DEFINITION
Thousands of people who acquired nationality in 2000. Statistics cover all means of acquiring the nationality of a country, except where otherwise indicated. These include standard naturalisation procedures subject to age, residency, etc. criteria, as well as situations where nationality is acquired through a declaration or by option (following marriage, adoption, or other situations related to residency or descent), recovery of former nationality and other special means of acquiring the nationality of a country. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the
OECD Annex. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Canada: | 6.54169 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #2 | Belgium: | 5.9919 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #3 | Sweden: | 4.83226 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #4 | Switzerland: | 3.83229 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #5 | Australia: | 3.52414 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #6 | Denmark: | 3.46097 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #7 | Netherlands: | 3.04748 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #8 | United States: | 3.03651 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #9 | Austria: | 3.0055 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #10 | France: | 2.47296 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #11 | Germany: | 2.26492 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #12 | Norway: | 2.06836 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #13 | United Kingdom: | 1.36 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #14 | Luxembourg: | 1.28049 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #15 | Hungary: | 0.749475 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #16 | Finland: | 0.574383 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #17 | Spain: | 0.297464 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #18 | Italy: | 0.199645 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #19 | Japan: | 0.117724 thousand per 1 million p | |
| #20 | Portugal: | 0.0662502 thousand per 1 million p | |
| |
Weighted average: |
2.4 thousand per 1 million p |
|
DEFINITION: Thousands of people who acquired nationality in 2000. Statistics cover all means of acquiring the nationality of a country, except where otherwise indicated. These include standard naturalisation procedures subject to age, residency, etc. criteria, as well as situations where nationality is acquired through a declaration or by option (following marriage, adoption, or other situations related to residency or descent), recovery of former nationality and other special means of acquiring the nationality of a country. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the
OECD Annex. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.