And find out which are the main EU citizenships acquired by non-EU citizens?

The Top 3 non-EU recipient countries of Bulgarian citizenship in 2016 were: Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey and a total of 1 585 citizenships were granted.

And which are the main EU citizenships acquired by non-EU citizens?

To understand all this interesting info check the interactive infographic prepared by Eurostat:

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DID YOU KNOW?

that in 2016 …

… Italy was the top citizenship-granting country in the EU (20% of new citizenships granted), followed by Spain and the United Kingdom (both 15%), France (12%) and Germany (11%)?

… nine out of every ten new EU citizens were previously citizens of a non-EU country? The main origins were Morocco(101 295, or 10 %), Albania (67 483, or 7 %) and India (41 669, or 4 %)?

… Sweden and Luxembourg granted the highest number of citizenships in relation to their population (6 per thousand persons), followed by Cyprus (5)?

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