Editing Jus soli (section)

=== Africa ===
* {{flag|Egypt|name}}: According to the nationality law of the Arab Republic of Egypt and its latest amendments, children born to an Egyptian father or an Egyptian mother acquire citizenship at birth, regardless of their place of birth. Additionally, children born in Egypt to unknown parents (or found abandoned at a young age) are granted citizenship at birth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 1975 |title=Law No. 26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality |url=https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1975/en/17434 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613064002/https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1975/en/17434 |archive-date=13 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2004 |title=Law # 154 for Year 2004 – Amending Some Provisions of Law No.26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality |url=https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2004/en/115992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210122947/https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2004/en/115992 |archive-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
* {{flag|Morocco|name}}: A person who was born in Morocco to parents also born in Morocco and whose immigration is legal, can register as a Moroccan two years prior to becoming adult.<ref>{{cite web|title=الاستقبال-الأجانب في المغرب-الأجانب المقيمون-اكتساب الجنسية المغربية|url=http://www.service-public.ma/ar/web/guest/home;jsessionid=31E8E3F1814E4188F1BBC1FFD90CDE6B?p_p_id=mmspservicepublicdiffusion_WAR_mmspservicepublicdiffusionportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_mmspservicepublicdiffusion_WAR_mmspservicepublicdiffusionportlet__spage=%2Fportlet_action%2Fprocedure%2Frubrique%2Fview%3FrubriqueSelected.idRubrique%3D13591&_mmspservicepublicdiffusion_WAR_mmspservicepublicdiffusionportlet_rubriqueSelected.idRubrique=13591|website=Service-public.ma|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007144333/http://www.service-public.ma/ar/web/guest/home;jsessionid=31E8E3F1814E4188F1BBC1FFD90CDE6B?p_p_id=mmspservicepublicdiffusion_WAR_mmspservicepublicdiffusionportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_mmspservicepublicdiffusion_WAR_mmspservicepublicdiffusionportlet__spage=%2Fportlet_action%2Fprocedure%2Frubrique%2Fview%3FrubriqueSelected.idRubrique%3D13591&_mmspservicepublicdiffusion_WAR_mmspservicepublicdiffusionportlet_rubriqueSelected.idRubrique=13591|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Namibia|name}}: A person born in Namibia to a Namibian citizen parent or a foreign parent who is ordinarily resident in Namibia, is a Namibian citizen at birth (see [[Namibian nationality law]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namibian Citizenship Act 14 of 1990 |url=https://www.lac.org.na/laws/summaries/Citizenship.pdf}}</ref>
* {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe|name}}: A person born in São Tomé and Príncipe acquires São Toméan nationality, as long as the parents are residents of the country. The only exception is if any of the parents have diplomatic immunity (see [[São Toméan nationality law]]).
* {{flag|South Africa|name}}:<ref name="cmatters" /> Since 6 October 1995, a person born in South Africa to South African citizens or permanent residents is automatically granted South African citizenship (see [[South African nationality law]]).
* {{flag|Sudan|name}}: A person born before 1994 gains Sudanese nationality at birth if his father was also born in Sudan. If his father was not born in Sudan, they can apply to the Minister to be granted Sudanese nationality.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sudanese Nationality Act 1994 and Sudanese Nationality Act (Amendment) 2011 (English Translation)|url=http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/502cc1b92.pdf|website=E-justice.th|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231013325/http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/502cc1b92.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=خدمات الجنسية|url=http://www.civil.gov.sd/pages/nat.php|date=21 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621074642/http://www.civil.gov.sd/pages/nat.php|archive-date=21 June 2011}}</ref>
* {{flag|Tanzania|name}}:<ref name="Manby"/> The [[Tanzanian nationality law#Citizenship by birth|Tanzania Citizenship Act of 1995]], states that "any child born within the borders of the United Republic of Tanzania, on or after Union Day, 26 April 1964, is granted citizenship of Tanzania, except for children of a father who has diplomatic immunity, or parents who were enemy aliens and the territory was under enemy occupation."<ref name=Refworld>{{cite web |author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5734.html |title=Tanzania Citizenship Act, 1995 |publisher=Refworld |access-date=6 September 2013 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914164938/http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5734.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While Tanzania technically observes birthright citizenship, it is official practice that birth in Tanzania has to be further supported by descent from a Tanzanian parent to be recognized as a citizen by birth. This practice has gone uncontested in courts of law.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/66748/RSC_GLOBALCIT_2020_6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Report on Citizenship Law: Tanzania |id=RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2020/6 |date=April 2020 |first1=Caroline |last1=Nalule |first2=Anna |last2=Nambooze |publisher=Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), [[Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies]] |access-date=4 August 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008014208/https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/66748/RSC_GLOBALCIT_2020_6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|Tunisia|name}}: Individuals born in Tunisia are citizens by birth if their father and grandfather were born in Tunisia. Additionally, the person must declare before becoming an adult (20 years) that they want to be a citizen.<ref>{{cite web|title=1 -لمن يمكن إسناد الجنسية التونسية باعتبارها جنسية|url=http://www.e-justice.tn/fileadmin/fichiers_site_arabe/droits_demarches/Proce_nationalite.pdf|website=E-justice.th|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=25 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025110701/http://www.e-justice.tn/fileadmin/fichiers_site_arabe/droits_demarches/Proce_nationalite.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>