Statistics on Acquisition of Spanish Citizenship of Residents National results Acquisitions of nationality by nationality with respect to the country of birth Unidades: Personas 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 Total Total 181.581 144.012 126.266 98.954 90.774 66.498 150.944 114.351 205.880 225.793 Spain 55.079 34.326 26.442 21.877 17.256 14.192 26.563 19.799 26.777 20.743 The same country 123.377 107.047 97.389 75.345 72.107 51.161 122.336 93.118 176.818 202.978 Others 3.125 2.639 2.435 1.732 1.411 1.145 2.045 1.434 2.284 2.073 País de la UE27_2020 sin España Total 8.226 5.855 5.238 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" Spain 2.476 1.497 1.074 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" The same country 4.724 3.678 3.432 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" Others 1.026 680 732 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" País de la UE28 sin España Total "" "" "" 3.837 2.487 1.978 3.597 2.478 4.069 3.474 Spain "" "" "" 838 605 499 785 579 792 499 The same country "" "" "" 2.453 1.563 1.206 2.385 1.612 2.882 2.620 Others "" "" "" 546 319 273 426 287 395 356 Belgium Total 37 33 20 24 19 15 33 13 45 29 Spain 9 17 8 12 5 5 9 2 3 3 The same country 25 14 10 10 13 10 21 10 38 23 Others 3 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 4 3 Bulgaria Total 925 753 638 446 338 265 477 287 439 327 Spain 262 186 98 78 71 49 79 57 74 53 The same country 656 559 522 363 264 213 396 229 361 269 Others 7 8 18 5 3 3 2 1 4 5 Denmark Total 7 7 2 2 0 2 "" 2 3 3 Spain 6 3 0 1 0 1 "" 1 3 2 The same country 1 2 0 1 0 0 "" 1 0 1 Others 0 2 2 0 0 1 "" 0 0 0 Finland Total 7 8 3 6 1 1 7 3 "" 1 Spain 4 5 0 2 1 1 1 "" "" "" The same country 2 3 3 4 0 0 6 1 "" 1 Others 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 "" "" France Total 247 161 99 90 94 87 97 85 130 125 Spain 79 38 20 23 14 15 24 9 21 4 The same country 138 108 58 54 62 62 61 62 100 103 Others 30 15 21 13 18 10 11 14 9 17 Ireland Total 17 4 7 3 4 1 5 2 2 5 Spain 8 3 4 2 0 1 "" 2 "" "" The same country 4 0 2 1 2 0 5 "" 2 5 Others 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Italy Total 1.214 810 710 596 398 353 515 341 438 379 Spain 404 266 161 163 127 137 159 123 155 96 The same country 120 92 60 68 51 23 70 42 85 79 Others 690 452 489 365 220 193 285 176 198 204 Netherlands Total 32 28 18 20 8 10 14 15 14 17 Spain 13 11 8 11 3 4 5 2 4 1 The same country 10 13 6 8 1 3 9 11 8 12 Others 9 4 4 1 4 3 0 2 2 4 Poland Total 534 343 325 190 144 115 192 140 224 191 Spain 197 89 72 51 37 28 51 43 63 38 The same country 315 239 245 135 103 87 141 91 146 153 Others 22 15 8 4 4 0 0 6 15 0 Portugal Total 555 401 356 312 296 274 602 476 898 983 Spain 137 84 61 43 47 42 57 51 74 46 The same country 296 234 209 201 214 196 464 373 725 855 Others 122 83 86 68 35 36 80 51 99 81 Germany Total 100 57 51 49 46 35 35 36 72 62 Spain 40 22 15 19 22 16 11 9 24 10 The same country 38 22 24 19 20 14 19 21 42 48 Others 22 13 12 11 4 5 5 6 6 4 Romania Total 4.217 3.006 2.771 1.696 991 696 1.469 966 1.608 1.174 Spain 1.210 708 560 355 240 162 350 248 337 215 The same country 