More than 8,000 people have become citizens of Ukraine since 2022
From the beginning of 2022 through the end of July 2026, 8,468 people obtained Ukrainian citizenship. In most cases, citizenship was granted based on territorial origin. At the same time, the government does not yet maintain separate statistics on people who received a Ukrainian passport while retaining their previous citizenship.
According to the State Migration Service, Ukraine gained the most new citizens in 2023 and 2025. In each of those years, more than 2,000 people acquired Ukrainian citizenship.
In 2022, 1,865 people became Ukrainian citizens. In 2024, 1,830 people received citizenship. In the first seven months of 2026, another 603 people acquired this status. In total, from the beginning of 2022 through the end of July 2026, there were 8,468 new Ukrainian citizens.
Citizenship is most commonly granted on the basis of origin
Territorial origin remains the most common basis for acquiring Ukrainian citizenship. Under this procedure, 4,765 people became citizens of Ukraine. This accounts for over 56% of all new citizens during the specified period. These are people who have a legally recognized connection to Ukraine based on their place of birth or origin. Among those who received citizenship on this basis, the largest groups were former citizens of Russia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, and Armenia. This category also includes stateless persons.
In other words, for a significant portion of new citizens, a Ukrainian passport is linked not simply to a desire to move to the country, but to an existing family or territorial connection to Ukraine.
Who Else Received a Ukrainian Passport
The second-largest category consists of people who were granted citizenship under special decrees issued by the President of Ukraine. Since 2022, there have been 1,302 such individuals. Among them, citizens of Russia, Armenia, Syria, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and Georgia predominate.
Another 840 people took advantage of agreements on a simplified procedure for acquiring citizenship. The vast majority in this category are citizens of Tajikistan. Thus, in recent years, people of diverse backgrounds and from various countries have obtained Ukrainian citizenship. The grounds for this have also varied—ranging from territorial ties to Ukraine to special procedures.
What Has Changed Regarding Multiple Citizenship
A separate issue concerns people who have obtained Ukrainian citizenship but are allowed to retain a passport from another country. The institution of multiple citizenship in Ukraine came into effect on January 16, 2026. The Verkhovna Rada passed the relevant law in June 2025, and the president signed it in July of that same year. The new rules, in particular, have simplified the process of acquiring Ukrainian citizenship for certain categories of foreigners. Among them are military personnel and their family members.
The law also allows Ukrainian citizens, under certain conditions, to obtain citizenship of other countries without losing their Ukrainian citizenship. Previously, the issue of dual citizenship was regulated differently. At the same time, it is currently impossible to say exactly how many foreigners have obtained Ukrainian citizenship while retaining their previous citizenship since the new rules were introduced. The State Migration Service reported that it does not maintain separate statistics on such individuals.
Over 8,000 new citizens
Thus, over the past four and a half years, 8,468 people have obtained Ukrainian citizenship. More than half of them did so based on territorial origin—that is, through a connection to Ukraine.
The highest numbers were recorded in 2023 and 2025. And from the beginning of 2026 through the end of July, another 603 people acquired Ukrainian citizenship. At the same time, since the introduction of multiple citizenship, the government does not yet have separate statistics showing how many new Ukrainians also retain citizenship in another country. This was reported by the State Migration Service of Ukraine in response to a request from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
The Cabinet of Ministers has identified the adoption of a number of draft laws as a priority. Ukraine’s continued receipt of macro-financial assistance from international partners depends, in particular, on these decisions.
