Migration and integration Migration structure and demographic data on persons seeking protection by reference year
Migration structure
| Reference date | Persons seeking protection | Protection rate2 | Proportion of persons born in Germany | Average duration of stay | Average age at date of first entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | share in overall population1 | share in all foreigners | |||||
| number | % | years | |||||
1: From 2007 the population update data are based on the 1987 census, from 2011 on the 2011 census and from 2022 on the 2022 census. 2: The protection rate is the ratio between the number of recognised persons seeking protection and the total number of persons seeking protection, excluding those with unsettled protection status (recognised applicants plus refused applicants). Source: Central Register of Foreigners. | |||||||
| 31 December 2007 | 457,430 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 69.1 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 22.2 |
| 31 December 2008 | 456,050 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 75.6 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 23.1 |
| 31 December 2009 | 477,595 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 79.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 23.3 |
| 31 December 2010 | 503,470 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 81.8 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 23.2 |
| 31 December 2011 | 505,925 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 81.5 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 23.5 |
| 31 December 2012 | 549,825 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 82.5 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 23.5 |
| 31 December 2013 | 613,925 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 81.5 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 23.6 |
| 31 December 2014 | 746,320 | 0.9 | 9.2 | 81.0 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 23.9 |
| 31 December 2015 | 1,036,235 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 79.8 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 24.1 |
| 31 December 2016 | 1,597,570 | 1.9 | 15.9 | 84.8 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 23.5 |
| 31 December 2017 | 1,680,700 | 2.0 | 15.8 | 86.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 22.9 |
| 31 December 2018 | 1,781,750 | 2.1 | 16.3 | 87.0 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 22.5 |
| 31 December 2019 | 1,839,115 | 2.2 | 16.4 | 86.5 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 22.1 |
| 31 December 2020 | 1,856,785 | 2.2 | 16.2 | 85.2 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 21.8 |
| 31 December 2021 | 1,936,350 | 2.3 | 16.4 | 85.5 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 21.5 |
| 31 December 2022 | 3,078,650 | 3.7 | 23.0 | 89.8 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 24.7 |
| 31 December 2023 | 3,173,135 | 3.8 | 22.8 | 93.0 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 24.8 |
As at February 14, 2025
Demographic data
| Reference date | Share of | Average age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| male persons | single persons | married persons | minors (0-17) years | persons of compulsory school age (6-17 years) | persons of working age (15-64 years) | over 64- year- olds | ||
| in all persons seeking protection, % | years | |||||||
| Source: Central Register of Foreigners. | ||||||||
| 31 December 2007 | 57.8 | 52.3 | 36.9 | 22.5 | 18.1 | 78.1 | 5.0 | 33.0 |
| 31 December 2008 | 57.8 | 49.9 | 38.8 | 19.8 | 16.2 | 79.5 | 5.9 | 34.6 |
| 31 December 2009 | 57.5 | 49.1 | 39.4 | 19.1 | 15.5 | 79.8 | 6.2 | 35.2 |
| 31 December 2010 | 57.2 | 48.9 | 39.6 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 79.7 | 6.4 | 35.3 |
| 31 December 2011 | 57.5 | 48.4 | 40.0 | 18.0 | 14.2 | 79.9 | 6.7 | 35.8 |
| 31 December 2012 | 57.7 | 48.8 | 39.9 | 18.2 | 14.0 | 79.5 | 6.7 | 35.7 |
| 31 December 2013 | 58.5 | 49.9 | 39.0 | 18.9 | 13.8 | 78.9 | 6.5 | 35.0 |
| 31 December 2014 | 59.6 | 50.9 | 38.3 | 19.7 | 13.8 | 78.0 | 6.2 | 34.1 |
| 31 December 2015 | 62.5 | 52.5 | 37.2 | 21.2 | 14.4 | 77.9 | 5.2 | 32.1 |
| 31 December 2016 | 64.4 | 53.7 | 32.4 | 25.1 | 16.6 | 76.3 | 3.7 | 29.3 |
| 31 December 2017 | 63.6 | 55.0 | 32.5 | 25.7 | 16.4 | 74.8 | 3.8 | 29.2 |
| 31 December 2018 | 62.6 | 55.4 | 32.4 | 26.1 | 16.7 | 73.8 | 3.9 | 29.4 |
| 31 December 2019 | 61.7 | 56.0 | 32.4 | 27.0 | 17.2 | 72.6 | 4.0 | 29.5 |
| 31 December 2020 | 61.3 | 56.2 | 32.2 | 27.5 | 17.8 | 72.1 | 4.2 | 29.8 |
| 31 December 2021 | 60.8 | 56.4 | 32.2 | 28.4 | 18.7 | 71.3 | 4.3 | 29.9 |
| 31 December 2022 | 53.3 | 54.0 | 30.4 | 30.0 | 21.4 | 69.4 | 5.3 | 30.6 |
| 31 December 2023 | 54.9 | 53.6 | 31.6 | 28.3 | 21.0 | 71.1 | 5.5 | 31.2 |
As at May 23, 2024