French Naturalisation Statistics 2020

Data extracted from decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF)

Year :

Decree type :

En 2020, 41 509 personnes ont obtenu la nationalité française par décret, selon les données extraites du Journal Officiel (JORF). Cela représente une baisse de 14.4% par rapport à 2019.

Naturalisations par décret : 29 455 (71.0%), réintégrations : 819 (2.0%), effets collectifs : 11 235 (27.1%).
Principaux pays d'origine étrangère : Maroc (4 845), Algérie (4 192), Tunisie (1 998).
105 départements représentés. Les plus actifs : Paris (6 225), Hauts-de-Seine (4 584), Seine-Saint-Denis (2 962).

Total naturalisations

41 509

-14.4% vs 2019

Naturalisations

29 455

71.0% of total

Reinstatements

819

2.0% of total

Collective effect

11 235

27.1% of total

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Gender distribution

Male	Female
20 294 (49%)	21 108 (51%)

Age group distribution

18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
2 792	11 454	8 140	4 497	2 113	1 378

By country of origin

199 countries

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#CountryCount%

1France

9 11622.2%

2Maroc

4 84511.8%

3Algérie

4 19210.2%

4Tunisie

1 9984.9%

5Royaume-Uni

1 2833.1%

6Côte d’Ivoire

1 1052.7%

7Cameroun

1 0762.6%

8Sénégal

9482.3%

9Roumanie

7781.9%

10Mali

6521.6%

11Russie

6301.5%

12République Démocratique du Congo

5611.4%

13Italie

5401.3%

14Guinée

5211.3%

15Turquie

4931.2%

16Haïti

4731.2%

17Syrie

4251.0%

18République du Congo

4031.0%

19Madagascar

4021.0%

20Liban

4001.0%

21Bangladesh

3740.9%

22Chine

3720.9%

23Vietnam

3110.8%

24Colombie

2970.7%

25Brésil

2890.7%

26Kosovo

2860.7%

27Comores

2790.7%

28Portugal

2760.7%

29Ukraine

2730.7%

30Arménie

2680.7%

31Bénin

2440.6%

32Pologne

2390.6%

33Egypte

2370.6%

34Sri Lanka

2350.6%

35Etats-Unis

2280.6%

36Togo

2260.5%

37Mauritanie

2060.5%

38Moldavie

2010.5%

39Espagne

2010.5%

40Allemagne

1860.5%

41Iran

1660.4%

42Gabon

1630.4%

43Belgique

1590.4%

44Irak

1550.4%

45Inde

1500.4%

46Maurice

1470.4%

47Bulgarie

1430.3%

48République centrafricaine

1430.3%

49Pakistan

1380.3%

50Albanie

1330.3%

51Afghanistan

1230.3%

52Serbie

1190.3%

53Angola

1160.3%

54Mexique

1120.3%

55Géorgie

1010.2%

56Burkina Faso

1000.2%

57Pérou

900.2%

58Azerbaïdjan

860.2%

59Rwanda

850.2%

60Canada

850.2%

61U R S S

830.2%

62Venezuela

810.2%

63Cambodge

810.2%

64Soudan

780.2%

65Nigéria

770.2%

66Yougoslavie

750.2%

67Grèce

750.2%

68Cap-Vert

710.2%

69Bosnie-Herzégovine

630.2%

70Suisse

620.2%

71Tchad

620.2%

72Hongrie

610.1%

73Niger

610.1%

74Argentine

580.1%

75Philippines

540.1%

76Biélorussie

500.1%

77Kazakhstan

430.1%

78Afrique du sud

420.1%

79Australie

400.1%

80Ethiopie

390.1%

81Chili

380.1%

82Equateur

380.1%

83Népal

370.1%

84Cuba

360.1%

85Arabie Saoudite

350.1%

86Congo

340.1%

87Pays-Bas

330.1%

88Kenya

300.1%

89URSS

300.1%

90Macédoine

290.1%

91Thaïlande

290.1%

92Laos

290.1%

93Bolivie

290.1%

94Ghana

280.1%

95Burundi

270.1%

96Taïwan

260.1%

97Somalie

260.1%

98Libye

240.1%

99République dominicaine

240.1%

100Slovaquie

230.1%

101Djibouti

220.1%

102République tchèque

220.1%

103Ouzbékistan

220.1%

104Corée du Sud

220.1%

105Guinée-Bissao

210.1%

106Zaïre

190.0%

107Israël

180.0%

108Lettonie

180.0%

109Japon

170.0%

110République populaire du Congo

170.0%

111Suède

160.0%

112Salvador

160.0%

113Suriname

150.0%

114Nouvelle-Zélande

