Below is the current (July 2025) inventory of countries that still practice “unrestricted jus soli”—that is, any child born on the territory (other than to foreign diplomats or hostile occupying troops) is automatically a citizen even if the parents are in the country without legal status. The list is compiled from the CIA World Factbook citizenship field and cross-checked against recent press summaries (CBS News, Al Jazeera, NBC, PolitiFact) as well as specialist legal notes for Pakistan and Guinea-Bissau. Counting tiny island states, there are about three dozen such countries left worldwide, and almost all are in the Western Hemisphere.
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1. Americas — 30 countries
(the region where the rule remains the norm)
Sub-region Countries (alphabetical)
North America Canada, Mexico, United States
Central America & Caribbean Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago
Meso-America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
South America Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
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2. Africa — 3 countries
Lesotho
Guinea-Bissau ^(see 1973 Nationality Law)
The Gambia is often listed in media round-ups, but a closer reading of its 1997 Constitution shows jus sanguinis (one parent must be Gambian), so it does not qualify under the “unrestricted” standard
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3. Asia — 1 country
Pakistan – Section 3 of the 1951 Citizenship Act makes every child born on Pakistani soil a citizen, except children of foreign diplomats or enemy aliens
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4. Oceania — 1 country
Tuvalu
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Countries sometimes (mistakenly) included but have only conditional or delayed birthright
Bahamas – children of non-citizen parents must apply at age 18
Nepal, Mauritius, Chad – citizenship is by descent unless additional criteria are met or the child would be stateless ● Ireland ended true jus soli in 2005 ● Australia and New Zealand require at least one parent to be a citizen/permanent-resident or a 10-year residency test
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Key Take-aways
Unrestricted birthright citizenship survives in only ~34 states worldwide, and 30 of them are in the Americas. Europe, East Asia and most of Africa have abandoned or never adopted the rule.
The global trend is toward restricting jus soli—either requiring a parent to be a citizen/permanent-resident or making citizenship conditional on the child’s later choice. Recent moves in Ireland (2005) and the United States (ongoing litigation over the 2025 executive order) illustrate this drift.
#15 Re: If you're not US citizen but want your baby to be,...
发表于 ： 2025年 7月 4日 16:03
由 laomei9
完了，美国人口要暴减了，劳模爱生孩子
现在要强制结扎了
#16 Re: If you're not US citizen but want your baby to be,...