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French Naturalisation Statistics 2026

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

Year :
Decree type :
Total naturalisations
21 739
Naturalisations
16 334
75.1% of total
Reinstatements
101
0.5% of total
Collective effect
5 304
24.4% of total

Gender distribution

MaleFemale
10 368 (48%)11 364 (52%)

Age group distribution

18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
3227 3285 5392 215834248

By country of origin

200 countries
#CountryCount%
1France
4 15719.4%
2Maroc
3 00314.0%
3Algérie
1 8738.7%
4Tunisie
1 6067.5%
5Liban
6312.9%
6Sénégal
5322.5%
7Côte d’Ivoire
4722.2%
8Cameroun
4642.2%
9Roumanie
3441.6%
10Russie
3291.5%
11Italie
3221.5%
12Syrie
2921.4%
13Guinée
2851.3%
14Brésil
2851.3%
15Colombie
2581.2%
16Haïti
2451.1%
17Royaume-Uni
2451.1%
18Madagascar
2301.1%
19Turquie
2131.0%
20Mali
1830.9%
21République démocratique du Congo
1780.8%
22Espagne
1720.8%
23Bénin
1690.8%
24Chine
1540.7%
25Allemagne
1500.7%
26Mexique
1500.7%
27Togo
1460.7%
28Vietnam
1460.7%
29Etats-Unis
1400.7%
30Gabon
1370.6%
31République du Congo
1340.6%
32Irak
1280.6%
33Ukraine
1270.6%
34Iran
1200.6%
35Arménie
1140.5%
36Bangladesh
1060.5%
37Pologne
1050.5%
38Moldavie
1050.5%
39Inde
1050.5%
40Albanie
960.4%
41Portugal
950.4%
42Venezuela
920.4%
43Maurice
910.4%
44Comores
880.4%
45Canada
840.4%
46Afghanistan
840.4%
47Belgique
750.3%
48Soudan
700.3%
49Pérou
690.3%
50Argentine
670.3%
51Pakistan
650.3%
52Suisse
620.3%
53Kosovo
620.3%
54États-Unis
580.3%
55Grèce
520.2%
56Burkina Faso
520.2%
57République centrafricaine
490.2%
58Arabie saoudite
480.2%
59Mauritanie
470.2%
60Bulgarie
470.2%
61Taïwan
450.2%
62Niger
440.2%
63Angola
430.2%
64Tchad
420.2%
65Géorgie
380.2%
66Sri Lanka
380.2%
67Suriname
370.2%
68Egypte
350.2%
69Nigéria
330.2%
70Serbie
320.1%
71Burundi
310.1%
72République dominicaine
310.1%
73Rwanda
300.1%
74Népal
290.1%
75Égypte
270.1%
76Hongrie
270.1%
77Chili
250.1%
78Australie
230.1%
79Cambodge
220.1%
80Djibouti
220.1%
81Philippines
220.1%
82Bosnie-Herzégovine
220.1%
83Macédoine du Nord
220.1%
84Thaïlande
210.1%
85Cap-Vert
210.1%
86Yougoslavie
210.1%
87Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
210.1%
88Équateur
190.1%
89Kazakhstan
180.1%
90République tchèque
180.1%
91Slovaquie
180.1%
92Bolivie
150.1%
93Biélorussie
150.1%
94Ethiopie
150.1%
95Guyana
150.1%
96Irlande
140.1%
97Equateur
140.1%
98Suède
130.1%
99Danemark
130.1%
100Libye
130.1%
101Luxembourg
130.1%
102Sierra Leone
120.1%
103Oman
120.1%
104Afrique du Sud
120.1%
105Azerbaïdjan
110.1%
106Koweït
110.1%
107Jordanie
110.1%
108Pays-Bas
110.1%
109Yémen
110.1%
110Kenya
110.1%
111Ghana
100.0%
112Norvège
100.0%
113Guatemala
90.0%
114Emirats arabes unis
90.0%
115Indonésie
90.0%
116Cuba
90.0%
117Uruguay
90.0%
118Ouzbékistan
90.0%
119Salvador
80.0%
120Somalie
80.0%
121Macédoine
80.0%
122Congo
80.0%
123Croatie
70.0%
124Corée du Sud
70.0%
125Paraguay
70.0%
126Laos
60.0%
127Singapour
60.0%
128Territoires palestiniens
60.0%
129Monténégro
60.0%
130Lettonie
60.0%
131Tadjikistan
60.0%
132Costa Rica
60.0%
133Israël
60.0%
134Malaisie
50.0%
135Bahrein
50.0%
136Autriche
50.0%
137Émirats arabes unis
50.0%
138Éthiopie
50.0%
139Zaïre
50.0%
140U R S S
50.0%
141Guinée équatoriale
40.0%
142Erythrée
40.0%
143Etats -Unis
40.0%
144Honduras
40.0%
145Japon
40.0%
146Kirghizistan
40.0%
147URSS
40.0%
148Etats-Unis d’Amérique
40.0%
149Qatar
30.0%
150Tchécoslovaquie
30.0%
151Birmanie
30.0%
152Georgie
30.0%
153Guatémala
30.0%
154Libéria
30.0%
155Chypre zone turque
30.0%
156Ouganda
30.0%
157Nicaragua
30.0%
158Zimbabwe
20.0%
159Principauté
20.0%
160Panama
20.0%
161République Populaire du Congo
20.0%
162Nouvelle-Zélande
20.0%
163Mongolie
20.0%
164Sainte-Lucie
20.0%
165Malte
20.0%
166Lituanie
20.0%
167Jamaïque
20.0%
168Guinée-Bissau
20.0%
169Gambie
20.0%
170Finlande
20.0%
171Estonie
20.0%
172Turkménistan
20.0%
173Corée
20.0%
174Congo-Kinshasa
20.0%
175Bhoutan
20.0%
176Monaco
10.0%
177Etats- Unis d’Amérique
10.0%
178Thailande
10.0%
179Chypre
10.0%
180Érythrée
10.0%
181Trinité et Tobago
10.0%
182Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines
10.0%
183Var
10.0%
184Orne
10.0%
185République populaire de Congo
10.0%
186Moselle
10.0%
187Antigua et Barbuda
10.0%
188Rhône
10.0%
189Slovénie
10.0%
190Kirghizstan
10.0%
191Congo-Brazzaville
10.0%
192Hautes-Alpes
10.0%
193Algerie
10.0%
194Guinée-Bissao
10.0%
195Madagas - car
10.0%
196Seychelles
10.0%
197RFA
10.0%
198R F A
10.0%
199Malawi
10.0%
200Tanzanie
10.0%