2.942 2.250 2.159 1.303 743 527 1.106 712 1.245 953 Others 65 48 52 38 8 7 14 6 26 6 Sweden Total 14 9 6 7 5 5 2 12 16 15 Spain 5 1 3 1 2 4 "" 4 0 1 The same country 5 6 2 5 2 1 1 4 13 12 Others 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 2 Lithuania Total 82 63 53 45 15 8 18 16 26 14 Spain 31 18 11 15 6 4 6 6 4 3 The same country 47 39 39 27 7 4 10 7 19 10 Others 4 6 3 3 2 0 2 2 3 1 Other countries of the European Union Total 238 172 179 116 72 57 87 56 89 98 Spain 71 46 53 29 21 18 23 15 20 19 The same country 125 97 93 75 39 30 46 30 52 59 Others 42 29 33 12 12 9 18 11 17 20 País de Europa menos UE27_2020 Total 8.313 5.809 5.781 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" Spain 2.438 1.305 1.104 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" The same country 5.437 4.169 4.354 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" Others 438 335 323 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" United Kingdom Total 676 343 394 235 56 54 44 28 67 50 Spain 130 55 50 33 9 12 9 6 11 7 The same country 455 244 299 179 42 36 30 17 45 36 Others 91 44 45 23 5 6 5 4 10 7 País de Europa menos UE28 Total "" "" "" 3.399 2.373 1.122 3.052 1.947 3.159 2.347 Spain "" "" "" 635 427 228 532 359 488 303 The same country "" "" "" 2.569 1.804 806 2.325 1.433 2.486 1.841 Others "" "" "" 195 142 88 195 154 184 203 Norway Total 3 1 1 0 0 2 "" 3 1 1 Spain 3 0 1 0 0 2 "" 1 "" "" The same country 0 1 0 0 0 0 "" 1 "" "" Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" 1 1 1 Switzerland Total 11 14 20 4 6 5 20 6 23 18 Spain 3 7 10 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 The same country 5 4 5 3 6 3 14 5 19 12 Others 3 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 Ukraine Total 3.206 2.167 2.254 1.558 981 378 1.164 662 1.032 746 Spain 975 487 390 249 150 74 191 117 128 87 The same country 2.131 1.578 1.760 1.218 771 284 898 493 851 600 Others 100 102 104 91 60 20 74 52 53 58 Moldova Total 1.054 741 692 455 294 141 415 225 328 258 Spain 288 146 134 90 57 32 81 42 64 53 The same country 746 576 542 358 227 103 319 172 254 184 Others 20 19 16 7 10 6 15 10 9 21 Russia Total 1.733 1.352 1.201 557 502 297 711 518 939 684 Spain 459 265 197 125 75 47 79 77 105 55 The same country 1.118 985 898 392 378 217 576 391 766 565 Others 156 102 106 40 49 33 57 49 68 65 Other European Union countries Total 1.630 1.191 1.219 825 590 299 741 534 837 640 Spain 580 345 322 171 145 71 177 121 190 108 The same country 982 781 850 598 422 199 518 371 596 480 Others 68 65 47 56 23 29 47 42 51 52 De Africa Total 68.523 52.740 37.205 31.630 32.498 22.640 48.777 32.830 45.821 42.222 Spain 38.477 23.249 18.243 15.181 11.997 9.400 18.033 12.551 15.998 13.814 The same country 29.496 28.899 18.546 16.071 20.119 12.898 30.216 19.949 29.473 28.178 Others 550 592 416 378 382 342 528 330 350 230 Algeria Total 2.228 2.074 1.325 1.183 1.451 979 2.236 1.483 1.918 1.908 Spain 1.170 785 551 470 505 399 779 562 659 601 The same country 954 1.193 714 672 856 470 1.290 839 1.211 1.280 Others 104 96 60 41 90 110 166 83 47 27 The Gambia Total 756 612 582 517 563 652 938 847 1.147 1.029 