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Germany grants citizenship to record number of people in 2025; Syrians top list
Most new citizens kept their original nationality after 2024 reforms cut residency requirements to five years and opened the door to dual citizenship.
- Germany granted citizenship to a record 332,500 residents in 2025, a 14% increase from 2024, according to data released Wednesday by the Federal Statistics Office.
- June 2024 reforms reduced residency requirements from eight years to five and allowed individuals to retain original citizenship, driving the surge in applications.
- Syrians led new citizens with 65,600 naturalizations, followed by 34,100 Turks and 19,700 Russians; 12,000 individuals regained citizenship through restitution laws restoring Nazi-stripped rights.
- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development lowered Germany's 2026 growth forecast to 0.7%, citing ongoing inflation and the war in Iran as persistent economic headwinds.
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New record numbers for naturalisations in Germany: 332,500 people were naturalized in 2025 – and a trend in double passports provides for discussion.
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news38.deLast year, as many people as never received German citizenship, while Syrians continue to form the largest group, other nations record massive growth in applications.
·Germany
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The number of naturalizations has risen for the fifth year in a row: Last year, more than 332,000 people from abroad acquired German citizenship. Most of those naturalized come from Syria.
·Hamburg, Germany
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