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Country ranking for field: citizenship residency requirement for naturalization 2023
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age structure 0-14 years
age structure 15-64 years
age structure 65 years and over
airports
airports with paved runways 1524 to 2437 m
airports with paved runways 2438 to 3047 m
airports with paved runways 914 to 1523 m
airports with paved runways over 3047 m
airports with paved runways total
airports with paved runways under 914 m
airports with unpaved runways 1524 to 2437 m
airports with unpaved runways 2438 to 3047 m
airports with unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m
airports with unpaved runways over 3047 m
airports with unpaved runways total
airports with unpaved runways under 914 m
area land
area total
area water
birth rate
broadband fixed subscriptions subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
broadband fixed subscriptions total
budget expenditures
budget revenues
budget surplus or deficit
carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy
children under the age of 5 years underweight
coastline
contraceptive prevalence rate
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crude oil exports
crude oil imports
crude oil production
crude oil proved reserves
current account balance
current health expenditure
death rate
debt external
dependency ratios elderly dependency ratio
dependency ratios potential support ratio
dependency ratios total dependency ratio
dependency ratios youth dependency ratio
drinking water source improved rural
drinking water source improved total
drinking water source improved urban
drinking water source unimproved rural
drinking water source unimproved total
drinking water source unimproved urban
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education expenditures
electricity consumption
electricity exports
electricity from fossil fuels
electricity from hydroelectric plants
electricity from nuclear fuels
electricity from other renewable sources
electricity imports
electricity installed generating capacity
electricity production
elevation mean elevation
exports
gdp composition by end use exports of goods and services
gdp composition by end use government consumption
gdp composition by end use imports of goods and services
gdp composition by end use investment in fixed capital
gdp composition by end use investment in inventories
gdp composition by sector of origin agriculture
gdp composition by sector of origin industry
gdp composition by sector of origin services
gdp official exchange rate
gdp per capita ppp
gross national saving
heliports
hivaids adult prevalence rate
hivaids deaths
hivaids people living with hivaids
household income or consumption by percentage share highest 10
imports
industrial production growth rate
infant mortality rate female
infant mortality rate male
infant mortality rate total
inflation rate consumer prices
internet users percent of population
irrigated land
labor force
labor force by occupation farming forestry and fishing
labor force by occupation industry
labor force by occupation industry and services
labor force by occupation managerial professional and technical
labor force by occupation manufacturing
labor force by occupation manufacturing extraction transportation and crafts
labor force by occupation other services
labor force by occupation sales and office
labor force by occupation services
land boundaries total
land use agricultural land
land use arable land
land use forest
land use other
land use permanent crops
land use permanent pasture
life expectancy at birth female
life expectancy at birth male
life expectancy at birth total population
maritime claims contiguous zone
maritime claims exclusive economic zone
maritime claims territorial sea
maternal mortality rate
median age female
median age male
median age total
merchant marine total
military expenditures
mothers mean age at first birth
national air transport system annual freight traffic on registered air carriers
national air transport system inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers
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obesity adult prevalence rate
ousehold income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10
physicians density
population
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population growth rate
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purchasing power parity real
railways standard gauge
railways total
real gdp growth rate
refined petroleum products consumption
refined petroleum products exports
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refined petroleum products production
reserves of foreign exchange and gold
roadways paved
roadways total
roadways unpaved
sanitation facility access improved rural
sanitation facility access improved total
sanitation facility access improved urban
sanitation facility access unimproved rural
sanitation facility access unimproved total
sanitation facility access unimproved urban
school life expectancy primary to tertiary education female
school life expectancy primary to tertiary education male
school life expectancy primary to tertiary education total
sex ratio 0-14 years
sex ratio 15-24 years
sex ratio 25-54 years
sex ratio 55-64 years
sex ratio 65 years and over
sex ratio at birth
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telephones fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
telephones fixed lines total subscriptions
telephones mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
telephones mobile cellular total subscriptions
total fertility rate
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unemployment youth ages 15-24 female
unemployment youth ages 15-24 male
unemployment youth ages 15-24 total