Most common first names

#First nameCount%
1Mohamed
3397.9%
2Ahmed
1192.8%
3Mohammed
1112.6%
4Youssef
1052.5%
5Maria
952.2%
6Adam
902.1%
7Ali
892.1%
8Omar
831.9%
9Yassine
791.8%
10Sara
771.8%
11Hamza
711.7%
12Yasmine
701.6%
13Mamadou
701.6%
14Lina
671.6%
15Marie
651.5%
16Amine
641.5%
17Sarah
641.5%
18Salma
621.4%
19Ayoub
621.4%
20David
611.4%
21Mehdi
561.3%
22Daniel
521.2%
23Ibrahim
491.1%
24Imane
471.1%
25Sofia
441.0%
26Anna
421.0%
27Kenza
411.0%
28Zakaria
411.0%
29Khadija
411.0%
30Nour
411.0%
31Oussama
400.9%
32Ana
380.9%
33Karim
380.9%
34Achraf
370.9%
35Meriem
370.9%
36Amir
370.9%
37Fatima
370.9%
38Anas
350.8%
39Amadou
350.8%
40Elena
340.8%
41Ismail
340.8%
42Hajar
340.8%
43Laura
340.8%
44Abdoulaye
330.8%
45Alexandra
330.8%
46Walid
330.8%
47Oumaima
320.7%
48Gabriel
310.7%
49Aminata
310.7%
50Ines
310.7%
51Khaled
310.7%
52Reda
300.7%
53Zineb
300.7%
54Ghita
300.7%
55Said
300.7%
56Aicha
290.7%
57Fatma
290.7%
58Younes
290.7%
59Mohammad
280.7%
60Mariam
280.7%
61Julia
280.7%
62Ibrahima
280.7%
63Mustapha
280.7%
64Amina
280.7%
65Asma
270.6%
66Joseph
270.6%
67Aya
270.6%
68Moussa
270.6%
69Meryem
260.6%
70Wassim
260.6%
71Hassan
260.6%
72Victoria
250.6%
73Hind
250.6%
74Anis
250.6%
75Carlos
250.6%
76Olga
250.6%
77Adil
250.6%
78Marina
250.6%
79Aylan
250.6%
80Fatoumata
250.6%
81Salim
250.6%
82Hicham
240.6%
83Amal
240.6%
84Nadia
240.6%
85Amira
240.6%
86Irina
240.6%
87Haroun
240.6%
88Nada
240.6%
89Rania
240.6%
90Mourad
240.6%
91Yanis
240.6%
92Rita
230.5%
93Maryam
230.5%
94Emma
230.5%
95Lydia
230.5%
96Nabil
230.5%
97Houda
230.5%
98Amel
230.5%
99Diana
230.5%
100Siham
220.5%

By department

#DepartmentCount%
175 — Paris
4 15621.7%
292 — Hauts-de-Seine
8684.5%
313 — Bouches-du-Rhône
6753.5%
431 — Haute-Garonne
6273.3%
56 — 6
6123.2%
669 — Rhône
6023.1%
794 — Val-de-Marne
6013.1%
859 — Nord
5072.6%
991 — Essonne
4952.6%
10973 — Guyane
4732.5%
1133 — Gironde
4692.4%
1278 — Yvelines
4392.3%
1395 — Val-d'Oise
4282.2%
1477 — Seine-et-Marne
4172.2%
1593 — Seine-Saint-Denis
3982.1%
1667 — Bas-Rhin
3401.8%
1744 — Loire-Atlantique
3361.8%
1838 — Isère
3281.7%
1925 — Doubs
2811.5%
2021 — Côte-d'Or
2541.3%
2134 — Hérault
2391.2%
2260 — Oise
2301.2%
2335 — Ille-et-Vilaine
2161.1%
2476 — Seine-Maritime
2041.1%
2599 — 99
2001.0%
2668 — Haut-Rhin
1831.0%
2745 — Loiret
1710.9%
2857 — Moselle
1620.8%
2974 — Haute-Savoie
1520.8%
3071 — Saône-et-Loire
1500.8%
3114 — Calvados
1490.8%
3290 — Territoire de Belfort
1460.8%
3320 — 20
1400.7%
3454 — Meurthe-et-Moselle
1360.7%
3551 — Marne
1360.7%
3683 — Var
1290.7%
3764 — Pyrénées-Atlantiques
1280.7%
3886 — Vienne
1200.6%
3937 — Indre-et-Loire
1190.6%
401 — 1
1090.6%
4150 — Manche
1050.5%
4217 — Charente-Maritime
1010.5%
4362 — Pas-de-Calais
950.5%
4439 — Jura
940.5%
4589 — Yonne
920.5%
4628 — Eure-et-Loir
890.5%
4784 — Vaucluse
870.5%
4887 — Haute-Vienne
850.4%
4930 — Gard
830.4%
5010 — Aube
820.4%
5180 — Somme
790.4%
5249 — Maine-et-Loire
760.4%
5373 — Savoie
670.3%
5429 — Finistère
670.3%
552 — 2
650.3%
5679 — Deux-Sèvres
630.3%
5763 — Puy-de-Dôme
590.3%
5842 — Loire
590.3%
5970 — Haute-Saône
540.3%
6022 — Côtes-d'Armor
530.3%
6166 — Pyrénées-Orientales
520.3%
6253 — Mayenne
520.3%
6358 — Nièvre
510.3%
6497 — 97
480.3%
6556 — Morbihan
460.2%
664 — 4
430.2%
6716 — Charente
410.2%
6847 — Lot-et-Garonne
400.2%
6941 — Loir-et-Cher
400.2%
7061 — Orne
390.2%
7140 — Landes
380.2%
7272 — Sarthe
380.2%
7311 — Aude
370.2%
7419 — Corrèze
350.2%
7585 — Vendée
290.2%
7627 — Eure
290.2%
7712 — Aveyron
290.2%
78988 — 988
290.2%
7924 — Dordogne
280.1%
8081 — Tarn
280.1%
8188 — Vosges
280.1%
8226 — Drôme
270.1%
8336 — Indre
240.1%
8482 — Tarn-et-Garonne
230.1%
85974 — La Réunion
210.1%
8646 — Lot
160.1%
8752 — Haute-Marne
160.1%
8865 — Hautes-Pyrénées
160.1%
8955 — Meuse
150.1%
90987 — 987
140.1%
9132 — Gers
130.1%
923 — 3
130.1%
9318 — Cher
120.1%
945 — 5
120.1%
959 — 9
110.1%
968 — 8
100.1%
977 — 7
100.1%
98972 — Martinique
90.0%
99975 — 975
80.0%
10015 — Cantal
80.0%
10123 — Creuse
70.0%
102976 — Mayotte
70.0%
103978 — 978
50.0%
10448 — Lozère
50.0%
10543 — Haute-Loire
20.0%
106971 — Guadeloupe
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 have been granted French nationality since the start of 2026?

So far in 2026, 21 739 people have acquired French nationality through decrees published in the Journal Officiel (JORF): 16 334 by naturalisation, 101 by reinstatement, and 5 304 by collective effect. This figure is provisional and rises with each new publication.

Which country of origin has the most naturalisations in 2026?

In 2026, the leading foreign country of origin is Maroc, with 3 003 people naturalised.

What is the male / female split of naturalisations in 2026?

In 2026, naturalised people break down into 48% men and 52% women.

Which departments record the most naturalisations in 2026?

In 2026, the departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (4 156), Hauts-de-Seine (868), Bouches-du-Rhône (675).

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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In 2026, 21 739 people obtained French nationality by decree, according to data extracted from the Journal Officiel (JORF).

  • Naturalisations by decree account for 16 334 cases (75.1%), reinstatements for 101 (0.5%), and collective effects for 5 304 (24.4%).
  • The most represented foreign countries of origin are Maroc (3 003), Algérie (1 873), Tunisie (1 606).
  • 106 departments are represented. The departments with the most naturalisations are Paris (4 156), Hauts-de-Seine (868), Bouches-du-Rhône (675).