Statistics on Acquisition of Spanish Citizenship of Residents National results Acquisitions of nationality by sex, age group and method of acquisition Unidades: Personas 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 All ages Total Total 240.208 181.581 144.012 126.266 98.954 90.774 66.498 150.944 114.351 205.880 225.793 Residencia 212.779 157.415 121.760 111.233 76.855 69.771 41.180 117.994 80.146 162.788 193.731 Opción 26.844 23.558 21.712 14.862 21.930 20.861 25.200 32.806 34.108 42.323 29.609 Carta de naturaleza 585 608 540 171 169 142 118 144 97 273 308 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 496 2.145 Males Total 108.488 85.419 68.879 59.107 46.600 42.786 32.748 70.489 55.197 96.043 103.087 Residencia 94.429 72.963 57.399 51.380 35.139 31.922 19.461 53.388 37.322 73.674 86.527 Opción 13.778 12.167 11.227 7.636 11.378 10.789 13.217 17.031 17.837 22.040 15.486 Carta de naturaleza 281 289 253 91 83 75 70 70 38 117 110 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 212 964 Females Total 131.720 96.162 75.133 67.159 52.354 47.988 33.750 80.455 59.154 109.837 122.706 Residencia 118.350 84.452 64.361 59.853 41.716 37.849 21.719 64.606 42.824 89.114 107.204 Opción 13.066 11.391 10.485 7.226 10.552 10.072 11.983 15.775 16.271 20.283 14.123 Carta de naturaleza 304 319 287 80 86 67 48 74 59 156 198 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 284 1.181 From 0 to 4 years old Total Total 23.463 18.392 10.512 8.435 8.887 5.431 6.586 13.051 11.338 16.134 12.913 Residencia 16.159 10.821 3.189 4.491 2.738 853 479 4.849 3.143 6.178 6.526 Opción 7.291 7.557 7.309 3.941 6.148 4.578 6.103 8.199 8.192 9.930 6.311 Carta de naturaleza 13 14 14 3 1 0 4 3 3 5 2 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 21 74 Males Total 12.116 9.453 5.458 4.364 4.621 2.766 3.423 6.782 5.927 8.422 6.876 Residencia 8.393 5.563 1.678 2.365 1.431 450 238 2.532 1.620 3.225 3.492 Opción 3.714 3.882 3.773 1.997 3.190 2.316 3.182 4.249 4.305 5.184 3.339 Carta de naturaleza 9 8 7 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 11 44 Females Total 11.347 8.939 5.054 4.071 4.266 2.665 3.163 6.269 5.411 7.712 6.037 Residencia 7.766 5.258 1.511 2.126 1.307 403 241 2.317 1.523 2.953 3.034 Opción 3.577 3.675 3.536 1.944 2.958 2.262 2.921 3.950 3.887 4.746 2.972 Carta de naturaleza 4 6 7 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 10 30 From 5 to 9 years Total Total 21.541 26.297 18.546 15.021 12.347 11.521 8.534 15.017 10.763 14.214 10.418 Residencia 14.958 20.131 12.823 11.261 7.050 7.044 3.032 8.665 4.782 7.821 6.563 Opción 6.566 6.139 5.702 3.750 5.294 4.469 5.497 6.348 5.981 6.362 3.780 Carta de naturaleza 17 27 21 10 3 8 5 4 "" 10 3 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 21 72 Males Total 11.056 13.709 9.647 7.907 6.351 6.001 4.500 7.778 5.669 7.432 5.410 Residencia 7.732 10.521 6.708 5.967 3.609 3.631 1.569 4.505 2.519 4.152 3.367 Opción 3.316 3.173 2.930 1.934 2.740 2.368 2.929 3.271 3.150 3.261 2.005 Carta de naturaleza 8 15 9 6 2 2 2 2 "" 6 1 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 13 37 Females Total 10.485 12.588 8.899 7.114 5.996 5.520 4.034 7.239 5.094 6.782 5.008 Residencia 7.226 9.610 6.115 5.294 3.441 3.413 1.463 4.160 2.263 3.669 3.196 Opción 3.250 2.966 2.772 1.816 2.554 2.101 2.568 3.077 2.831 3.101 1.775 Carta de naturaleza 9 12 12 4 1 6 3 2 "" 4 2 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 8 35 From 10 to 14 years old Total Total 15.063 13.782 9.366 6.966 6.428 6.081 6.347 9.657 9.738 14.076 11.634 Residencia 8.551 8.999 5.000 3.860 2.136 1.551 729 1.817 1.150 2.472 3.066 Opción 6.502 4.762 4.347 3.101 4.289 4.526 5.616 7.840 8.585 11.589 8.502 Carta de naturaleza 10 21 19 5 3 4 2 "" 3 2 2 