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1
Central African Republic
35
2
United Arab Emirates
30 years
3
San Marino
30 years
4
Bahrain
25 years; 15 years for Arab nationals
5
Andorra
25 years
6
Qatar
20 years; 15 years if an Arab national
7
Eritrea
20 years
8
Nigeria
15 years
9
Nepal
15 years
10
Chad
15 years
11
Jordan
15 years
12
Saint Kitts and Nevis
14 years
13
Switzerland
12 years including at least 3 of the last 5 years prior to application
14
Brunei
12 years
15
Egypt
10 years
16
Equatorial Guinea
10 years
17
Moldova
10 years
18
Syria
10 years
19
Sudan
10 years
20
Spain
10 years for persons with no ties to Spain
21
East Timor
10 years
22
South Sudan
10 years
23
Singapore
10 years
24
Gabon
10 years
25
Georgia
10 years
26
Greece
10 years
27
Slovenia
10 years the last 5 of which have been continuous
28
Congo
10 years
29
Iraq
10 years
30
Rwanda
10 years
31
Portugal
10 years; 6 years if from a Portuguese-speaking country
32
Philippines
10 years
33
Laos
10 years
34
Lithuania
10 years
35
Malaysia
10 out 12 years preceding application
36
Montenegro
10 years
37
Djibouti
10 years
38
Monaco
10 years
39
Comoros
10 years
40
Burundi
10 years
41
Angola
10 years
42
Yemen
10 years
43
Austria
10 years
44
Venezuela
10 years; reduced to five years in the case of applicants from Spain Portugal Italy or a Latin American or Caribbean country
45
Vanuatu
10 years
46
Benin
10 years
47
Bhutan
10 years
48
Botswana
10 years
49
Burkina Faso
10 years
50
Bermuda
10 years
51
Germany
8 years
52
Trinidad and Tobago
8 years
53
Hungary
8 years
54
North Macedonia
8 years
55
Saint Lucia
8 years
56
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 years
57
Papua New Guinea
8 years
58
Kiribati
7 years
59
Norway
7 years
60
Costa Rica
7 years
61
Denmark
7 years
62
Solomon Islands
7 years
63
Somalia
7 years
64
Cyprus
7 years
65
Grenada
7 years for persons from a non-Caribbean state and 4 years for a person from a Caribbean state
66
Luxembourg
7 years
67
Antigua and Barbuda
7 years
68
Turkmenistan
7 years
69
Malawi
7 years
70
Sri Lanka
7 years
71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7 years
72
Algeria
7 years
73
Cambodia
7 years
74
Belarus
7 years
75
Finland
6 years
76
The Bahamas
6-9 years
77
Poland
5 years
78
Thailand
5 years
79
Vietnam
5 years
80
Togo
5 years
81
Panama
5 years
82
Tanzania
5 years
83
Namibia
5 years
84
The Gambia
5 years
85
Mozambique
5 years
86
Morocco
5 years
87
Mongolia
5 years
88
Zambia
5 years for those with an ancestor who was a citizen of Zambia otherwise 10 years residency is required
89
Tajikistan
5 years or 3 years of continuous residence prior to application
90
Romania
5 years
91
South Korea
5 years
92
Tunisia
5 years
93
Turkey
5 years
94
Sweden
5 years
95
Suriname
5 years
96
São Tomé and Príncipe
5 years
97
Taiwan
5 years
98
Ukraine
5 years
99
The Netherlands
5 years
100
South Africa
5 year
101
Uzbekistan
5 years
102
Slovakia
5 years
103
Sierra Leone
5 years
104
Seychelles
5 years
105
Senegal
5 years
106
Saudi Arabia
5 years
107
Tonga
5 years
108
United Kingdom
5 years
109
Samoa
5 years
110
United States
5 years
111
Afghanistan
5 years
112
Zimbabwe
5 years
113
Mexico
5 years
114
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5 years
115
Indonesia
5 continuous years
116
India
5 years
117
Mauritius
5 out of the previous 7 years including the last 12 months
118
Guinea-Bissau
5 years
119
Guatemala
5 years with no absences of six consecutive months or longer or absences totaling more than a year
120
Ghana
5 years
121
France
5 years
122
Federated States of Micronesia
5 years
123
Eswatini
5 years
124
Estonia
5 years
125
El Salvador
5 years
126
Dominica
5 years
127
Côte d'Ivoire
5 years
128
Japan
5 years
129
Czech Republic
5 years
130
Croatia
5 years
131
Colombia
5 years
132
Chile
5 years
133
Cameroon
5 years
134
Cabo Verde
5 years
135
Bulgaria
5 years
136
Belize
5 years
137
Belgium
5 years
138
Barbados
5 years
139
Bangladesh
5 years
140
Azerbaijan
5 years
141
Iran
5 years
142
Haiti
5 years
143
Lesotho
5 years
144
Kyrgyzstan
5 years
145
Albania
5 years
146
Kazakhstan
5 years
147
Latvia
5 years
148
Kosovo
5 years
149
Liechtenstein
5 years
150
Mauritania
5 years
151
Marshall Islands
5 years
152
Malta
5 years
153
Mali
5 years
154
Ethiopia
4 years
155
Nicaragua
4 years
156
Brazil
4 years
157
Pakistan
4 out of the previous 7 years and including the 12 months preceding application
158
Jamaica
4 out of the previous 5 years
159
Australia
4 years
160
Kenya
4 out of the previous 7 years
161
Ireland
4 of the previous 8 years
162
Italy
4 years for EU nationals 5 years for refugees and specified exceptions 10 years for all others
163
Bolivia
3 years
164
New Zealand
3 years
165
Armenia
3 years
166
Uruguay
3-5 years
167
Russia
3-5 years
168
Ecuador
3 years
169
Paraguay
3 years
170
Israel
3 out of the 5 years preceding the application for naturalization
171
Serbia
3 years
172
Iceland
3 to 7 years
173
Argentina
2 years
174
Peru
2 years
175
Dominican Republic
2 years
176
Liberia
2 years
177
Honduras
1 to 3 years
178
China
while naturalization is theoretically possible in practical terms it is extremely difficult; residency is required but not specified
179
Guyana
na
180
Oman
unknown
181
Palau
note - no procedure for naturalization
182
North Korea
unknown
183
Libya
varies from 3 to 5 years
184
Holy See
not applicable
185
Kuwait
not specified
186
Maldives
unknown
187
Fiji
at least 5 years residency out of the 10 years preceding application
188
Guinea
na
189
Cuba
unknown
190
Uganda
an aggregate of 20 years and continuously for the last 2 years prior to applying for citizenship
191
Tuvalu
na
192
Niger
unknown
193
Madagascar
unknown
194
Lebanon
unknown
195
Canada
minimum of 3 of last 5 years resident in Canada
196
Myanmar
none
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