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Germany Immigration by Country

What are the most common countries of birth for German residents who were not born in Germany (and don't have citizenship).
As of 31 December 2023. Source.
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: November 7, 2024
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First submittedJuly 13, 2019
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# People
Country
1,548,095
Turkey
1,239,705
Ukraine
972,460
Syria
909,795
Romania
887,715
Poland
644,035
Italy
436,860
Bulgaria
# People
Country
434,045
Croatia
419,410
Afghanistan
359,045
Greece
308,015
Russia
299,685
Kosovo
281,340
Iraq
270,750
Serbia
# People
Country
246,125
India
220,345
Hungary
199,005
Spain
184,330
Austria
155,955
China
149,770
Netherlands
140,400
France
71 Comments
+28
Level 82
Jul 14, 2019
I'm surprised so few people guessed Afghanistan, given Germany's (now once again threatened) pledge to grant sanctuary to refugees of war.
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Level 85
Jul 15, 2019
Especially as many did think of Syria and also Iraq.
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Level 81
Jul 15, 2019
That's the only one I missed. But now that you mention it yeah I guess that makes sense.
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Level 91
Jul 19, 2019
How do they threaten to grant people refuge from barbarianism? Sounds like a peaceful offer, not a threat.
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Level 74
Jul 20, 2019
I believe he means, that the pledge is threatend to be dismantled by right wing extremist in the German parliament. Although, there isn't realy any pledge in the first place, just mildly philanthropic pragmatism.
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Level 68
Oct 18, 2021
I threatened to give a homeless man a dollar once.
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Level 76
Oct 19, 2021
How did he take it?
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Level 55
Apr 10, 2022
My guess is scared and confused
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Level 77
Nov 8, 2024
It's a threat to native Germans.
+7
Level 71
Nov 19, 2024
It's not.
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Level 72
Dec 6, 2024
Nine boys raped a 15 year old girl in a park in Hamburg over the course of hours. Most were from an immigrant background. They got suspended sentences! But a woman who insulted one of the boys on WhatsApp received a harsher sentence.

Germany is totally upside down now.

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Level 54
Dec 6, 2024
People refuse to see the problem, it's no good trying to convince them of it.
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Level 26
Feb 4, 2025
Halt die fresse du fascho
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Level 26
Feb 4, 2025
@bestanford the problem is the patriarchy, not immigration.
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Level 50
Feb 1, 2020
I nearly missed all three, but guessed Iraq, and then figured out Syria and Afghanistan pretty quickly from there.
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Level 57
Jul 15, 2019
I love quizzes like this, they really make you think.
+8
Level 89
Jul 15, 2019
Your quiz has one slight inaccuracy - Kosovo should be on this list, as it has an immigrant population of 218,150.
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Level ∞
Jul 16, 2019
I am not sure. The Wikipedia presentation of the data omits Kosovo and it would seem strange that 15% of the population of Kosovo now lives in Germany. The data presented on the German site confusingly says Serbia (with/without) Kosovo. I am going to leave it as is for now.
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Level 58
May 8, 2021
Why would you use wikipedia? The German statistical office has much more accurate data (while not all countries are counted all the more significant ones are) https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Migration-Integration/Tables/foreigner-age-groups.html
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Level ∞
Oct 11, 2021
This has been corrected, thank you.
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Level 73
Dec 6, 2024
And now it's almost 300 000!! :o
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Level 70
Aug 9, 2019
Not to sound picky, but china should above France, Ukraine and Portugal in immigrants. Portugal has 138,890 and China has 143,135. :)
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Level 64
Aug 9, 2019
I can't believe my guess on Afghanistan actually worked out haha
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Level 51
Aug 9, 2019
Actually thought Russia would be higher, or are "Spätaussiedler" counted as Germans and not as Russians?
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Level 38
Aug 11, 2019
The source counts people who were born outside of Germany AND don't have a German citizenship. Since most immigration from Russia happened in the 90s, many have taken the German citizenship since and are thus not reflected here
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Level 85
Oct 11, 2021
Here's a table with some info you're interested in – people with a migration experience or background, and the country of origin (approximately, as it's an annual "microcensus" but with a large sample - over 800.000 people). If you compare to the source for this quiz, you'll see that Afghanis are about the same as not many have gained a citizenship yet, but Russian, Polish, Turkish numbers are much higher.
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Level 57
Aug 10, 2019
Great quiz, but IMHO the title is not quite accurate. The source is titled "Alien population by citizenship". Hence, it does actually not refer to the place of birth, but to German residents with non-German citizenship. According to German law, the place of birth isn't always relevant for the citizenship. For example, the source excludes foreign born German citizens ("Spätaussiedler").
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Level 85
Oct 11, 2021
This is true. The title is fine enough, but the description isn't. The table shows only foreigners by citizenship. The source link could also be replaced with the English version.
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Level ∞
Oct 12, 2021
Fixed the description, thanks.
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Level 82
Aug 10, 2019
Based on some recent quizzes I tried East Germany and was *shocked* it wasn't a correct answer (following the logic that West Germany = Germany and East Germany =/= Germany)
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Level 61
Dec 12, 2019
People from East-Germany did not immigrate to Germany!

