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Number of people who acquired Australian citizenship via conferral, by top 30 nationalities (1 July 2010 to 30 June 2015)
FY2010-11
FY2011-12
FY2012-13
FY2013-14
FY2014-15
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
United Kingdom
18,857 United Kingdom
16,391 United Kingdom
20,358 India
27,908 India
24,351
India
13,016 India
10,202 India
19,310 United Kingdom
25,947 United Kingdom
20,642
China*
7,858 China*
6,254 Philippines
9,125 Philippines
11,644 Philippines
9,007
South Africa
4,403 Philippines
5,667 China*
8,024 South Africa
9,298 China*
7,591
New Zealand
4,284 South Africa
4,224 South Africa
7,915 China*
9,244 South Africa
6,232
Philippines
4,063 New Zealand
3,462 New Zealand
3,791 New Zealand
5,330 New Zealand
4,079
Sri Lanka
2,530 Vietnam
1,944 Sri Lanka
2,764 Sri Lanka
3,968 Vietnam
3,846
Korea, South
2,335 Sri Lanka
1,698 Iraq
2,758 Vietnam
3,517 Sri Lanka
3,191
Malaysia
2,212 Korea, South
1,591 Vietnam
2,578 Iraq
3,148 Ireland, Republic of
3,106
Vietnam
1,698 Malaysia
1,498 Korea, South
2,116 Ireland, Republic of
2,856 Bangladesh
2,490
United States of America
1,686 United States of America
1,370 Pakistan
2,112 Malaysia
2,792 Nepal
2,410
Hong Kong
1,413 Bangladesh
1,196 Bangladesh
1,946 Korea, South
2,750 Pakistan
2,352
Indonesia
1,360 Zimbabwe
1,159 Malaysia
1,852 Pakistan
2,746 Korea, South
2,314
Thailand
1,346 Ireland, Republic of
1,158 Ireland, Republic of
1,800 Bangladesh
2,656 Malaysia
2,234
Ireland, Republic of
1,304 Thailand
1,134 Iran
1,659 Afghanistan
2,623 Iran
2,206
Bangladesh
1,183 Iraq
1,112 United States of America
1,569 Myanmar
2,394 Afghanistan
2,117
Zimbabwe
1,098 Iran
1,035 Myanmar
1,493 Iran
2,164 Iraq
2,057
Pakistan
1,057 Pakistan
1,012 Fiji
1,464 Zimbabwe
2,104 Myanmar
1,997
Canada
1,046 Sudan
917 Zimbabwe
1,457 United States of America
2,037 United States of America
1,841
Lebanon
1,011 Afghanistan
903 Nepal
1,392 Thailand
1,976 Thailand
1,716
Fiji
961 Indonesia
892 Thailand
1,319 Nepal
1,816 Zimbabwe
1,195
Afghanistan
945 Fiji
889 Afghanistan
1,260 Fiji
1,454 Canada
1,122
Singapore
942 Hong Kong
873 Hong Kong
1,153 Hong Kong
1,385 Brazil
1,083
Germany, Fed Republic of
939 Germany, Fed Republic of
858 Canada
1,074 Canada
1,316 Germany, Fed Republic of
1,062
Sudan
905 Canada
840 Lebanon
1,064 Germany, Fed Republic of
1,271 Hong Kong
1,043
Iraq
879 Lebanon
796 Indonesia
1,058 Indonesia
1,213 Egypt
1,040
Iran
782 Myanmar
768 Germany, Fed Republic of
900 Lebanon
1,096 Fiji
1,027
Taiwan
731 Brazil
648 Russian Federation
887 Egypt
1,073 France
1,003
Italy
661 Nepal
597 Sudan
865 Sudan
1,066 Indonesia
996
France
621 France
586 Egypt
864 Brazil
1,050 Lebanon
952
Other Countries
13,271 Other Countries
12,768 Other Countries
17,711 Other Countries
23,193 Other Countries
20,345
Total
95,397 Total
84,442 Total
123,638 Total
163,035 Total
136,647
* "China, Peoples Republic of" denotes mainland China only and does not include the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
The Department of Home Affairs must be consulted regarding any requests to use this data for purposes not originally intended or discussed.

