Foreigners and Expats in Germany 2022

Foreigners in Germay 2022: A Million More Ukrainians

One million Ukrainians immigrated to Germany in 2022. Now, there are a total of 1,164,200 residents of Ukraine in Germany.

Foreigners in Germany 2022 – First 30 Places

Position	Country of Origin	Number of Citizens	2022 vs 2021
1	Türkiye (Turkey)	1,487,110	+28,750
2	Ukraine	1,164,200	+1,008,890
3	Syria	923,805	+56,220
4	Romania	883,670	+39,135
5	Poland	880,780	+9,785
6	Italy	644,970	-1,875
7	Croatia	436,325	+1,715
8	Bulgaria	429,665	+18,780
9	Afghanistan	377,240	+67,420
10	Greece	361,270	-1,295
11	Russia	290,615	+21,995
12	Iraq	284,595	+7,670
13	Kosovo	280,850	+18,845
14	Serbia	263.065	+23.435
15	Bosna and Herzegovina	233,775	+11,710
16	Hungary	214,695	+1,960
17	India	210,385	+38,490
18	Spain	193,460	+5,595
19	Austria	185,755	-940
20	Netherlands	150,295	-140
21	China	149,550	+3,100
22	North Macedonia	146,380	+13,945
23	Iran	143,555	+14,450
24	France	140,320	-175
25	Portugal	139,435	+705
26	USA	121,420	+2,165
27	Vietnam	120,535	+10,020
28	Albania	108,555	+18,195
29	Unclear *	97,150	+2,205
30	Morocco	95,095	+9,290

Note: Since 2016, based on the German Central Register of Foreign Nationals (Ausländerzentralregister – AZR), statistics on foreigners were rounded up to the nearest multiple of number 5, due to demands for statistical privacy and personal data protection in population statistics publications.

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