these.
3  Including persons with previous citizenship of South Vietnam.

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