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 13 64 Males Total 7.764 7.083 4.851 3.652 3.383 3.144 3.384 5.032 5.165 7.398 6.041 Residencia 4.344 4.624 2.591 2.017 1.129 790 384 915 620 1.292 1.549 Opción 3.417 2.447 2.248 1.632 2.253 2.352 2.998 4.117 4.544 6.097 4.460 Carta de naturaleza 3 12 12 3 1 2 2 "" 1 1 2 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 8 30 Females Total 7.299 6.699 4.515 3.314 3.045 2.937 2.963 4.625 4.573 6.678 5.593 Residencia 4.207 4.375 2.409 1.843 1.007 761 345 902 530 1.180 1.517 Opción 3.085 2.315 2.099 1.469 2.036 2.174 2.618 3.723 4.041 5.492 4.042 Carta de naturaleza 7 9 7 2 2 2 0 "" 2 1 "" No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 5 34 From 15 to 19 years old Total Total 13.197 10.742 6.830 5.417 6.502 7.381 7.817 12.400 12.313 18.203 15.521 Residencia 7.848 6.639 3.281 2.137 1.467 1.370 934 3.227 2.252 5.527 5.749 Opción 5.331 4.087 3.536 3.273 5.031 6.004 6.880 9.170 10.057 12.636 9.660 Carta de naturaleza 18 16 13 7 4 7 3 3 4 13 9 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 27 103 Males Total 6.882 5.649 3.582 2.830 3.384 3.898 4.129 6.503 6.445 9.469 8.042 Residencia 4.093 3.481 1.698 1.130 729 717 517 1.669 1.182 2.792 2.973 Opción 2.777 2.160 1.881 1.696 2.653 3.178 3.611 4.831 5.263 6.653 5.012 Carta de naturaleza 12 8 3 4 2 3 1 3 "" 8 6 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 16 51 Females Total 6.315 5.093 3.248 2.587 3.118 3.483 3.688 5.897 5.868 8.734 7.479 Residencia 3.755 3.158 1.583 1.007 738 653 417 1.558 1.070 2.735 2.776 Opción 2.554 1.927 1.655 1.577 2.378 2.826 3.269 4.339 4.794 5.983 4.648 Carta de naturaleza 6 8 10 3 2 4 2 "" 4 5 3 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 11 52 From 20 to 24 years Total Total 12.678 9.733 7.166 5.124 3.926 4.222 2.674 7.867 5.404 10.792 13.286 Residencia 11.960 9.194 6.685 4.687 3.333 3.553 2.123 7.179 4.734 9.578 12.197 Opción 650 472 421 421 576 656 548 679 661 1.146 896 Carta de naturaleza 68 67 60 16 17 13 3 9 9 20 25 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 48 168 Males Total 5.906 4.479 3.443 2.441 1.939 2.049 1.380 3.808 2.643 5.283 6.365 Residencia 5.520 4.197 3.186 2.208 1.633 1.716 1.091 3.432 2.302 4.651 5.784 Opción 351 255 227 225 298 325 287 372 338 605 500 Carta de naturaleza 35 27 30 8 8 8 2 4 3 7 8 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 20 73 Females Total 6.772 5.254 3.723 2.683 1.987 2.173 1.294 4.059 2.761 5.509 6.921 Residencia 6.440 4.997 3.499 2.479 1.700 1.837 1.032 3.747 2.432 4.927 6.413 Opción 299 217 194 196 278 331 261 307 323 541 396 Carta de naturaleza 33 40 30 8 9 5 1 5 6 13 17 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 28 95 From 25 to 29 years Total Total 19.965 13.145 10.222 8.482 5.966 5.360 3.236 10.015 6.949 14.795 19.263 Residencia 19.738 12.931 10.049 8.384 5.797 5.205 3.088 9.848 6.773 14.571 18.902 Opción 118 129 101 77 142 140 137 149 163 152 117 Carta de naturaleza 109 85 72 21 27 15 11 18 13 27 33 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 45 211 Males Total 8.285 5.643 4.546 3.582 2.671 2.306 1.434 4.003 2.837 5.771 7.490 Residencia 8.175 5.544 4.456 3.537 2.602 2.242 1.372 3.939 2.775 5.683 7.352 Opción 56 58 55 35 58 61 56 54 57 59 46 Carta de naturaleza 54 41 35 10 11 3 6 10 5 13 9 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 16 83 Females Total 11.680 7.502 5.676 4.900 3.295 3.054 1.802 6.012 4.112 9.024 11.773 Residencia 11.563 7.387 5.593 4.847 3.195 2.963 1.716 5.909 3.998 8.888 11.550 Opción 62 71 46 42 84 79 81 95 106 93 71 Carta de naturaleza 55 44 37 11 16 12 5 8 8 14 24 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 29 128 From 30 to 34 years old Total Total 28.805 15.752 13.301 12.796 9.224 