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 |
