Press release No. 158 of 20 April 2023
- Population with immigration history increased by 6.5% to 20.2 million in 2022 from the previous year
- Increase of 7.3% in people who immigrated themselves was mainly due to forced migration
- Flight, employment and family reunification were the main reasons for immigration by people who immigrated in or after 2013
WIESBADEN – In 2022, 20.2 million people with a history of immigration were living in Germany. Based on microcensus results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 1.2 million, or 6.5%, compared with the previous year (2021: 19.0 million). Following a rise of 1.3 percentage points, this group of people thus accounted for 24.3% of the population (2021: 23.0%). The proportion of men with a history of immigration stood at 24.8% and was one percentage point higher than that of women (23.8%). Based on the definition given by the Fachkommission Integrationsfähigkeit, people with immigration history are those who themselves have immigrated to Germany since 1950 (first generation) or who are direct descendants (second generation).
