French Naturalisation Statistics 2023

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

Year :

Decree type :

In 2023, 39 641 people obtained French nationality by decree, according to data extracted from the Journal Officiel (JORF). This represents a decrease of 33.1% compared to 2022.

Naturalisations by decree account for 29 300 cases (73.9%), reinstatements for 341 (0.9%), and collective effects for 10 000 (25.2%).
The most represented foreign countries of origin are Maroc (4 740), Algérie (3 401), Tunisie (2 102).
105 departments are represented. The departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (4 820), Seine-Saint-Denis (2 995), Seine-et-Marne (2 126).

Total naturalisations

39 641

-33.1% vs 2022

Naturalisations

29 300

73.9% of total

Reinstatements

341

0.9% of total

Collective effect

10 000

25.2% of total

Gender distribution

Male	Female
19 913 (50%)	19 648 (50%)

Age group distribution

18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
2 805	12 744	7 989	3 870	1 542	768

By country of origin

199 countries

#CountryCount%

1France

7 88920.1%

2Maroc

4 74012.1%

3Algérie

3 4018.7%

4Tunisie

2 1025.4%

5Côte d’Ivoire

1 1212.9%

6Cameroun

1 0122.6%

7Sénégal

1 0032.6%

8Roumanie

7491.9%

9Royaume-Uni

6961.8%

10Russie

6411.6%

11République Démocratique du Congo

6411.6%

12Liban

6141.6%

13Italie

5841.5%

14Guinée

5811.5%

15Syrie

5761.5%

16Madagascar

5411.4%

17Mali

5071.3%

18République du Congo

4611.2%

19Turquie

4571.2%

20Brésil

3811.0%

21Haïti

3570.9%

22Espagne

3240.8%

23Colombie

3170.8%

24Comores

3160.8%

25Arménie

3140.8%

26Ukraine

3110.8%

27Togo

2950.8%

28Bénin

2930.7%

29Vietnam

2700.7%

30Portugal

2640.7%

31Chine

2600.7%

32Moldavie

2430.6%

33Etats-Unis

2290.6%

34Bangladesh

2180.6%

35Gabon

2110.5%

36Albanie

2090.5%

37Pologne

2080.5%

38Iran

1890.5%

39Irak

1840.5%

40Kosovo

1820.5%

41Allemagne

1810.5%

42Maurice

1720.4%

43Egypte

1640.4%

44République centrafricaine

1630.4%

45Burkina Faso

1630.4%

46Afghanistan

1480.4%

47Soudan

1450.4%

48Belgique

1420.4%

49Mexique

1410.4%

50Inde

1390.4%

51Mauritanie

1350.3%

52Sri Lanka

1300.3%

53Serbie

1230.3%

54Venezuela

1200.3%

55Bulgarie

1120.3%

56Canada

1110.3%

57Angola

1080.3%

58Népal

1070.3%

59Géorgie

1040.3%

60Pakistan

950.2%

61Suisse

950.2%

62Pérou

830.2%

63Nigéria

830.2%

64Rwanda

820.2%

65Grèce

800.2%

66Cap-Vert

790.2%

67Niger

780.2%

68Argentine

770.2%

69Biélorussie

700.2%

70Hongrie

690.2%

71Tchad

690.2%

72U R S S

630.2%

73Burundi

590.2%

74Arabie Saoudite

590.2%

75Taïwan

570.1%

76Azerbaïdjan

550.1%

77Libye

550.1%

78Cambodge

540.1%

79Bosnie-Herzégovine

530.1%

80Afrique du sud

530.1%

81Kazakhstan

510.1%

82Equateur

420.1%

83Ethiopie

410.1%

84République dominicaine

410.1%

85Australie

380.1%

86Chili

370.1%

87Thaïlande

370.1%

88Pays-Bas

340.1%

89Mongolie

340.1%

90Philippines

340.1%

91Cuba

320.1%

92Somalie

300.1%

93Djibouti

290.1%

94Bolivie

290.1%

95Macédoine

270.1%

96Kenya

250.1%

97Slovaquie

240.1%

98Yémen

240.1%

99Ghana

220.1%

100Yougoslavie

210.1%

101République tchèque

200.1%

102Suriname

190.0%

103Japon

180.0%

104Suède

180.0%

105Territoires Palestiniens

180.0%

106Ouzbékistan

180.0%

107URSS

180.0%

108Croatie

170.0%

109Luxembourg

170.0%

110Guinée-Bissao

170.0%

111Lituanie

160.0%

112Irlande

160.0%

113Emirats arabes unis

160.0%

114Jordanie

160.0%

115Sierra Leone

160.0%

116Congo

150.0%

117Salvador

150.0%

118Gambie

140.0%

119Erythrée

130.0%

120Danemark

130.0%

121Lettonie

120.0%

122Monténégro

110.0%

123Kirghizistan

110.0%

124Laos

110.0%

125Indonésie

