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Nations Granting Birthright Citizenship

 

The United States is just one of many nations that offers the unconditional citizenship of children born within its borders. The following is a list of nation's that also grant Birthright Citizenship:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Azerbaijan
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Fiji
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
  • Lesotho
  • Mexico
  • Nicaragua
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Romania
  • Saint Christopher and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

NOTES:

  • NO European nations grant Birthright Citizenship except for Romania
  • Canada is the only developed nation other than the United States
  • NO nation, other than the United States, has more than 200 million people
  • Every nation has fewer than 50 million except the United States, Pakistan, Brazil and Mexico

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