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Naturalisation

How many people acquire Swiss citizenship each year and which nationality they held before.

Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship (persons per year)

Headline indicator

Official figure

Latest value (2025) 40,672

Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship (persons per year)

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  • Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship (persons per year)

Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship (persons per year) rose from 12,651 in 1975 to 40,672 in 2025.

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Data shown in the chart “Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship (persons per year)”
YearAcquisitions of Swiss citizenship (persons per year)
197512,651
197615,261
197716,803
197837,157
197925,696
198016,060
198114,299
198212,723
198311,831
198411,850
198514,393
198614,416
198712,370
198811,356
198910,342
19908,658
19918,757
199211,133
199312,898
199413,739
199516,790
199619,159
199719,169
199821,279
199920,363
200028,700
200127,586
200236,515
200335,424
200435,685
200538,437
200646,711
200743,889
200844,365
200943,440
201039,314
201136,012
201233,500
201334,061
201432,836
201540,689
201642,937
201744,949
201842,493
201941,127
202034,141
202136,994
202241,486
202341,201
202439,912
202540,672

Three answers

Proposals of the left, the centre and the right, summarised by Votara editors from the parties' own documents and from parliamentary business. They are not Votara's opinion.

Left: SP and Greens · Centre: Die Mitte and GLP · Right: SVP and FDP. This grouping is an editorial choice by Votara. Source for the parties' left–right placement: Selects 2023 election study (FORS, in German)

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Related federal votes

No vote is assigned to this sub-problem itself; these are the votes on Population & environment.

Selection: votes that Swissvotes assigns to this topic's policy area (Swissvotes codebook), and votes linked by Votara editors.

Each line is one vote, from 1848 to 2026: accepted rejected upcoming

Accepted: 16 of 49

Upcoming

  1. Fireworks Initiative Upcoming

The 10 most recent of 49 past votes

  1. Climate Fund Initiative Rejected
  2. Cantonal taxation of second properties Accepted
  3. Initiative for an economy within planetary boundaries («Environmental Responsibility Initiative») Rejected
  4. Termination due to personal need (tenancy law) Rejected
  5. Conditions for subletting Rejected
  6. Biodiversity initiative Rejected
  7. Climate and Innovation Act Accepted
  8. CO2 Act Rejected
  9. Initiative «For a Switzerland without artificial pesticides» Rejected
  10. Initiative «For clean drinking water and healthy food» Rejected

Source: Année politique suisse, University of Bern — Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes (data 1848–2027, source checked on ) Checks failing