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'Cyprus granted citizenship to 2,277 individuals in 2014, according to Eurostat, of whom 27.1% were said to be from Russia 15.5% from Greece and 15.1% from the United Kingdom.

Eurostat says that out of the 2,277 individuals 33% were already citizens of another member state, while 67% were not.

In 2014, around 890,000 persons acquired citizenship of a member state of the European Union (EU), down from 981,000 in 2013. Since 2009, more than 5 million persons in total were granted a citizenship of an EU member state. Of the total number of persons obtaining the citizenship of one of the EU member states in 2014, 89% were non - EU citizens.

The largest group acquiring citizenship of an EU member state in 2014 was citizens of Morocco (92,700 persons, of whom 88% acquired citizenship of Spain, Italy or France), ahead of citizens of Albania (41,000, 96% acquired citizenship of Greece or Italy), Turkey (37,500, 60% acquired German citizenship), India (35,300, almost two-thirds acquired British citizenship), Ecuador (34,800, 94% acquired Spanish citizenship), Colombia (27,800, 90% acquired Spanish citizenship) and Pakistan (25,100, around half acquired British citizenship). Moroccans, Albanians, Turks, Indians, Ecuadorians, Colombians and Pakistanis represented together a third (33%) of the total number of persons who acquired EU citizenship in 2014.

Romanians (24,300 persons) and Poles (16,100) were the two largest groups of EU citizens acquiring citizenship of another EU member state. Overall, a rich diversity of recipients prevails in the EU.

'In fifteen EU member states, at least 9 persons out of every 10 who obtained citizenship in 2014 were non- EU citizens: Estonia (100%), Bulgaria (99%), Spain, Lithuania and Romania (all 98%), Greece and Latvia (both 97%), Denmark, Portugal and Slovenia (all 95%), Poland (94%), Italy (93%), the United Kingdom (92%), Croatia (91%) and France (90%).

In contrast, Luxembourg (82%), Hungary (77%) and – to a lower extent – Malta (52%) were the only member states where the majority of persons acquiring citizenship in 2014 were citizens of another EU member state.

At EU level, 89% (or nearly 788,100 new citizens) of those granted citizenship were non - EU citizens, and 11% (95,700) of another EU member state.

Almost 1 in every 4 persons who acquired an EU citizenship in 2014 became citizens of Spain (205,900 persons, or 23% of all citizenships granted in the EU in 2014). It was followed by Italy (129,900 or 15%), the United Kingdom (125,600 or 14%), Germany (110,600 or 12%) and France (105,600 or 12%).

When compared with the total resident population of each member state, the most citizenships granted per 1,000 residents were recorded in Luxembourg (5.8 citizenships granted), Ireland (4.6), Sweden (4.5) and Spain (4.4). At EU level, 1.8 citizenships were granted per 1,000 inhabitants.'

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