East and West Germany become one country again. It was former the GDR and BRD now its Gemany.

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Level 79
Jan 28, 2020
It's still BRD. The political and legal system, constitution, etc. remained the same. The East accpepted all of that and joined the BRD. Still, it wouldn't be correct to say that East Germans immigrated. They stayed where they are, the country around them changed.
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Level 34
Oct 5, 2019
Came for an interesting quiz, but stayed for the comments haha
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Level 81
Oct 21, 2021
The good ones are gone now.
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Level 57
Jun 17, 2020
ez
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Level 45
Oct 1, 2021
somehow i got every single country except poland
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Level 80
Oct 12, 2021
Yeah, I got everything except Serbia.
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Level 63
Oct 18, 2021
You got Kosovo but not Serbia?
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Level 73
Jul 12, 2024
I got kosovo but not bulgaria hungary and romania... My mind skipped the big ones..
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Level 66
Oct 12, 2021
Germany is eating Romania and Bulgaria's population for breakfast.
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Level 41
Oct 18, 2021
Shouldn't it be the other way around? Bulgarian and Romanian migrants are eating Germany for breakfast, given the relatively strong taxpayer funded social safety net there and that fact that they can't be denied any German social welfare benefits if they move there due to their EU citizenship. (Not saying that's a bad thing by the way, if I was Bulgarian or Romanian I would probably do the same.)
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Level 66
Oct 18, 2021
The "fact that they can't be denied any German social welfare benefits if they move there due to their EU citizenship" is absolutely not a fact.

Contrary to what right wing nutters and British tabloids (as if there's a difference) claim, freedom of movement in no way guarantees access to any kind of social welfare.

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Level 41
Oct 18, 2021
There are restrictions to some benefits but for instance things such as Kindergeld (monthly child benefits) are entitled to anyone residing with a child in Germany.

See translation of https://www.kindergeld.org/kindergeld-fuer-auslaender/

"Foreigners living in Germany are also entitled to German child benefit if they have the corresponding settlement permit or other residence permits that entitle them to receive child benefit. Nationals of EU states and the European Economic Area (and equivalent states) are entitled to child benefit even without a settlement permit or other residence permit, as these are on an equal footing with German citizens due to the free movement of EU citizens."

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Level 74
Oct 18, 2021
If someone would move from Saxony to Hesse, he could be expecting to receive the same benefits under the same rules there, as any native Hessian, irregardles of their reason for moving or family history. Why should it be differently for our neighbours from Romania and Bulgaria? In fact, Germany should support those country to build an equally strong safity net, so that Germans can expect an equally safe and productive way of living, if they chose to move down there.
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Level 41
Oct 18, 2021
Not saying it shouldn't be the same. But there is still a difference in language and quality of life.

