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Naturalizations by country of birth

Number of people published in Journal Officiel naturalization decrees, by country of birth, based on the issues AlertJO has analysed.

The decrees state each person's place of birth. These pages group published people by country of birth — not by original nationality, which the decrees do not mention.

Naturalizations by country of birth
Country of birthPeople publishedShare of the total
France118,61120.9%
Morocco66,77611.7%
Algeria59,02910.4%
Tunisia29,8475.2%
Côte d’Ivoire15,9322.8%
Cameroon15,7282.8%
Senegal13,8962.4%
United Kingdom10,9641.9%
Romania10,3001.8%
Mali8,2091.4%
Lebanon7,8381.4%
Democratic Republic of the Congo7,6921.4%
Guinea7,4031.3%
Türkiye7,1811.3%
Russia7,1151.3%
Madagascar7,1001.2%
Republic of the Congo6,7641.2%
Haiti6,6821.2%
Italy6,4981.1%
Syria5,8601%
USSR5,8441%
Comoros4,5340.8%
China4,5090.8%
Brazil4,5070.8%
Colombia4,3550.8%
Portugal4,2270.7%
Vietnam4,2210.7%
Togo3,8220.7%
Benin3,8110.7%
Poland3,5520.6%
Spain3,5050.6%
Armenia3,2770.6%
Bangladesh3,1000.5%
Ukraine2,9620.5%
United States2,8850.5%
Gabon2,8520.5%
Sri Lanka2,7090.5%
Iran2,5970.5%
Egypt2,4390.4%
Yugoslavia2,4190.4%
Belgium2,2860.4%
Albania2,2420.4%
Mauritania2,2230.4%
Iraq2,2140.4%
Zaire2,2080.4%
Central African Republic2,1810.4%
Germany2,1660.4%
Moldova2,1620.4%
Mauritius2,1210.4%
Kosovo2,1110.4%
India2,0230.4%
Mexico2,0200.4%
Afghanistan1,8530.3%
Bulgaria1,7730.3%
Angola1,6770.3%
Pakistan1,5670.3%
Burkina Faso1,5660.3%
Peru1,3910.2%
Sudan1,3640.2%
Venezuela1,3350.2%
Canada1,3060.2%
Rwanda1,3020.2%
Georgia1,2670.2%
Cape Verde1,2260.2%
Switzerland1,1900.2%
Cambodia1,1860.2%
Serbia1,1540.2%
Nigeria1,0580.2%
Argentina1,0570.2%
Chad1,0320.2%
Greece9280.2%
Niger8890.2%
Nepal8200.1%
Hungary7310.1%
Azerbaijan6640.1%
Burundi6590.1%
Saudi Arabia6300.1%
Ecuador6260.1%
Belarus6110.1%
Bosnia & Herzegovina5930.1%
Chile5890.1%
Ethiopia5650.1%
Philippines5620.1%
Taiwan5420.1%
Congo5130.1%
Thailand5130.1%
Cuba4990.1%
Unknown4980.1%
Libya4770.1%
Netherlands4630.1%
Dominican Republic4580.1%
Djibouti4310.1%
Kazakhstan4270.1%
Bolivia4260.1%
Australia4170.1%
South Africa4160.1%
Ghana3850.1%
West Germany3850.1%
Somalia3810.1%
Laos3730.1%
South Korea3370.1%
North Macedonia3240.1%
Kenya3090.1%
Suriname3080.1%
Dahomey2760%
Guinea-Bissau2670%
Czechia2670%
Ceylon2540%
Mongolia2540%
United Arab Emirates2490%
Belgian Congo2320%
Upper Volta2290%
Sierra Leone2270%
Yemen2090%
Israel2000%
Japan2000%
Kyrgyzstan1920%
Uzbekistan1840%
El Salvador1820%
Sweden1760%
Ireland1730%
Monaco1720%
Slovakia1680%
Eritrea1650%
Czechoslovakia1650%
Jordan1640%
Gambia1630%
Latvia1580%
Palestinian Territories1570%
Croatia1460%
French Sudan1430%
New Zealand1350%
Luxembourg1300%
Kuwait1270%
Denmark1260%
Indonesia1180%
Montenegro1180%
Uganda1120%
Serbia and Montenegro1120%
Costa Rica1080%
Guyana1070%
Guatemala1050%
Dominica1010%
Uruguay1000%
Paraguay980%
Lithuania930%
Malaysia920%
Finland890%
Myanmar (Burma)880%
Austria870%
Oman800%
East Germany780%
Liberia740%
Zimbabwe730%
Honduras720%
St. Lucia680%
Cyprus650%
Nicaragua630%
Antilles britanniques610%
Slovenia610%
Qatar560%
Tanzania560%
East Pakistan530%
Singapore530%
Tajikistan490%
Norway470%
Turkmenistan470%
Portuguese Guinea440%
Jamaica440%
Bhutan410%
Ubangi-Shari410%
Ruanda-Urundi370%
Malta330%
Mozambique310%
Western Sahara300%
Panama290%
Seychelles290%
Estonia270%
Equatorial Guinea270%
São Tomé & Príncipe270%
Trinidad & Tobago270%
Zambia240%
Bahrain200%
Vanuatu200%
Territoire français des Afars et des Issas190%
Yémen du Nord190%
Andorra170%
Fiji170%
Hong Kong SAR China160%
Puerto Rico150%
Principauté140%
Côte française des Somalis130%
Côte de l’Or120%
5 e100%
North Korea100%
Namibia80%
République du Vietnam80%
Antilles néerlandaises70%
Guyane hollandaise70%
Barbados60%
Indes60%
Yémen du Sud60%
Bahamas50%

How to read these figures

The country shown is the country of birth printed in the decree, not the original nationality: decrees do not publish nationality.

People born in France appear in these decrees too: the Journal Officiel then prints a postal code, which AlertJO counts as “France”.

These figures count people published, not applications filed, and measure no processing time.

They are not official statistics: they are recomputed with every issue AlertJO analyses.

Cells counting fewer than 5 people are not shown, so that no individual can be identified by combining several pages.

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