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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Measures of national citizenship policies in the six selected countries in 2011

From: Immigrant citizenship status in Europe: the role of individual characteristics and national policies

Country

No. of years of residence required for naturalisation

Toleration of dual citizenship (1 = yes; 0 = no)

Naturalisation rate of all foreign citizens (in %)

Naturalisation rate of non-EU foreign citizens only (in %)

Proportion (%) of all foreign citizens

Proportion (%) of non-EU foreign citizens only

Belgium

5

1

2.56

5.52

11.04

3.7

France

5

1

2.96

4.06

6.04

3.8

Germany

8

0

1.52

2.37

9.05

4.8

Italy

10

1

1.45

1.77

6.82

4.9

Portugal

6

1

5.22

6.58

4.14

2.8

Spain

10

1

2.16

3.46

11.18

7.0

  1. Source: Own elaboration of various sources