Building a social safety net in Bulgaria and Romania is near impossible because of the corruption there. Germany ranks 9 on the Global Transparency Index while Bulgaria and Romania both rank 69 (not nice). They're some of the most corrupt countries in Europe, creating a functioning social safety net there is near impossible. So I totally get why people there would leave to Germany or similar western EU countries. https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/nzl

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Level 43
Feb 16, 2024
If they live and work in Germany, then they are contributing to that social security net through taxation.

I don't see how they're "eating" Germany.

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Level 85
Jan 2, 2025
Kosovo too. Population of 1.5 million, with 300 thousand living in Germany.
+14
Level 74
Oct 19, 2021
very sad
+15
Level 81
Oct 22, 2021
because? don't be shy.
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Level 77
Nov 8, 2024
Because it's a disgrace for native Germans.
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Level 83
Nov 14, 2024
In what way?
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Level 71
Nov 19, 2024
Let me answer this as a native German: in no way.
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Level 56
Dec 9, 2024
and thats why youll be a caliphate in a couple generations and geman culture will be wiped from the earth. but if the native people are all like you, maybe you deserve to go extinct.
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Level 38
Jan 31, 2022
I missed Kosovo. But that´s not a real country anyway.
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Level 29
Jul 24, 2022
I somehow got them all...just going off of where I met people growing up in Germany.
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Level 67
Oct 15, 2022
Missed India.
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Level 71
Jan 15, 2024
Ex Yugoslavia tied up with Turkey....
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Level 43
Feb 16, 2024
So 3,231,035 non-European immigrants and 5,608,995 European immigrants with a total of 8,840,030 immigrants in a country with 83,129,285.

10.6% of Germany's total population is immigrants, further split into 6.74% being European immigrants and 3.88% being non European immigrants.

Apparently we should scream and cry and tear society down around us over this 3.88%. Get real guys.

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Level 68
Aug 8, 2024
"In 2022, an estimated 735,000 to 745,000 new babies were born in Germany, according to reports from the registry offices. This represents a drop of seven percent against the previous year, when around 795,000 children were born. The number of deaths, on the other hand, rose by around four percent to approximately 1.06 million."

"In 2022, an estimated 1.42 to 1.45 million more people moved to Germany than moved abroad. This means that net immigration was more than four times higher than in the previous year (329,163) and higher than at any time since the start of the time series in 1950."

Compare natural births to immigration rates. And then look at crime rates between immigrants and Germans. It's not some conspiracy, there's a reason people don't want immigrants from third-world cultures coming into their societies. Without even touching on the genocide of your ancestry & homeland that your forefathers fought and died for

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Level 71
Nov 7, 2024
How is it a genocide exactly?
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Level 71
Nov 19, 2024
The reason is racism. That's it.
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Level 61
Dec 7, 2024
also I think you'll find that the influx in 2022 was largely down to Ukrainian immigrants. I mean they're white so I guess that'll make someone like you feel better about it :)
+14
Level 34
Oct 23, 2024
Save Europe
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Level 81
Nov 7, 2024
Save yourself
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Level 50
Feb 17, 2025
save our nostrils, take a shower please
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Level 71
Nov 7, 2024
The not having citizenship part is surprising! Do many people live in Germany for long periods of time without taking citizenship? I wonder how data collected will change now that German citizenship is easier to acquire and now that you can keep your old citizenship when you apply for German natauralisation.
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Level 84
Nov 7, 2024
Strange that there's not a single African country on the list.
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Level 63
Nov 11, 2024
I'm guessing it's a language thing. Not a lot of African colonies were German, especially in the northern regions closest to Europe. Would be interesting to see the numbers by continents rather than individual countries... Edit: The source lists 755.170 Africans.
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Level 77
Nov 8, 2024
🪦
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Level 63
Dec 9, 2024
gotta love the very well thought out comments here
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Level 38
Mar 25, 2025
would of thoguht argentina would be on here