Austria: Number of Naturalisations Increased by 3.7% in 2014

Lifestyle & Travel ♦ Published: February 20, 2015; 17:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

7.693 people acquired Austrian citizenship in 2014 (including 123 persons resident abroad). Compared to 2013, the number of naturalisations increased by 3.7%. Top former nationalities include Bosnia-Herzegovina (1 120), Turkey (885), followed by Serbia (671), the Russian Federation (433) and the Kosovo (381).

Austria: Number of naturalisations increased by 3.7% in 2014 / Picture: © BMI Bundesministerium für Inneres

Number of naturalisations increased by 3.7% in 2014

7.693 people acquired Austrian citizenship in 2014 (including 123 persons resident abroad), according to preliminary results of Statistics Austria.

Compared to 2013, the number of naturalisations increased by 3.7%.

After setting a record in 2003 (45 112), the number of naturalisations dropped to a minimum in…