Naturalisations by selected characteristics since 2010
Characteristics
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Naturalisations of Austrian residents (total)1)
6.135
6.690
7.043
7.354
7.570
8.144
8.530
9.125
9.355
10.500
8.796
Naturalisation rate2)
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,7
0,6
Legal ground3) acc. to StbG 1985 in its current version
Legal discretion
1.141
1.121
1.218
1.184
1.219
1.324
1.288
1.213
1.166
1.236
945
Legal title
2.957
3.358
3.630
3.895
4.158
4.455
4.709
5.179
5.604
6.364
5.506
Extension of award of citizenship
2.037
2.211
2.195
2.275
2.193
2.365
2.533
2.733
2.585
2.900
2.345
Former citizenship
EU member states before 2004
158
150
170
186
269
223
293
335
396
433
332
EU candidate countries as from 2004
896
922
996
868
927
860
1.025
1.252
1.597
1.451
1.209
EFTA states, associated small states, United Kingdom
3
6
5
5
10
7
4
2
7
7
87
Other European countries (inkl. Turkey)
3.900
4.081
4.127
4.154
3.951
4.407
4.336
4.234
4.265
5.111
4.235
Africa
366
391
437
561
697
783
777
928
890
964
626
America
135
163
172
188
203
206
226
254
238
276
237
Asia
640
941
1.109
1.344
1.466
1.607
1.818
2.060
1.914
2.167
1.987
Oceania
4
5
3
6
8
1
12
4
2
-
1
Unknown
33
31
24
42
39
50
39
56
46
91
82
Country of birth
Austria
2.328
2.374
2.520
2.707
2.831
2.925
3.017
3.240
3.276
3.722
3.174
Outside Austria
3.807
4.316
4.523
4.647
4.739
5.219
5.513
5.885
6.079
6.778
5.622
EU member states before 2004
142
126
174
184
210
165
236
264
293
323
271
EU candidate countries as from 2004
447
543
556
542
596
552
660
829
1.013
903
775
EFTA states, associated small states, United Kingdom
3
12
5
4
16
10
16
12
20
10
72
Other European countries (inkl. Turkey)
2.264
2.384
2.383
2.270
2.157
2.503
2.462
2.374
2.435
2.935
2.270
Africa
304
330
370
421
511
576
569
661
622
685
444
America
122
141
145
165
164
174
188
219
200
250
210
Asia
524
778
887
1.058
1.082
1.239
1.378
1.525
1.494
1.672
1.579
Oceania
1
2
2
2
3
-
4
1
2
-
1
Unknown
-
-
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Refugee status
Non-convention refugee
5.535
5.675
6.102
6.068
6.422
7.116
7.306
7.873
8.269
9.224
7.774
Convention refugee4)
600
1.015
941
1.286
1.148
1.028
1.224
1.252
1.086
1.276
1.022
Age groups
0 to 18 years
2.463
2.530
2.547
2.767
2.955
3.047
3.141
3.329
3.165
3.580
2.919
18 to 59 years
3.583
4.056
4.411
4.488
4.526
4.978
5.272
5.685
6.037
6.763
5.714
60 years and over
89
104
85
99
89
119
117
111
153
157
163
Sex
Men
2.872
3.116
3.211
3.427
3.497
3.712
3.907
4.290
4.280
4.779
4.022
Women
3.263
3.574
3.832
3.927
4.073
4.432
4.623
4.835
5.075
5.721
4.774
Länder
Burgenland
138
144
143
139
150
169
170
187
184
202
166
Carinthia
471
317
264
328
314
383
315
358
347
340
362
Lower Austria
799
1.144
1.098
1.171
1.152
1.187
1.154
1.319
1.517
1.354
1.269
Upper Austria
995
1.045
1.148
1.278
1.283
1.292
1.519
1.113
1.090
1.386
1.229
Salzburg
516
480
471
463
451
479
477
495
396
583
486
Styria
430
399
421
555
666
671
814
823
736
1.017
857
Tyrol
574
617
577
584
530
552
574
521
534
598
623
Vorarlberg
467
473
430
413
392
444
452
410
430
457
369
Vienna
1.745
2.071
2.491
2.423
2.632
2.967
3.055
3.899
4.121
4.563
3.435
Naturalisations outside Austria5)
55
64
64
64
123
121
96
146
95
106
200
S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Naturalisation statistics. Compiled on 12 February 2021. 1) 2014 : provisional data. - 2) Naturalisations of Austrian residents per 100 non-Austrian nationals (annual average, 2014, 2020: provisional data). - 3) Legal discretion according to §10, legal title according to §§ 11a, 12-14, 25, 57, 58c, 64a, extension of award of citizenship according to §§ 16, 17. - 4) Recognised as refugee according to the Geneva Convention on Refugees. - 5) Naturalisations of non-residents.
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