French Naturalisation Statistics 2025

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

Year :

Decree type :

In 2025, 42 347 people obtained French nationality by decree, according to data extracted from the Journal Officiel (JORF). This represents a decrease of 13.3% compared to 2024.

Naturalisations by decree account for 31 846 cases (75.2%), reinstatements for 245 (0.6%), and collective effects for 10 256 (24.2%).
The most represented foreign countries of origin are Maroc (5 603), Algérie (3 800), Tunisie (2 702).
103 departments are represented. The departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (5 064), Val-de-Marne (3 082), Hauts-de-Seine (2 655).

Total naturalisations

42 347

-13.3% vs 2024

Naturalisations

31 846

75.2% of total

Reinstatements

245

0.6% of total

Collective effect

10 256

24.2% of total

Gender distribution

Male	Female
21 049 (50%)	21 279 (50%)

Age group distribution

18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
1 860	14 154	10 062	4 201	1 539	575

By country of origin

221 countries

#CountryCount%

1France

7 36417.7%

2Maroc

5 60313.5%

3Algérie

3 8009.1%

4Tunisie

2 7026.5%

5Côte d’Ivoire

1 2142.9%

6Sénégal

1 1162.7%

7Cameroun

1 0902.6%

8Liban

8152.0%

9Guinée

6991.7%

10Russie

6841.6%

11Italie

6301.5%

12Syrie

5481.3%

13Royaume-Uni

5451.3%

14Roumanie

5421.3%

15Mali

5171.2%

16Madagascar

5131.2%

17République démocratique du Congo

5091.2%

18Brésil

4631.1%

19Colombie

4561.1%

20Bénin

4461.1%

21Haïti

4071.0%

22République du Congo

3991.0%

23Turquie

3890.9%

24Espagne

3700.9%

25Togo

3450.8%

26Chine

3320.8%

27Vietnam

3300.8%

28Ukraine

3190.8%

29Irak

2980.7%

30Gabon

2910.7%

31Arménie

2550.6%

32Moldavie

2260.5%

33Albanie

2240.5%

34Bangladesh

2190.5%

35Iran

2150.5%

36Comores

2100.5%

37Mexique

2090.5%

38Portugal

2080.5%

39Belgique

2020.5%

40Inde

1910.5%

41Pologne

1910.5%

42Burkina Faso

1900.5%

43Allemagne

1850.4%

44Afghanistan

1800.4%

45Etats-Unis

1740.4%

46Maurice

1690.4%

47Népal

1490.4%

48République centrafricaine

1430.3%

49Soudan

1420.3%

50Kosovo

1370.3%

51Venezuela

1360.3%

52Argentine

1280.3%

53Mauritanie

1270.3%

54Pérou

1250.3%

55Géorgie

1160.3%

56Canada

1120.3%

57Sri Lanka

1110.3%

58Egypte

1050.3%

59Bulgarie

1030.2%

60Nigéria

960.2%

61Serbie

960.2%

62Suisse

940.2%

63Niger

880.2%

64Pakistan

860.2%

65Grèce

860.2%

66Rwanda

810.2%

67Tchad

770.2%

68Angola

720.2%

69Égypte

700.2%

70États-Unis

700.2%

71Arabie saoudite

690.2%

72Biélorussie

670.2%

73Burundi

640.2%

74Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques

600.1%

75Djibouti

570.1%

76Hongrie

540.1%

77Chili

530.1%

78Philippines

530.1%

79Cap-Vert

510.1%

80Taïwan

490.1%

81Azerbaïdjan

460.1%

82Congo

450.1%

83Thaïlande

