The number of naturalizations has increased by 19 percent compared to last year and is already on track to increase by 28 percent in 2022, the Federal Statistics Office reported Tuesday.
In absolute figures, approximately 200,100 people were naturalized in 2023.
In 2023, German citizenship was granted to people of 157 different nationalities, with Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Romania and Afghanistan being the most common. Together these countries account for more than half of all naturalizations.
Naturalized citizens were on average 29.3 years old and therefore significantly younger than the population as a whole. At 45 percent, the proportion of women was lower than the overall population.
Former Syrian citizens formed the largest group of naturalized citizens, accounting for more than a third of all naturalizations. Their number has increased by 56 percent compared to last year.
In 2022, this figure had already doubled compared to the previous year and increased to seven times in 2021.
"The high number of naturalizations of Syrians is therefore related to the high immigration of Syrian asylum seekers in the years 2014 to 2016 who do not meet the naturalization requirements," the office explained.
The number of naturalized Ukrainians is expected to rise six percent to 5,900 in 2023, after nearly tripling from 1,900 to 5,600 from 2021 to 2022.
Naturalization of Ukrainian citizens accounted for three percent of total naturalizations in 2023.
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In absolute figures, approximately 200,100 people were naturalized in 2023.
In 2023, German citizenship was granted to people of 157 different nationalities, with Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Romania and Afghanistan being the most common. Together these countries account for more than half of all naturalizations.
Naturalized citizens were on average 29.3 years old and therefore significantly younger than the population as a whole. At 45 percent, the proportion of women was lower than the overall population.
Former Syrian citizens formed the largest group of naturalized citizens, accounting for more than a third of all naturalizations. Their number has increased by 56 percent compared to last year.
In 2022, this figure had already doubled compared to the previous year and increased to seven times in 2021.
"The high number of naturalizations of Syrians is therefore related to the high immigration of Syrian asylum seekers in the years 2014 to 2016 who do not meet the naturalization requirements," the office explained.
The number of naturalized Ukrainians is expected to rise six percent to 5,900 in 2023, after nearly tripling from 1,900 to 5,600 from 2021 to 2022.
Naturalization of Ukrainian citizens accounted for three percent of total naturalizations in 2023.
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