Number of people who acquired Australian citizenship via conferral, by top 30 nationalities (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020)
FY2015-16
FY2016-17
FY2017-18
FY2018-19
FY2019-20
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
Nationality
Number of people
India
22,212 India
24,442 India
17,756 India
28,470 India
38,209
United Kingdom
21,008 United Kingdom
21,237 United Kingdom
13,874 United Kingdom
13,364 United Kingdom
25,011
Philippines
8,433 Philippines
9,196 Philippines
4,925 Philippines
9,267 China*
14,764
China*
6,964 China*
6,683 South Africa
3,368 China*
7,974 Philippines
12,838
South Africa
5,636 South Africa
4,938 Sri Lanka
3,264 Sri Lanka
4,861 Pakistan
8,821
New Zealand
4,400 Sri Lanka
4,551 Ireland, Republic of
2,673 Vietnam
3,501 Vietnam
6,804
Vietnam
4,192 Pakistan
4,521 Korea, South
2,028 Pakistan
3,360 Sri Lanka
6,195
Ireland, Republic of
3,956 Ireland, Republic of
4,313 Malaysia
1,982 Nepal
3,294 South Africa
5,438
Sri Lanka
3,768 Vietnam
3,894 New Zealand
1,842 Iraq
3,087 New Zealand
5,367
Pakistan
3,130 New Zealand
3,623 China*
1,720 Korea, South
3,062 Afghanistan
5,102
Nepal
3,009 Iran
3,218 Nepal
1,669 New Zealand
3,027 Iran
4,634
Malaysia
2,833 Malaysia
2,760 United States of America
1,383 Ireland, Republic of
2,991 Ireland, Republic of
4,301
Iran
2,422 Bangladesh
2,498 Thailand
1,303 Iran
2,770 Iraq
3,883
Korea, South
2,273 Nepal
2,425 Vietnam
1,218 South Africa
2,680 Nepal
3,676
Bangladesh
2,025 United States of America
2,139 Bangladesh
1,172 Malaysia
2,480 Malaysia
3,633
United States of America
1,970 Iraq
2,017 Iran
1,109 Bangladesh
2,372 Korea, South
3,451
Thailand
1,906 Korea, South
1,938 Pakistan
919 Thailand
1,709 Bangladesh
3,157
Iraq
1,423 Thailand
1,753 France
829 Indonesia
1,419 Thailand
2,786
Myanmar
1,252 Myanmar
1,497 Germany, Fed Republic of
808 United States of America
1,349 United States of America
2,703
Germany, Fed Republic of
1,185 Canada
1,146 Canada
799 Italy
1,254 Indonesia
2,225
Brazil
1,141 Italy
1,137 Iraq
788 Egypt
1,186 Hong Kong
2,172
France
1,125 France
1,136 Indonesia
766 Lebanon
1,012 Italy
2,145
Fiji
1,102 Germany, Fed Republic of
1,135 Brazil
733 Russian Federation
988 Brazil
1,718
Zimbabwe
1,102 Afghanistan
1,113 Italy
605 Hong Kong
952 Egypt
1,656
Canada
1,058 Fiji
1,095 Zimbabwe
574 Brazil
910 France
1,559
Hong Kong
1,046 Lebanon
1,055 Myanmar
557 Fiji
835 Russian Federation
1,510
Afghanistan
994 Brazil
994 Fiji
556 Colombia
813 Canada
1,491
Indonesia
944 Hong Kong
987 Bhutan
445 France
801 Syrian Arab Republic
1,351
Italy
937 Egypt
979 Singapore
437 Canada
758 Lebanon
1,343
Russian Federation
874 Indonesia
968 Lebanon
416 Germany, Fed Republic of
730 Taiwan
1,316
Other Countries
19,626 Other Countries
19,890 Other Countries
10,131 Other Countries
16,398 Other Countries
25,558
Total
133,946 Total
139,278 Total
80,649 Total
127,674 Total
204,817
* "China, Peoples Republic of" denotes mainland China only and does not include the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
The Department of Home Affairs must be consulted regarding any requests to use this data for purposes not originally intended or discussed.