Bulgaria Granted Citizenship to Over 16,000 People in 2024

Highlights: Bulgaria Issued Citizenship to 16,000+ People in 2024

• As per the latest reports, more than 16,000 people have received Bulgarian Citizenship in 2024.
• The 2024 stats exceeded the 2023 numbers, with a 33.3% increase.
• Over 16,000 foreign nationals received passports and became EU citizens last year.  
• Turkish nationals and Ukrainians were the top two beneficiaries of Citizenship.

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More than 16,000 foreign nationals obtained a Bulgarian passport in 2024

As per the latest Schengen News reports, in 2024, nearly 16,000+ foreign nationals were granted Bulgarian citizenship. More than 16,000 non-EU nationals were issued a Bulgarian passport, making them EU citizens. In 2023, Bulgaria issued citizenship to 12,000, indicating an increase in 2024 citizenship statistics by nearly 33.3 %. Bulgaria remains one of the popular choices amongst certain nationalities, with Turkish and Ukrainians topping the list.

 

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Ukraine and Turkey received the highest number of Bulgarian citizenship grants in 2024

In 2024, out of the 16,000+ Bulgarian citizenships that were issued, Turkish and Ukrainian nationals were the top beneficiaries. The table below has details of the top 4 Bulgarian citizenship beneficiaries in 2024:

Nationality	Number of Citizenship Acquisitions
Ukrainians	2,400
Turkish nationals	2,200
Nationals of Moldova	1,800
Nationals of North Macedonians	1,700

 

Some of the other top nationalities to have received Bulgarian citizenship in 2024 are in the following order:

• Albanians
• Serbs
• Russians
• Israelis
• Syrians

 

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