450.1%

84Kazakhstan

410.1%

85République dominicaine

410.1%

86Cambodge

400.1%

87Pays-Bas

400.1%

88Afrique du Sud

390.1%

89Cuba

370.1%

90Libye

370.1%

91Bosnie-Herzégovine

350.1%

92Equateur

320.1%

93Australie

300.1%

94Yougoslavie

290.1%

95Yémen

290.1%

96Corée du Sud

280.1%

97Mongolie

270.1%

98Bolivie

270.1%

99Ethiopie

250.1%

100Somalie

250.1%

101République tchèque

250.1%

102Laos

230.1%

103Suriname

230.1%

104Kirghizistan

210.1%

105Ghana

210.1%

106Kenya

200.0%

107Salvador

190.0%

108Lettonie

190.0%

109Territoires palestiniens

190.0%

110Ouzbékistan

180.0%

111Macédoine du Nord

180.0%

112Slovaquie

170.0%

113Nouvelle-Zélande

170.0%

114Oman

170.0%

115Costa Rica

160.0%

116Luxembourg

160.0%

117Japon

150.0%

118Zaïre

150.0%

119Koweït

150.0%

120Emirats arabes unis

150.0%

121Guinée-Bissao

140.0%

122Suède

140.0%

123Indonésie

130.0%

124Équateur

130.0%

125URSS

120.0%

126Émirats arabes unis

120.0%

127Irlande

120.0%

128Paraguay

120.0%

129Tadjikistan

120.0%

130Israël

120.0%

131Uruguay

110.0%

132Jordanie

100.0%

133Croatie

100.0%

134Finlande

100.0%

135Zimbabwe

90.0%

136Erythrée

90.0%

137Guyana

90.0%

138Sierra Leone

90.0%

139Slovénie

90.0%

140Honduras

80.0%

141Nicaragua

80.0%

142Éthiopie

80.0%

143Guatemala

80.0%

144U R S S

80.0%

145Monténégro

70.0%

146Macédoine

70.0%

147Singapour

70.0%

148Érythrée

70.0%

149Qatar

60.0%

150Gambie

60.0%

151Malaisie

60.0%

152Ouganda

60.0%

153Autriche

60.0%

154Zambie

50.0%

155Norvège

50.0%

156Mozambique

50.0%

157Vanuatu

50.0%

158Turkménistan

50.0%

159Etats-Unis d’Amérique

50.0%

160République populaire du Congo

50.0%

161Birmanie

40.0%

162Estonie

40.0%

163Dominique

40.0%

164Panama

40.0%

165Libéria

40.0%

166Grande-Bretagne

40.0%

167Sainte-Lucie

40.0%

168Principauté

40.0%

169Kirghizie

40.0%

170Lituanie

30.0%

171Tanzanie

30.0%

172Botswana

30.0%

173Danemark

30.0%

174Jamaïque

30.0%

175Serbie-et-Monténégro

30.0%

176Seychelles

20.0%

177Congo-Brazzaville

20.0%

178Guatémala

20.0%

179Malte

20.0%

180Guinée Equatoriale

20.0%

181Etats- Unis

20.0%

182États- Unis

20.0%

183Chypre

20.0%

184Oubangui-Chari

10.0%

185Maldives

10.0%

186Dahomey

10.0%

187Madagas- car

10.0%

188Landes

10.0%

189Isère

10.0%

190Haute-Vienne

10.0%

191Haiti

10.0%

192République fédérale d’Allemagne

10.0%

193République populaire de Congo

10.0%

194République Socialiste Fédérative Soviétique de Russie

10.0%

195Guinée équatoriale

10.0%

196R F A

10.0%

197Royaume Uni

10.0%

198Monaco

10.0%

199Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès

10.0%

200Sao Tomé-et- Principe

10.0%

201Sao Tomé-et-Principe

10.0%

202Fidji

10.0%

203Algerie

10.0%

204Nord

10.0%

205Eswatini

10.0%

206Moselle

10.0%