8.338 5.083 15.661 11.404 25.645 34.143 Residencia 28.613 15.549 13.138 12.708 9.103 8.196 4.968 15.515 11.261 25.361 33.596 Opción 92 103 69 68 104 124 103 114 133 140 92 Carta de naturaleza 100 100 94 20 17 18 12 32 10 50 53 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 94 402 Males Total 11.497 6.303 5.521 5.055 3.499 3.126 1.982 5.807 4.458 10.037 13.831 Residencia 11.410 6.212 5.451 5.016 3.446 3.061 1.932 5.757 4.387 9.930 13.622 Opción 39 45 29 30 42 52 42 42 67 52 34 Carta de naturaleza 48 46 41 9 11 13 8 8 4 18 20 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 37 155 Females Total 17.308 9.449 7.780 7.741 5.725 5.212 3.101 9.854 6.946 15.608 20.312 Residencia 17.203 9.337 7.687 7.692 5.657 5.135 3.036 9.758 6.874 15.431 19.974 Opción 53 58 40 38 62 72 61 72 66 88 58 Carta de naturaleza 52 54 53 11 6 5 4 24 6 32 33 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 57 247 From 35 to 39 years old Total Total 28.718 18.348 17.019 17.132 12.631 11.707 7.104 20.180 14.337 29.484 35.678 Residencia 28.591 18.203 16.909 17.074 12.527 11.590 7.015 20.098 14.223 29.246 35.155 Opción 70 78 47 38 76 98 71 71 101 116 73 Carta de naturaleza 57 67 63 20 28 19 18 11 13 43 65 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 79 385 Males Total 11.711 7.624 7.227 7.086 5.326 4.962 3.169 8.740 6.580 13.547 16.233 Residencia 11.663 7.545 7.178 7.068 5.273 4.912 3.132 8.707 6.535 13.441 16.001 Opción 24 41 19 9 39 40 25 29 42 55 30 Carta de naturaleza 24 38 30 9 14 10 12 4 3 19 20 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 32 182 Females Total 17.007 10.724 9.792 10.046 7.305 6.745 3.935 11.440 7.757 15.937 19.445 Residencia 16.928 10.658 9.731 10.006 7.254 6.678 3.883 11.391 7.688 15.805 19.154 Opción 46 37 28 29 37 58 46 42 59 61 43 Carta de naturaleza 33 29 33 11 14 9 6 7 10 24 45 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 47 203 From 40 to 44 years Total Total 26.325 19.099 17.719 16.544 11.932 11.123 6.821 17.428 12.049 23.917 28.450 Residencia 26.219 19.002 17.635 16.491 11.850 11.051 6.741 17.343 11.967 23.743 28.081 Opción 58 51 44 39 68 54 59 67 68 68 48 Carta de naturaleza 48 46 40 14 14 18 21 18 14 35 43 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 71 278 Males Total 11.619 8.918 8.672 8.002 5.764 5.418 3.368 8.453 6.161 11.498 13.655 Residencia 11.572 8.870 8.632 7.967 5.722 5.392 3.335 8.416 6.127 11.432 13.482 Opción 20 24 19 25 34 17 22 26 26 20 19 Carta de naturaleza 27 24 21 10 8 9 11 11 8 15 13 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 31 141 Females Total 14.706 10.181 9.047 8.542 6.168 5.705 3.453 8.975 5.888 12.419 14.795 Residencia 14.647 10.132 9.003 8.524 6.128 5.659 3.406 8.927 5.840 12.311 14.599 Opción 38 27 25 14 34 37 37 41 42 48 29 Carta de naturaleza 21 22 19 4 6 9 10 7 6 20 30 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 40 137 From 45 to 49 years old Total Total 19.800 14.290 13.405 12.165 8.513 8.295 5.112 12.826 8.808 16.741 19.789 Residencia 19.714 14.189 13.337 12.111 8.443 8.225 5.059 12.763 8.758 16.615 19.583 Opción 46 65 36 42 50 59 40 52 44 65 24 Carta de naturaleza 40 36 32 12 20 11 13 11 6 29 23 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 32 159 Males Total 9.099 6.952 7.002 6.155 4.186 4.052 2.608 6.284 4.372 8.005 9.058 Residencia 9.063 6.900 6.968 6.127 4.158 4.019 2.582 6.261 4.351 7.949 8.961 Opción 21 37 19 20 18 26 20 18 17 31 8 Carta de naturaleza 15 15 15 8 10 7 6 5 4 13 9 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 12 80 Females Total 10.701 7.338 6.403 6.010 4.327 4.243 2.504 6.542 4.436 8.736 10.731 Residencia 10.651 7.289 6.369 5.984 4.285 4.206 2.477 6.502 4.407 8.666 10.622 Opción 25 28 17 22 32 33 20 34 27 34 16 Carta de