Spain 385 251 210 211 114 141 247 173 230 189 The same country 367 359 371 304 447 509 689 672 910 840 Others 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 GHANA Total 871 592 655 522 520 234 673 472 730 705 Spain 454 243 225 174 119 47 207 144 220 211 The same country 415 347 430 345 399 186 460 327 508 492 Others 2 2 0 3 2 1 6 0 1 2 Guinea Total 540 491 385 304 270 301 528 371 391 276 Spain 211 163 94 95 77 95 168 131 163 137 The same country 250 262 252 173 158 188 328 210 193 120 Others 79 66 39 36 35 18 32 30 34 19 Equatorial Guinea Total 849 542 429 337 342 326 598 467 718 563 Spain 186 102 63 77 56 86 112 90 110 70 The same country 653 436 358 258 281 236 469 370 596 485 Others 10 4 8 2 5 4 17 7 12 8 Mali Total 643 507 517 314 275 315 495 396 456 450 Spain 387 212 180 115 86 98 164 131 129 122 The same country 242 286 326 195 186 210 324 263 320 326 Others 14 9 11 4 3 7 6 2 7 2 Morocco Total 55.463 42.000 28.240 24.527 25.315 17.082 37.009 24.285 34.807 31.673 Spain 31.968 19.059 15.044 12.704 9.788 7.647 14.087 9.706 12.464 10.486 The same country 23.294 22.645 13.011 11.608 15.367 9.304 22.759 14.468 22.177 21.097 Others 201 296 185 215 160 131 163 111 166 91 Mauritania Total 323 367 260 326 351 299 571 415 505 564 Spain 123 87 59 78 60 64 103 91 84 108 The same country 193 264 190 239 281 219 443 314 416 448 Others 7 16 11 9 10 16 25 9 5 7 Nigeria Total 2.855 2.383 1.965 1.172 1.272 743 2.187 1.512 1.697 1.766 Spain 1.852 1.299 995 606 668 416 1.342 869 1.008 1.109 The same country 979 1.061 958 551 593 318 833 619 680 651 Others 24 23 12 15 11 9 12 24 8 6 Senegal Total 2.438 1.903 1.704 1.556 1.408 1.176 2.287 1.643 1.957 1.877 Spain 1.305 749 574 481 347 277 523 423 495 425 The same country 1.116 1.140 1.120 1.067 1.052 890 1.756 1.212 1.455 1.446 Others 17 14 10 8 9 9 8 9 7 7 Other African countries Total 1.557 1.269 1.143 872 731 533 1.255 938 1.496 1.411 Spain 436 299 248 170 177 130 302 231 436 356 The same country 1.033 906 816 659 499 368 864 655 1.005 994 Others 88 64 79 43 55 35 90 52 55 60 De América del Norte Total 1.878 1.471 1.796 1.130 689 518 1.077 864 1.947 1.553 Spain 115 73 73 55 31 29 51 34 115 67 The same country 1.674 1.327 1.640 1.037 636 466 990 806 1.778 1.429 Others 89 71 83 38 22 23 36 24 55 57 United States of America Total 310 245 267 163 128 106 152 133 202 132 Spain 45 19 16 12 11 10 16 12 17 10 The same country 220 190 207 135 103 85 119 110 156 94 Others 45 36 44 16 14 11 17 11 28 29 Mexico Total 1.521 1.187 1.492 951 549 402 911 722 1.731 1.398 Spain 59 47 51 43 19 18 32 20 95 55 The same country 1.434 1.117 1.416 892 526 376 861 694 1.611 1.320 Others 28 23 25 16 4 8 18 8 26 23 Canada Total 47 39 37 16 12 10 14 8 15 22 Spain 11 7 6 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 The same country 20 20 17 10 7 5 10 2 11 15 Others 16 12 14 6 4 4 1 4 1 5 De Centro América y Caribe Total 22.828 19.422 19.403 13.570 11.426 7.990 18.506 14.487 23.898 24.851 Spain 1.816 1.365 819 861 683 683 1.088 1.033 1.490 1.062 The same country 20.838 17.909 18.402 12.579 10.673 7.229 17.313 13.375 22.245 23.649 Others 174 148 182 130 70 78 