207Swaziland

10.0%

208Taiwan

10.0%

209Cote d’Ivoire

10.0%

210Corrèze

10.0%

211Trinité et Tobago

10.0%

212Congo belge

10.0%

213Cap- Vert

10.0%

214Zanzibar

10.0%

215Cap Vert

10.0%

21612 e arrondissement

10.0%

217None

10.0%

218Bélize

10.0%

219Bahreïn

10.0%

220Yémen du Sud

10.0%

221Andorre

10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%

1Mohamed

6468.3%

2Ahmed

2112.7%

3Mohammed

2022.6%

4Maria

1782.3%

5Ali

1712.2%

6Youssef

1652.1%

7Sara

1532.0%

8Adam

1461.9%

9Mamadou

1421.8%

10Omar

1361.7%

11Sarah

1321.7%

12Yassine

1221.6%

13Amine

1201.5%

14Hamza

1171.5%

15Marie

1151.5%

16Yasmine

1111.4%

17Lina

1071.4%

18Anna

1001.3%

19Mehdi

971.2%

20David

961.2%

21Daniel

951.2%

22Amina

911.2%

23Mariam

911.2%

24Fatima

881.1%

25Imane

881.1%

26Salma

831.1%

27Ibrahim

811.0%

28Ayoub

811.0%

29Karim

781.0%

30Oussama

761.0%

31Zakaria

740.9%

32Sofia

720.9%

33Fatoumata

720.9%

34Elena

690.9%

35Amadou

670.9%

36Moussa

660.8%

37Abdoulaye

660.8%

38Amir

650.8%

39Rayan

650.8%

40Jean

650.8%

41Laura

640.8%

42Hicham

630.8%

43Zineb

630.8%

44Nadia

630.8%

45Younes

620.8%

46Meriem

620.8%

47Gabriel

620.8%

48Anas

610.8%

49Nabil

610.8%

50Aminata

590.8%

51Hajar

580.7%

52Meryem

580.7%

53Diana

570.7%

54Walid

570.7%

55Anass

540.7%

56Said

530.7%

57Natalia

530.7%

58Ibrahima

530.7%

59Amal

530.7%

60Aya

530.7%

61Anis

520.7%

62Kenza

520.7%

63Houda

520.7%

64Asma

510.7%

65Nour

500.6%

66Amira

500.6%

67Mustapha

490.6%

68Khadija

490.6%

69Mourad

490.6%

70Hanane

480.6%

71Rania

480.6%

72Mohamad

470.6%

73Salim

470.6%

74Ana

470.6%

75Maya

470.6%

76Sonia

470.6%

77Hassan

460.6%

78Rachid

460.6%

79Wassim

460.6%

80Ismail

460.6%

81Yacine

460.6%

82Rim

460.6%

83Samir

450.6%

84Ines

450.6%

85Sofiane

450.6%

86José

450.6%

87Tatiana

450.6%

88Fatma

440.6%

89Sabrina

440.6%

90Thierno

440.6%

91Marwa

430.6%

92Alexandre

430.6%

93Léa

430.6%

94Khaled

420.5%

95Aymen

420.5%

96Imen

420.5%

97Soufiane

420.5%

98Oumaima

410.5%

99Ndeye

410.5%

100Juan

400.5%

By department

#DepartmentCount%

175 — Paris

5 06412.6%

294 — Val-de-Marne

3 0827.6%

392 — Hauts-de-Seine

2 6556.6%

413 — Bouches-du-Rhône

2 1755.4%

595 — Val-d'Oise

1 8894.7%

631 — Haute-Garonne

1 4913.7%

769 — Rhône

1 3713.4%

878 — Yvelines

1 3033.2%

933 — Gironde

1 2053.0%

1059 — Nord

1 1472.8%

116 — 6

1 1202.8%

1291 — Essonne

1 0462.6%

1377 — Seine-et-Marne

8542.1%

1493 — Seine-Saint-Denis

8432.1%

1567 — Bas-Rhin

6841.7%

1634 — Hérault

6641.6%

1744 — Loire-Atlantique

6151.5%

1876 — Seine-Maritime

6081.5%

1938 — Isère

5901.5%

2045 — Loiret

5281.3%

2160 — Oise

5081.3%

2235 — Ille-et-Vilaine

4851.2%

2337 — Indre-et-Loire

3630.9%

2457 — Moselle

3530.9%

