Number of persons receiving Finnish citizenship reached new record in 2023
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release | Citizenships granted 2023According to Statistics Finland, Finnish citizenship was granted in 2023 to 12,224 foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland. The number of persons receiving Finnish citizenship exceeded the previous record from 2017 and is the highest during Finnish independence. Altogether, 2,026 more Finnish citizenships were granted than in 2022. In relative terms, the number grew by 20 per cent from the previous year.
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- In 2023, Finnish citizenship was granted to 12,224 foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland.
- Compared to the previous year, 2,026 more Finnish citizenships were granted.
- Finnish citizenships were granted most to Russian citizens, whose share was 16 per cent.
- The number of dual citizens in Finland was good 172,000 at the end of 2023.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Citizenships granted [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=1797-7169. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 16.12.2024].
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