Over 2 thousand Kosovars receive Swiss citizenship within 2025

According to official data from the Swiss Migration Office (SEM), a total of 2,106 Kosovars obtained Swiss citizenship over the past year.

In total, about 41,269 foreign citizens received Swiss citizenship in 2025.

According to data, this figure reflects approximately the same number as the naturalization in 2024, although well below 46,711 foreigners who became Swiss in 2006.

According to media “Thelocal. ch”, since then, the number has fluctuated around 40,000, which is well above 11,208 foreigners who were naturalised in 1992.

Where are all the new citizens from?

Almost half of those naturalised in 2025 were from Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, or Kosovo.

Germany was well ahead with 22 per cent of the total number of young Swiss citizens coming from the country.

• Germany (8,980)
• Italy (4,220)
• France (3,914)
• Kosovo (2,106)
• Portugal (1,840)
• Turkey (1,404)
• Northern Macedonia (1,307)
• Spain (1,280)
• Serbia (1,096)
• United Kingdom (927)

Meanwhile, about 19 per cent of the total number of naturalisations were citizens of countries outside Europe.

According to Swiss media, about 18.5 per cent of young citizens used the so-called “simplified naturalisation procedure” instead of the overall route through the residence.

Cyril Canton recorded the largest number of naturalizations in 2025, with over a quarter of the total (11,100) being made in Switzerland's largest city and the surrounding area. About 3,756 foreign citizens (mainly German, as well as 85 Britons) were naturalised in the town of Zurich, reports Klankosova.tv.

Vaud Canton followed with 5,459 naturalizations and then came the capital of Bern with 3,578.

And Switzerland's least populated canton, Appenzhel-Innerhoden, recorded only 14 naturalizations.