Naturalisations by origin 2000 2005 2009 % Total 2009
Africa 84 182 98 453 85 144 62.7
Maghreb 68 185 75 224 56 024 41.2
Sub-Saharan Africa 10 622 15 624 22 214 16.4
Other Africa 5 375 7 605 6 906 5.1
Asia 27 941 26 286 19 494 14.4
South-East Asia 7 265 4 069 2 475 1.8
East Asia 1 139 1 280 1 622 1.2
South Asia 4 246 4 436 3 660 2.7
Other Asia 15 291 16 501 11 737 8.6
Europe (not including CIS ) 22 085 18 072 14 753 10.9
CIS 1 181 2 108 4 704 3.5
CIS (Europe) 1 000 1 535 4 454 3.3
CIS (Asia) 181 573 250 0.2
America 5 668 6 352 6 677 4.9
North America 1 048 854 747 0.5
South and Central America 4 620 5 498 5 930 4.4
Oceania 87 127 108 0.1
Others 8 882 3 245 4 962 3.7
Total 150 026 154 643 135 842 100