150.0%

115Kirghizistan

150.0%

116Erythrée

140.0%

117Jordanie

140.0%

118Mongolie

140.0%

119Sierra Leone

140.0%

120Emirats arabes unis

130.0%

121Territoires palestiniens

120.0%

122Ouganda

110.0%

123Croatie

110.0%

124Guatémala

110.0%

125Koweït

100.0%

126Gambie

100.0%

127Principauté de Monaco

100.0%

128Luxembourg

90.0%

129Yémen

80.0%

130Bhoutan

80.0%

131Slovénie

80.0%

132Singapour

80.0%

133Lituanie

80.0%

134Uruguay

70.0%

135Birmanie

70.0%

136Indonésie

60.0%

137Monténégro

60.0%

138Honduras

60.0%

139Dominique

60.0%

140Taiwan

60.0%

141Ceylan

60.0%

142Sahara Occidental

50.0%

143Finlande

50.0%

144Irlande

50.0%

145Malte

50.0%

146Paraguay

50.0%

147Malaisie

50.0%

148Etat libre associé de Porto Rico

50.0%

149Nicaragua

40.0%

150Royaume- Uni

40.0%

151Autriche

40.0%

152Zimbabwe

40.0%

153Costa Rica

40.0%

154Guyana

40.0%

155Oman

40.0%

156Libéria

40.0%

157Seychelles

30.0%

158Danemark

30.0%

159Qatar

30.0%

160Chypre

30.0%

161Sainte-Lucie

30.0%

162Estonie

30.0%

163Tanzanie

30.0%

164Turkménistan

30.0%

165Trinité et Tobago

30.0%

166Andorre

20.0%

167République de Singapour

20.0%

168Nigeria

20.0%

169Congo belge

20.0%

170Bahamas

20.0%

171Bahreïn

20.0%

172Bélize

20.0%

173Serbie-et-Monténégro

20.0%

174Cap- Vert

20.0%

175Tonga

10.0%

176Dahomey

10.0%

177Haute-Volta

10.0%

178Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques

10.0%

179Congo-Brazzaville

10.0%

180Malawi

10.0%

181Val-de-Marne

10.0%

182Vanuatu

10.0%

183Alpes-Maritimes

10.0%

184Guinée équatoriale

10.0%

185Panama

10.0%

186Yémen du Nord

10.0%

187Norvège

10.0%

188Sao Tomé-et-Principe

10.0%

189Liechtenstein

10.0%

190Jamaïque

10.0%

191Soudan français

10.0%

192Guinée-Bissau

10.0%

193RFA

10.0%

194Zambie

10.0%

195Etats- Unis

10.0%

196Swaziland

10.0%

197Tadjikistan

10.0%

198Mada- gascar

10.0%

199Madagas- car

10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%

1Mohamed

6548.6%

2Mohammed

2263.0%

3Ahmed

1992.6%

4Maria

1642.2%

5Fatima

1592.1%

6Ali

1502.0%

7Sarah

1371.8%

8Adam

1281.7%

9Youssef

1251.7%

10Sara

1231.6%

11Mamadou

1231.6%

12Lina

1211.6%

13Fatoumata

1161.5%

14Omar

1151.5%

15Marie

1141.5%

16David

1141.5%

17Yassine

1031.4%

18Hamza

1011.3%

19Anna

1001.3%

20Mariam

971.3%

21Nadia

971.3%

22Yasmine

891.2%

23Amine

871.2%

24Imane

871.2%

25Karim

861.1%

26Ibrahim

841.1%

27Aïcha

821.1%

28Amina

771.0%

29Rayan

761.0%

30Rachid

741.0%

31Ayoub

721.0%

32Salma

710.9%

33Meriem

710.9%

34Ibrahima

700.9%

35Aminata

700.9%

36Fatma

680.9%

37Moussa

680.9%

38Samir

670.9%

39Sofia

660.9%

40Aya

660.9%

41Mehdi

660.9%

42Abdoulaye

640.8%

43Anas

620.8%

44Elena

620.8%

45Malika

610.8%

46Zakaria

600.8%

47Mustapha

600.8%

48Daniel

580.8%

49Younes

580.8%

50Jean

570.8%

51Samira

570.8%

52Zineb

570.8%

53Khadija

560.7%

54Amadou

550.7%

55Abdelkader

550.7%

56Amel

520.7%

57Joseph

520.7%

58Fatiha

510.7%

59Kenza

510.7%

60Laura

510.7%

61Karima

500.7%

62Ana

500.7%

63Myriam

480.6%

64Hanane

480.6%

65Nabil

470.6%

66Fatou

470.6%

67Gabriel

470.6%

68Sami

460.6%

69Oussama

460.6%

70Diana

460.6%

71Yanis

460.6%

72Samuel

460.6%

73Amir

450.6%

74Brahim

450.6%

75Mariama

450.6%

76Nour

440.6%

77Walid

430.6%

78Mourad

430.6%

79Sonia

430.6%

80Nada

420.6%

81Samia

420.6%

82Abderrahmane

420.6%

83Olga

420.6%

84Hassan

410.5%

85Amira

410.5%

86Salim

410.5%

87Linda

410.5%