100.0%

126Guatémala

100.0%

127Paraguay

100.0%

128Ouganda

90.0%

129Nouvelle-Zélande

80.0%

130Corée du Sud

80.0%

131Israël

70.0%

132Finlande

70.0%

133Slovénie

60.0%

134Qatar

60.0%

135Malaisie

60.0%

136Costa Rica

60.0%

137Turkménistan

60.0%

138Uruguay

60.0%

139Honduras

50.0%

140Zaïre

50.0%

141Panama

50.0%

142Macédoine du Nord

50.0%

143Norvège

40.0%

144Birmanie

40.0%

145Guinée équatoriale

40.0%

146Mozambique

40.0%

147Oman

40.0%

148Tadjikistan

40.0%

149Zambie

30.0%

150Guyana

30.0%

151Tanzanie

30.0%

152Sainte-Lucie

30.0%

153Bahreïn

30.0%

154Yémen du Nord

30.0%

155Autriche

30.0%

156Nicaragua

30.0%

157République populaire du Congo

30.0%

158Trinité et Tobago

30.0%

159Dominique

20.0%

160Ceylan

20.0%

161Chypre

20.0%

162Madagas - car

20.0%

163Malte

20.0%

164Paris

20.0%

165Serbie-et-Monténégro

20.0%

166Vanuatu

20.0%

167Zimbabwe

20.0%

168Union des Républiques socialistes soviétiques

20.0%

169Province de Québec

10.0%

170Principauté

10.0%

171Palestine

10.0%

172Nord

10.0%

173Namibie

10.0%

174Libéria

10.0%

175Koweït

10.0%

176Jamaïque

10.0%

177Islande

10.0%

178Tchécoslovaquie

10.0%

179Isère

10.0%

180Indre-et-Loire

10.0%

181Ille-et-Vilaine

10.0%

182Barbade

10.0%

183Haute-Garonne

10.0%

184Fidji

10.0%

185Etat libre associé de Porto Rico

10.0%

186Estonie

10.0%

187Essonne

10.0%

188Érythrée

10.0%

189Bahamas

10.0%

19012 e

10.0%

191Andorre

10.0%

192Congo-Brazzaville

10.0%

193Yanis

10.0%

194Burkina

10.0%

195Samoa occidentales

10.0%

196Salomon

10.0%

197Bhoutan

10.0%

198Royaume- Uni

10.0%

199Réunion

10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%

1Mohamed

6158.5%

2Mohammed

2273.1%

3Ahmed

2082.9%

4Maria

1682.3%

5Ali

1602.2%

6Sara

1542.1%

7Adam

1522.1%

8Youssef

1452.0%

9Mamadou

1391.9%

10Yassine

1261.7%

11Sarah

1251.7%

12Fatima

1221.7%

13Marie

1141.6%

14Hamza

1091.5%

15Omar

1041.4%

16Amine

1011.4%

17Anna

981.4%

18Ibrahim

961.3%

19Lina

921.3%

20Ayoub

921.3%

21Yasmine

901.2%

22Mariam

861.2%

23Mehdi

831.1%

24Imane

801.1%

25Nadia

761.0%

26Amina

751.0%

27Fatoumata

741.0%

28Daniel

721.0%

29Jean

721.0%

30David

721.0%

31Anas

701.0%

32Rayan

701.0%

33Karim

680.9%

34Moussa

650.9%

35Zakaria

640.9%

36Abdoulaye

630.9%

37Elena

630.9%

38Diana

620.9%

39Hassan

620.9%

40Oussama

610.8%

41Khadija

610.8%

42Rachid

580.8%

43Ismail

570.8%

44Kenza

560.8%

45Aya

560.8%

46Yanis

560.8%

47Nabil

550.8%

48Amir

540.7%

49Sofia

520.7%

50Meriem

520.7%

51Marwa

520.7%

52Brahim

510.7%

53Ibrahima

510.7%

54Zineb

510.7%

55Samir

510.7%

56Aminata

510.7%

57Gabriel

500.7%

58Ana

490.7%

59Younes

490.7%

60Samira

490.7%

61Sami

480.7%

62Saïd

480.7%

63Amadou

480.7%

64Alexandra

450.6%

65Walid

450.6%

66Aïcha

450.6%

67Joseph

430.6%

68Nour

430.6%

69Farid

430.6%

70Olga

430.6%

71Salma

430.6%

72Natalia

420.6%

73Laura

420.6%

74Emma

420.6%

75Julia

420.6%

76Fatma

420.6%

77Asma

410.6%

78Mourad

410.6%

79Ines

410.6%

80Hicham

390.5%

81Mustapha

390.5%

82Mohammad

390.5%

83Meryem

380.5%

84Rania

380.5%

85Yacine

380.5%

86Mariama

380.5%

87Amal

380.5%

88Amira

380.5%

89Anis

380.5%

90Ousmane

380.5%

91Sonia

370.5%

92Souad

370.5%

93Samuel

370.5%

94Khaled

370.5%

95Souleymane

370.5%

96Samia

360.5%

97Mahmoud

360.5%

98Victor

360.5%

99Rim

360.5%

100Maya

360.5%

By department

#DepartmentCount%

175 — Paris

4 82012.4%

293 — Seine-Saint-Denis

2 9957.7%

377 — Seine-et-Marne

2 1265.5%

478 — Yvelines

1 8964.9%

595 — Val-d'Oise

1 6924.4%

613 — Bouches-du-Rhône

1 6754.3%

791 — Essonne

1 5924.1%