naturaleza 25 21 17 4 10 4 7 6 2 16 14 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 20 79 From 50 to 54 years old Total Total 13.213 9.643 8.931 8.283 5.797 5.336 3.385 8.116 5.480 10.806 12.270 Residencia 13.134 9.570 8.864 8.233 5.747 5.281 3.349 8.073 5.439 10.722 12.094 Opción 41 41 33 37 40 46 32 28 34 39 34 Carta de naturaleza 38 32 34 13 10 9 4 15 7 18 24 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 27 118 Males Total 5.822 4.509 4.349 3.931 2.722 2.543 1.669 3.764 2.551 4.793 5.291 Residencia 5.787 4.476 4.321 3.908 2.700 2.515 1.650 3.748 2.535 4.768 5.215 Opción 17 19 12 15 19 23 17 7 14 8 17 Carta de naturaleza 18 14 16 8 3 5 2 9 2 9 12 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 8 47 Females Total 7.391 5.134 4.582 4.352 3.075 2.793 1.716 4.352 2.929 6.013 6.979 Residencia 7.347 5.094 4.543 4.325 3.047 2.766 1.699 4.325 2.904 5.954 6.879 Opción 24 22 21 22 21 23 15 21 20 31 17 Carta de naturaleza 20 18 18 5 7 4 2 6 5 9 12 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 19 71 From 55 to 59 years old Total Total 8.141 5.962 5.403 4.961 3.412 3.009 1.933 4.627 3.110 5.976 6.738 Residencia 8.092 5.902 5.366 4.931 3.367 2.969 1.898 4.601 3.075 5.932 6.636 Opción 24 28 19 24 36 38 29 17 28 23 20 Carta de naturaleza 25 32 18 6 9 2 6 9 7 9 14 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 12 68 Males Total 3.280 2.577 2.418 2.200 1.438 1.359 912 1.957 1.379 2.537 2.736 Residencia 3.257 2.546 2.403 2.191 1.416 1.340 892 1.947 1.370 2.526 2.709 Opción 11 14 8 7 15 18 16 7 8 6 3 Carta de naturaleza 12 17 7 2 7 1 4 3 1 1 5 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 4 19 Females Total 4.861 3.385 2.985 2.761 1.974 1.650 1.021 2.670 1.731 3.439 4.002 Residencia 4.835 3.356 2.963 2.740 1.951 1.629 1.006 2.654 1.705 3.406 3.927 Opción 13 14 11 17 21 20 13 10 20 17 17 Carta de naturaleza 13 15 11 4 2 1 2 6 6 8 9 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 8 49 From 60 to 64 years old Total Total 4.757 3.321 2.904 2.614 1.820 1.568 982 2.272 1.457 2.845 3.247 Residencia 4.724 3.296 2.869 2.588 1.791 1.553 961 2.248 1.437 2.824 3.193 Opción 22 10 15 19 24 9 19 18 16 14 21 Carta de naturaleza 11 15 20 7 5 6 2 6 4 5 7 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 2 26 Males Total 1.786 1.356 1.190 1.069 772 657 444 942 613 1.096 1.200 Residencia 1.773 1.346 1.178 1.061 762 649 435 933 607 1.091 1.181 Opción 8 4 4 6 9 4 7 4 3 2 6 Carta de naturaleza 5 6 8 2 1 4 2 5 3 2 2 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 1 11 Females Total 2.971 1.965 1.714 1.545 1.048 911 538 1.330 844 1.749 2.047 Residencia 2.951 1.950 1.691 1.527 1.029 904 526 1.315 830 1.733 2.012 Opción 14 6 11 13 15 5 12 14 13 12 15 Carta de naturaleza 6 9 12 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 5 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 1 15 65 and over Total Total 4.542 3.075 2.688 2.326 1.569 1.402 884 1.827 1.201 2.252 2.443 Residencia 4.478 2.989 2.615 2.277 1.506 1.330 804 1.768 1.152 2.198 2.390 Opción 33 36 33 32 52 60 66 54 45 43 31 Carta de naturaleza 31 50 40 17 11 12 14 5 4 7 5 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 4 17 Males Total 1.665 1.164 973 833 544 505 346 636 397 755 859 Residencia 1.647 1.138 951 818 529 488 332 627 392 742 839 Opción 7 8 3 5 10 9 5 4 3 7 7 Carta de naturaleza 11 18 19 10 5 8 9 5 2 3 2 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 3 11 Females Total 2.877 1.911 1.715 1.493 1.025 897 538 1.191 804 1.497 1.584 Residencia 2.831 1.851 1.664 1.459 977 842 472 1.141 760 1.456 1.551 Opción 26 28 30 27 42 51 61 50 42 36 24 Carta de naturaleza 20 32 21 7 6 4 5 "" 2 4 3 No consta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "" "" 1 6 Notas: Fuente: