Germany grants citizenship to record 332,500 people in 2025

Germany granted citizenship to a record 332,500 people in 2025, a 14% rise on the previous year, with Syrians making up the largest single group for the fifth year running, according to data released by the Federal Statistics Office on Wednesday.

One in five people naturalised last year was Syrian, though the number of Syrians gaining German citizenship fell by 21% compared with 2024, when many who arrived as refugees in 2015 and 2016 became eligible for naturalisation....