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40% of Swiss nationals have second passports

Switzerland has a population of 8.5 million as of 2018 and has a foreign population of 2 million, equal to a quarter of the permanent resident population.

Since 2010, the number of Swiss citizens possessing second passport has increased by 40%.  About 916,000 Swiss citizens living in the country have dual nationality, further 560,000 Swiss abroad have another passport, reported swissinfo.ch

More swiss nationals are becoming the dual citizens of Italy followed by France, Germany and Turkey.

Swiss nationals may acquire foreign citizenship rights without forfeiting their rights as a Swiss citizen.

In Switzerland, Dual nationals are allowed to take up positions in politics, police or border guards.

Conversely, about 44,515 foreigners acquired swiss citizenship in 2017 according to swiss migration office with number of Germans and Italians becoming swiss citizens.

 

Swiss citizenship
Acquisition of Swiss citizenship – Top 25 nationalities 2017 by year, 2008–2017

 

Swiss citizens abroad 

France and Germany have the largest number of swiss diaspora population living abroad.

France 220,730
Germany 89,390
Belgium 82,192
United States 81,075
Italy 51,895
Canada 40,280
United Kingdom 34,971
Spain 25,168
Australia 25,148
Israel 19,433

 

Thailand 9,377
Philippines 3,623
Singapore 3,259
United Arab Emirates 3,089

 

South Africa 9,132
Tunisia 1,627
Morocco 1,606
Egypt 1,543
Kenya 960
Prabhu Balakrishnan
Prabhu Balakrishnan
Founder of Citizenship by Investment News. Chief Editor with over 15 years experience in PR and News publishing. He Loves writing about citizenship, residency and wealth migration. CIP Journal is a Leading publication founded in 2017 bringing latest news from CBI/RBI market.

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