88Hicham

400.5%

89Mohammad

400.5%

90Farid

400.5%

91Tatiana

400.5%

92Marwa

400.5%

93Natalia

400.5%

94Khaled

400.5%

95Sandra

400.5%

96Souad

390.5%

97Hajar

390.5%

98Houda

390.5%

99Souleymane

390.5%

100Alexandra

390.5%

By department

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#DepartmentCount%

175 — Paris

6 22515.3%

292 — Hauts-de-Seine

4 58411.3%

393 — Seine-Saint-Denis

2 9627.3%

478 — Yvelines

2 3715.8%

595 — Val-d'Oise

2 0215.0%

694 — Val-de-Marne

1 8864.6%

791 — Essonne

1 7284.2%

813 — Bouches-du-Rhône

1 4043.4%

969 — Rhône

1 2843.2%

1077 — Seine-et-Marne

1 2113.0%

1167 — Bas-Rhin

8292.0%

1259 — Nord

7941.9%

1331 — Haute-Garonne

7621.9%

1434 — Hérault

6291.5%

156 — 6

6231.5%

1657 — Moselle

5611.4%

1733 — Gironde

5291.3%

1844 — Loire-Atlantique

5031.2%

1938 — Isère

4741.2%

2060 — Oise

4691.2%

2154 — Meurthe-et-Moselle

3991.0%

2276 — Seine-Maritime

3760.9%

2368 — Haut-Rhin

3400.8%

2445 — Loiret

3390.8%

251 — 1

3110.8%

262 — 2

2990.7%

2735 — Ille-et-Vilaine

2580.6%

2874 — Haute-Savoie

2510.6%

2942 — Loire

2390.6%

3030 — Gard

2320.6%

3163 — Puy-de-Dôme

2260.6%

3284 — Vaucluse

2170.5%

3349 — Maine-et-Loire

2170.5%

3451 — Marne

2160.5%

3537 — Indre-et-Loire

2060.5%

3683 — Var

1990.5%

3721 — Côte-d'Or

1820.4%

3825 — Doubs

1710.4%

3999 — 99

1690.4%

4080 — Somme

1510.4%

4171 — Saône-et-Loire

1470.4%

4214 — Calvados

1340.3%

43973 — Guyane

1300.3%

4466 — Pyrénées-Orientales

1270.3%

4528 — Eure-et-Loir

1150.3%

4611 — Aude

1130.3%

4773 — Savoie

1120.3%

4886 — Vienne

1110.3%

4927 — Eure

1110.3%

5064 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques

1010.2%

5189 — Yonne

980.2%

52976 — Mayotte

980.2%

5372 — Sarthe

970.2%

5462 — Pas-de-Calais

960.2%

5529 — Finistère

930.2%

5624 — Dordogne

930.2%

5781 — Tarn

880.2%

5810 — Aube

860.2%

5941 — Loir-et-Cher

830.2%

6047 — Lot-et-Garonne

830.2%

6185 — Vendée

800.2%

6287 — Haute-Vienne

790.2%

6382 — Tarn-et-Garonne

710.2%

6456 — Morbihan

710.2%

654 — 4

670.2%

6626 — Drôme

660.2%

6753 — Mayenne

630.2%

6817 — Charente-Maritime

610.1%

693 — 3

580.1%

7090 — Territoire de Belfort

570.1%

7116 — Charente

570.1%

7258 — Nièvre

560.1%

7322 — Côtes-d'Armor

560.1%

747 — 7

520.1%

7539 — Jura

510.1%

7618 — Cher

500.1%

7736 — Indre

490.1%

7840 — Landes

480.1%

7912 — Aveyron

460.1%

8079 — Deux-Sèvres

460.1%

8188 — Vosges

450.1%

8265 — Hautes-Pyrénées

430.1%

8352 — Haute-Marne

390.1%

84974 — La Réunion

380.1%

8550 — Manche

380.1%

86971 — Guadeloupe

350.1%

8761 — Orne

340.1%

885 — 5

340.1%

8946 — Lot

320.1%

90972 — Martinique

310.1%

9132 — Gers

310.1%

9270 — Haute-Saône

280.1%

939 — 9

280.1%

9443 — Haute-Loire

270.1%

9555 — Meuse

240.1%

968 — 8

200.0%

97988 — 988

130.0%

9819 — Corrèze

120.0%

99978 — 978

110.0%

10015 — Cantal

100.0%

10148 — Lozère

80.0%

102987 — 987

60.0%

10323 — Creuse

60.0%

104986 — 986

10.0%

105975 — 975

10.0%

Methodology and data source

These statistics are automatically extracted from naturalisation decrees published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF). They cover naturalisations by decree (NAT), reinstatements of French nationality (REI), and collective effects for minor children (EFF).

This data is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute the official statistics of the French Ministry of the Interior.

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