The acquisitions of Spanish nationality have grown by 46.4% over a decade in the ballet, with A total of 9 366 was registered last year compared to 6,394 in 2014This field, in accordance with the statistics on the acquisition of Spanish nationality, residents published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), which indicates that it appeared until 2023, when 8.339 acquisitions of nationality were remembered, the increase is 12.32%.
Of the total number of people who gain Spanish citizenship in the Balearian Islands, 4354 (46.4%) were 5.012 women (53.5%), while the largest age group was from 30 to 34 years old (1103). In the country up to 1380 people corresponding to people born in Colombia (14.7%) and 669 in Argentina (7.14%). Behind them are those who are from Venezuela (616 – 6.5%) and Ecuador (500 – 5.3%).
In general terms, the acquisition of nationality by people from South America (4683) increased by 10% in 10 years to 15.8%, and from Africa (2290) an increase – 32.5% in a decade. Those of the Asian countries increased by 69% to 495 acquisitions during the receipt of the year.
Similarly, there was a remarkable increase (69%) in acquisitions (1010) by people from Central America and the Caribbean. Throughout the country as a whole, the number of foreign residents who gain Spanish citizenship increased by 5.1% in 2024.A field of foreigners who acquire Spanish nationality in 2024, 44% were men and 56.0% of women. By age, people aged 30 to 39 were the largest group from the point of view of acquisitions of Spanish nationality, which is followed by an age group from 40 to 49.
As for the methods of acquiring nationality of Spanest, 215 734 cases passed through the place of residence and 36,407 by the option. The last method was used mainly by people under the age of 20 years (94.2% of all acquisitions according to the option for people under the age of 20). The most common country of birth for those who acquire Spanish nationality was Spain, from 51,547 cases. Among those born in Spain, Venezuela was the most common country of birth, with 34,343 acquisitions of nationality, followed by Colombia with 25,759, Morocco from 17,579 and Honduras with 14,407.
Of the 252,476 people intense in the spa, which in 2024 acquires Spanish citizenship, 19.6% always left in Spain. The remaining 80.4% were previously lived abroad. Since 2002, the most common year of arrival for people who gain Spanish citizenship in 2024 was 2019. This means that it took them five years to acquire Spanish citizenship.
Catalonia with 68,755 cases and the Madrid community with 48,288 acquired 46.4% of Spanish citizenship acquisitions in 2024.Following the Valencian community with 26,729 and Andalusia with 23,157, the country of Basksky with 13,600, the Canary Islands 10 307, Mursia 1738, the Balearian Islands 9 366, Aragon 8 340, Castille-la Mancha 8.061, Castil and Leon 6.682, Glapia 667 and the Sea. Extremadura (1459), La Rioja (1729), Cantabria (1789) and Asturias (2550) were autonomous communities with fewer acquisitions of nationality among their inhabitants.