869 — Rhône

1 2573.2%

992 — Hauts-de-Seine

1 1422.9%

106 — 6

1 0012.6%

1159 — Nord

9862.5%

1233 — Gironde

9552.5%

1394 — Val-de-Marne

8822.3%

1431 — Haute-Garonne

7602.0%

1535 — Ille-et-Vilaine

6691.7%

1634 — Hérault

6361.6%

1738 — Isère

6311.6%

1867 — Bas-Rhin

5761.5%

1944 — Loire-Atlantique

5661.5%

2074 — Haute-Savoie

5271.4%

2157 — Moselle

4741.2%

2286 — Vienne

3821.0%

2376 — Seine-Maritime

3801.0%

2454 — Meurthe-et-Moselle

3410.9%

2584 — Vaucluse

3170.8%

2699 — 99

3160.8%

2721 — Côte-d'Or

3110.8%

282 — 2

3100.8%

2945 — Loiret

3090.8%

3025 — Doubs

3080.8%

3187 — Haute-Vienne

3030.8%

3251 — Marne

2910.8%

3383 — Var

2840.7%

3414 — Calvados

2790.7%

3560 — Oise

2790.7%

3617 — Charente-Maritime

2780.7%

3768 — Haut-Rhin

2450.6%

3842 — Loire

2380.6%

3964 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques

2200.6%

4049 — Maine-et-Loire

2130.5%

4130 — Gard

2040.5%

4229 — Finistère

1950.5%

4379 — Deux-Sèvres

1950.5%

4462 — Pas-de-Calais

1930.5%

4589 — Yonne

1810.5%

46973 — Guyane

1780.5%

4710 — Aube

1650.4%

4871 — Saône-et-Loire

1640.4%

4956 — Morbihan

1560.4%

501 — 1

1550.4%

5116 — Charente

1540.4%

5227 — Eure

1520.4%

5337 — Indre-et-Loire

1510.4%

5472 — Sarthe

1420.4%

5573 — Savoie

1390.4%

5622 — Côtes-d'Armor

1390.4%

5750 — Manche

1330.3%

58974 — La Réunion

1290.3%

5928 — Eure-et-Loir

1160.3%

6063 — Puy-de-Dôme

1160.3%

6126 — Drôme

1090.3%

6241 — Loir-et-Cher

1060.3%

6324 — Dordogne

990.3%

6490 — Territoire de Belfort

960.2%

6566 — Pyrénées-Orientales

950.2%

6685 — Vendée

940.2%

6747 — Lot-et-Garonne

900.2%

6861 — Orne

890.2%

6919 — Corrèze

880.2%

7058 — Nièvre

870.2%

7180 — Somme

800.2%

7211 — Aude

760.2%

7339 — Jura

680.2%

7481 — Tarn

640.2%

75976 — Mayotte

610.2%

764 — 4

590.2%

7740 — Landes

550.1%

7888 — Vosges

520.1%

7970 — Haute-Saône

520.1%

8018 — Cher

510.1%

815 — 5

430.1%

823 — 3

400.1%

83971 — Guadeloupe

360.1%

8465 — Hautes-Pyrénées

350.1%

8555 — Meuse

350.1%

8653 — Mayenne

340.1%

8782 — Tarn-et-Garonne

340.1%

887 — 7

340.1%

898 — 8

310.1%

9046 — Lot

270.1%

9136 — Indre

230.1%

9212 — Aveyron

210.1%

9332 — Gers

210.1%

94978 — 978

200.1%

9552 — Haute-Marne

200.1%

9648 — Lozère

190.0%

97972 — Martinique

180.0%

9823 — Creuse

170.0%

999 — 9

170.0%

100987 — 987

160.0%

10143 — Haute-Loire

150.0%

102988 — 988

150.0%

10315 — Cantal

80.0%

104975 — 975

10.0%

105986 — 986

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.

Frequently asked questions

How many people were granted French nationality in 2023?

In 2023, 39 641 people acquired French nationality through decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF): 29 300 by naturalisation, 341 by reinstatement, and 10 000 by collective effect.

Which country of origin has the most naturalisations in 2023?

In 2023, the leading foreign country of origin is Maroc, with 4 740 people naturalised.

What is the male / female split of naturalisations in 2023?

In 2023, naturalised people break down into 50% men and 50% women.

Which departments record the most naturalisations in 2023?

In 2023, the departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (4 820), Seine-Saint-Denis (2 995), Seine-et-Marne (2 126).

Where does this naturalisation data come from?

These figures are automatically extracted from naturalisation decrees published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF), available on Légifrance. They are provided for information only and do not constitute the official statistics of the French Ministry of the Interior.

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