105 78 164 140 Cuba Total 4.780 4.975 5.405 3.105 2.688 1.429 4.353 3.072 5.618 7.026 Spain 41 39 17 8 9 7 3 4 28 15 The same country 4.720 4.920 5.369 3.081 2.661 1.410 4.338 3.053 5.555 6.987 Others 19 16 19 16 18 12 12 15 36 24 Honduras Total 5.778 4.235 3.868 2.739 1.783 1.267 2.525 1.632 2.142 1.702 Spain 623 434 270 274 136 170 222 181 187 101 The same country 5.145 3.794 3.587 2.465 1.647 1.097 2.301 1.447 1.940 1.597 Others 10 7 11 0 0 0 3 4 15 4 Nicaragua Total 2.756 2.181 2.100 1.201 1.069 473 1.280 599 729 417 Spain 251 187 110 99 69 55 84 50 68 20 The same country 2.490 1.976 1.974 1.090 998 413 1.194 545 655 394 Others 15 18 16 12 2 5 2 4 7 3 Dominican Republic Total 8.100 6.791 6.897 5.366 4.940 4.107 9.176 8.171 14.110 14.611 Spain 756 608 362 415 414 402 706 724 1.134 875 The same country 7.294 6.142 6.473 4.921 4.513 3.676 8.429 7.426 12.917 13.698 Others 50 41 62 30 13 29 41 22 59 38 Other Central American and Caribbean countries Total 1.414 1.240 1.133 1.159 946 714 1.172 1.012 1.299 1.095 Spain 145 97 60 65 55 49 73 74 73 51 The same country 1.189 1.077 999 1.022 854 633 1.052 905 1.179 972 Others 80 66 74 72 37 32 47 33 47 71 De Sudamérica Total 58.599 47.276 48.098 39.263 36.764 28.660 69.220 56.034 118.979 145.670 Spain 4.166 3.093 2.192 2.463 2.257 2.415 4.167 3.795 6.256 3.727 The same country 53.754 43.602 45.345 36.448 34.113 25.961 64.445 51.752 111.717 140.957 Others 679 581 561 352 394 284 608 487 1.006 986 Argentina Total 3.792 3.120 3.581 2.493 2.043 1.445 3.716 3.054 7.059 8.843 Spain 80 64 43 34 35 42 57 65 95 69 The same country 3.617 2.977 3.441 2.401 1.953 1.379 3.573 2.948 6.862 8.670 Others 95 79 97 58 55 24 85 41 103 104 Bolivia Total 9.016 8.311 7.794 7.417 8.157 6.124 15.802 11.164 20.895 19.278 Spain 1.463 1.144 769 967 847 866 1.664 1.349 1.998 807 The same country 7.520 7.145 6.997 6.422 7.248 5.214 14.087 9.785 18.798 18.405 Others 33 22 28 28 62 44 51 30 99 67 Brazil Total 3.831 3.209 3.382 2.737 2.153 1.294 3.427 2.273 4.017 4.698 Spain 100 69 57 39 40 42 40 46 59 47 The same country 3.699 3.124 3.304 2.684 2.091 1.247 3.370 2.210 3.939 4.627 Others 32 16 21 14 22 5 17 17 18 23 Colombia Total 11.125 8.328 9.021 7.515 6.826 5.647 14.299 11.881 25.115 39.331 Spain 264 188 138 124 140 166 210 189 321 236 The same country 10.781 8.082 8.809 7.350 6.647 5.439 14.019 11.632 24.650 38.975 Others 80 58 74 41 39 42 70 60 143 121 Chile Total 1.380 1.030 1.206 865 812 676 1.457 1.208 2.585 2.646 Spain 89 63 52 57 72 73 95 85 143 98 The same country 1.251 939 1.122 796 722 589 1.330 1.099 2.396 2.505 Others 40 28 32 12 18 14 33 23 46 43 Ecuador Total 10.845 8.325 8.336 8.157 7.988 7.301 15.255 13.949 32.757 39.225 Spain 1.573 1.107 871 977 921 998 1.744 1.717 3.011 2.084 The same country 9.230 7.179 7.437 7.142 7.044 6.264 13.461 12.166 29.623 37.045 Others 42 39 28 38 23 39 50 65 123 96 Paraguay Total 4.172 3.219 3.647 2.726 2.500 1.265 3.358 1.935 3.003 2.958 Spain 47 41 15 16 11 12 20 16 32 20 The same country 4.121 3.169 3.618 2.699 2.483 1.249 3.329 1.908 2.955 2.923 Others 4 9 14 11 6 4 9 11 17 16 Peru Total 5.152 4.082 4.219 3.798 3.273 