2574 — Haute-Savoie

3490.9%

2621 — Côte-d'Or

3380.8%

2768 — Haut-Rhin

2890.7%

2899 — 99

2850.7%

2983 — Var

2830.7%

30973 — Guyane

2760.7%

3154 — Meurthe-et-Moselle

2630.7%

3264 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques

2500.6%

3384 — Vaucluse

2470.6%

3430 — Gard

2430.6%

3549 — Maine-et-Loire

2410.6%

3671 — Saône-et-Loire

2380.6%

3725 — Doubs

2300.6%

3828 — Eure-et-Loir

2190.5%

3951 — Marne

2160.5%

4063 — Puy-de-Dôme

2020.5%

4120 — 20

2000.5%

4227 — Eure

1970.5%

4342 — Loire

1900.5%

4462 — Pas-de-Calais

1880.5%

4514 — Calvados

1860.5%

4680 — Somme

1860.5%

4786 — Vienne

1860.5%

482 — 2

1630.4%

4966 — Pyrénées-Orientales

1490.4%

501 — 1

1480.4%

5172 — Sarthe

1450.4%

5226 — Drôme

1440.4%

5317 — Charente-Maritime

1360.3%

5473 — Savoie

1330.3%

5529 — Finistère

1310.3%

5611 — Aude

1230.3%

5789 — Yonne

1210.3%

5841 — Loir-et-Cher

1200.3%

5979 — Deux-Sèvres

1200.3%

6087 — Haute-Vienne

1170.3%

6147 — Lot-et-Garonne

1170.3%

6212 — Aveyron

1070.3%

6350 — Manche

970.2%

6481 — Tarn

970.2%

6510 — Aube

930.2%

6656 — Morbihan

850.2%

6718 — Cher

850.2%

6865 — Hautes-Pyrénées

830.2%

6924 — Dordogne

810.2%

7082 — Tarn-et-Garonne

810.2%

7185 — Vendée

760.2%

7290 — Territoire de Belfort

760.2%

733 — 3

750.2%

7416 — Charente

740.2%

7522 — Côtes-d'Armor

700.2%

7640 — Landes

700.2%

7753 — Mayenne

690.2%

7836 — Indre

680.2%

7958 — Nièvre

630.2%

805 — 5

630.2%

8139 — Jura

600.1%

8232 — Gers

580.1%

8397 — 97

570.1%

8419 — Corrèze

490.1%

854 — 4

470.1%

8646 — Lot

470.1%

8761 — Orne

460.1%

889 — 9

420.1%

8988 — Vosges

400.1%

90976 — Mayotte

360.1%

917 — 7

320.1%

9270 — Haute-Saône

270.1%

93988 — 988

260.1%

948 — 8

250.1%

95974 — La Réunion

250.1%

9652 — Haute-Marne

240.1%

97987 — 987

220.1%

9855 — Meuse

220.1%

9923 — Creuse

200.0%

100972 — Martinique

200.0%

10148 — Lozère

170.0%

10215 — Cantal

130.0%

10343 — Haute-Loire

130.0%

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 2025?

In 2025, 42 347 people acquired French nationality through decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF): 31 846 by naturalisation, 245 by reinstatement, and 10 256 by collective effect.

Which country of origin has the most naturalisations in 2025?

In 2025, the leading foreign country of origin is Maroc, with 5 603 people naturalised.

What is the male / female split of naturalisations in 2025?

In 2025, naturalised people break down into 50% men and 50% women.

Which departments record the most naturalisations in 2025?

In 2025, the departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (5 064), Val-de-Marne (3 082), Hauts-de-Seine (2 655).

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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