From: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
In 2010, 810 500 persons acquired the citizenship of a EU27 Member State. The highest number of citizenships were granted by the United Kingdom (195 000 persons), France (143 000), Spain (124 000) and Germany (105 000) which together accounted for 70% of all citizenships granted by the EU27 Member States. Compared with 2009, the number of acquisitions rose by 4% in the EU27 in 2010, mainly due to an increase in the number of citizenships granted by Spain.
The new citizens in the EU27 in 2010 came from Africa (29% of the total number of citizenships acquired), Asia (23%), non-EU27 Europe (19%), North and South America (19%), another EU27 Member State (9%) and Oceania (1%).
These data on the acquisition of citizenship of the EU27 Member States are taken from a report issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
More information:
Eurostat, Statistics in Focus, 45/2012 “EU Member states granted citizenship to more than 800 000 persons in 2010“.