Naturalization time for citizenship in 190 countries

Naturalization is an act of acquiring citizenship by migrants in a foreign country after legally living certain number of years, paying taxes, speaking language and fully integrating to culture.

The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but typically include a promise to obeying and upholding that country’s laws.  Naturalization laws in some countries require renouncing previous citizenship.

While the average number of years to naturalize for citizenship in 5 years in most countries, the rules are different in every country.

Let us take a look below, on how many years you need to spend to acquire citizenship..

Country	Naturalizing in years
Afghanistan	5
Albania	5
Algeria	7
Andorra	20
Angola	10
Antigua & Barbuda	7
Argentina	2
Armenia	3
Australia	4
Austria	10
Azerbaijan	5
Bahamas	10
Bahrain	25
Bangladesh	5
Barbados	5
Belarus	7
Belgium	5
Belize	5
Benin	10
Bhutan	20
Bolivia	2
Bosnia Herzegovina	8
Botswana	12
Brazil	4
Brunei	12
Bulgaria	10
Burkina Faso	10
Burundi	10
Cambodia	5
Cameroon	5
Canada	3
Cape Verde	5
Central African Rep	15
Chad	5
Chile	5
China	5
Colombia	5
Comoros	10
Congo	10
Congo Democratic Rep	5
Costa Rica	7
Croatia	8
Cuba	5
Cyprus	7
Czech Republic	5
Denmark	9
Djibouti	10
Dominica	12
Dominican Republic	2
Ecuador	3
Egypt	10
El Salvador	5
Equatorial Guinea	40
Eritrea	10
Eswatini (Swaziland)	10
Estonia	8
Ethiopia	4
Fiji	5
Finland	5
France	5
Gabon	5
Gambia	15
Georgia	5
Germany	8
Ghana	5
Greece	7
Grenada	12
Guatemala	5
Guinea	5
Guinea-Bissau	6
Guyana	12
Haiti	5
Hong Kong SAR	7
Honduras	3
Hungary	8
Iceland	7
India	12
Indonesia	5
Iran	5
Iraq	10
Ireland	5
Israel	3
Italy	10
Ivory Coast	5
Jamaica	5
Japan	5
Jordan	4
Kazakhstan	5
Kenya	7
Kiribati	7
Korea North	*
South Korea	5
Kosovo	5
Kuwait	20
Kyrgyzstan	5
Laos	10
Latvia	10
Lebanon	1
Lesotho	5
Liberia	2
Libya	10
Liechtenstein	10
Lithuania	10
Luxembourg	5
Macedonia	8
Madagascar	5
Malawi	7
Malaysia	10
Maldives	10
Mali	10
Macau SAR	7
Malta	5
Marshall Islands	5
Mauritania	10
Mauritius	5
Mexico	5
Micronesia	5
Moldova	10
Monaco	10
Mongolia	5
Montenegro	10
Morocco	5
Mozambique	10
Myanmar
Namibia	10
Nauru
Nepal	15
Netherlands	5
New Zealand	5
Nicaragua	5
Niger	10
Nigeria	15
Norway	7
Oman	20
Pakistan	7
Palestine
Palau
Panama	5
Papua New Guinea	8
Paraguay	3
Peru	2
Philippines	10
Poland	10
Portugal	5
Qatar	25
Romania	8
Russian Federation	5
Rwanda	5
St Kitts & Nevis	12
St Lucia	12
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	12
Samoa	5
San Marino	30
Sao Tome & Principe	5
Saudi Arabia	5
Senegal	10
Serbia	5
Seychelles	10
Sierra Leone	8
Singapore	12
Slovakia	8
Slovenia	10
Solomon Islands
Somalia	7
South Africa	5
South Sudan	10
Spain	10
Sri Lanka
Sudan	10
Suriname	5
Sweden	5
Switzerland	10
Syria	5
Taiwan	5
Tajikistan	5
Tanzania	7
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	10
Thailand	5
Togo	5
Tonga	5
Trinidad & Tobago	7
Tunisia	5
Turkey	5
Turkmenistan	5
Tuvalu
Uganda	10
Ukraine	5
United Arab Emirates	30
United Kingdom	5
United States	5
Uruguay	5
Uzbekistan	5
Vanuatu	10
Venezuela	10
Vietnam	5
Yemen	10
Zambia	10
Zimbabwe	10