3.224 6.933 6.954 16.601 19.225 Spain 173 116 72 75 66 84 114 132 236 133 The same country 4.949 3.942 4.113 3.695 3.168 3.105 6.769 6.766 16.249 19.011 Others 30 24 34 28 39 35 50 56 116 82 Uruguay Total 1.248 1.114 1.094 1.001 978 616 1.847 1.285 2.645 3.248 Spain 63 43 34 35 24 35 45 30 52 22 The same country 1.157 1.052 1.032 938 944 572 1.775 1.237 2.547 3.175 Others 28 19 28 28 10 9 27 18 45 51 Venezuela Total 8.036 6.536 5.817 2.554 2.034 1.068 3.127 2.332 4.302 6.217 Spain 314 258 141 139 101 97 178 166 309 211 The same country 7.428 5.992 5.471 2.321 1.813 903 2.734 2.000 3.697 5.623 Others 294 286 205 94 120 68 215 165 296 383 Other South American countries Total 2 2 1 0 0 0 "" "" "" 1 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" "" 1 The same country 1 1 1 0 0 0 "" "" "" "" Others 1 1 0 0 0 0 "" "" "" "" De Asia Total 13.131 11.354 8.682 6.083 4.509 3.559 6.660 5.685 7.977 5.638 Spain 5.569 3.736 2.930 1.838 1.251 926 1.903 1.441 1.634 1.263 The same country 7.434 7.454 5.654 4.177 3.195 2.592 4.654 4.185 6.225 4.282 Others 128 164 98 68 63 41 103 59 118 93 Bangladesh Total 1.261 910 766 428 388 226 544 459 593 575 Spain 760 411 314 168 148 66 213 164 188 240 The same country 498 492 451 259 238 160 330 293 401 335 Others 3 7 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 China Total 450 288 282 230 195 260 415 318 626 482 Spain 289 130 125 133 69 107 149 100 205 107 The same country 155 145 150 93 123 153 263 212 415 367 Others 6 13 7 4 3 0 3 6 5 8 Philippines Total 1.132 926 698 981 884 676 989 974 1.668 1.303 Spain 446 196 137 164 128 125 169 175 162 122 The same country 682 725 559 813 755 550 814 795 1.503 1.178 Others 4 5 2 4 1 1 5 5 3 3 India Total 2.414 1.992 1.603 806 600 381 915 605 920 637 Spain 1.134 860 726 366 240 129 330 202 272 235 The same country 1.271 1.108 863 432 355 249 572 395 635 393 Others 9 24 14 8 5 3 12 7 12 9 Pakistan Total 6.400 5.921 4.458 3.057 2.054 1.708 3.148 2.798 3.327 1.949 Spain 2.483 1.874 1.405 843 587 434 905 700 661 425 The same country 3.897 4.030 3.041 2.206 1.461 1.272 2.231 2.089 2.655 1.520 Others 20 17 12 8 6 2 12 9 12 5 Other Asian countries Total 1.474 1.317 875 581 388 308 650 530 843 692 Spain 457 265 223 164 79 65 136 100 146 134 The same country 931 954 590 374 263 208 443 401 616 490 Others 86 98 62 43 46 35 71 29 82 68 De Oceanía Total 32 11 22 15 8 8 14 11 18 29 Spain 2 0 2 1 1 1 "" 2 "" 5 The same country 20 9 16 11 4 3 8 5 13 22 Others 10 2 4 3 3 4 6 4 5 2 Stateless persons Total 51 74 41 27 20 23 42 16 12 9 Spain 20 8 5 5 4 11 4 5 4 3 The same country 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" "" "" Others 31 66 36 22 16 12 38 11 8 6 Notas: Los resultados de esta tabla se ofrecen con cifras decimales hasta el año 2016 The grouping 'Country of the EU28 without Spain' does not include Croatia for the years before 2013 The category 'Spain' in the variable 'Country of birth' includes the former Spanish territories. With the entry into force of Brexit starting in January 2020, the EU-27 aggregate replaces the EU-28 from this point forward, subtracting the UK figures from the EU Fuente: