Migration flows Migration across Germany's borders, by selected citizenships 2020 to 2024

Migration across Germany's borders, by selected citizenships¹
Citizenship	2024²			2023			2022³			2021³			2020³
Citizenship	arrivals	departures	net migration	arrivals	departures	net migration	arrivals	departures	net migration	arrivals	departures	net migration	arrivals	departures	net migration
1: The selection of the TOP 10 EU and Non-EU-Citizenships was based on the TOP 10 arrivals of the annual results 2022. More detailed results can be found in the GENESIS-Online (GENESIS-Online) database. 2: Provisional results. 3: From the middle of March 2020, the statistics may have been affected by migration data reported late because of the measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, such as restricted public access to the registration offices or extended deadlines for registration and deregistration. Source: migration statistics.
Total	1,697,192	1,278,425	418,767	1,932,509	1,269,545	662,964	2,665,772	1,203,683	1,462,089	1,323,466	994,303	329,163	1,186,702	966,451	220,251
of which
German	188,982	276,161	-87,179	191,356	265,035	-73,679	184,753	268,167	-83,414	183,650	247,829	-64,179	191,883	220,239	-28,356
EU-countries
Total	699,866	813,326	-113,460	581,088	518,527	62,561	611,744	504,254	107,490	581,699	489,403	92,296	589,791	484,940	104,851
including
Bulgarian	53,667	63,067	-9,400	65,871	62,908	2,963	76,596	60,467	16,129	75,734	55,407	20,327	76,196	51,733	24,463
French	11,965	11,396	569	12,283	10,910	1,373	12,515	10,669	1,846	12,165	11,517	648	11,552	10,457	1,095
Greek	16,668	18,012	-1,344	18,618	17,728	890	19,534	16,519	3,015	17,914	16,119	1,795	18,330	15,824	2,506
Italian	35,555	35,503	52	38,460	34,637	3,823	37,944	33,658	4,286	34,766	32,362	2,404	36,558	31,808	4,750
Croatian	14,756	23,905	-9,149	20,604	24,241	-3,637	24,991	24,001	990	28,457	23,475	4,982	33,108	23,980	9,128
Polish	76,416	88,744	-12,328	97,945	85,104	12,841	100,242	82,665	17,577	94,446	88,785	5,661	101,887	95,237	6,650
romanian	184,482	188,737	-4,255	202,039	182,175	19,864	217,035	177,854	39,181	202,686	163,134	39,552	198,430	155,687	42,743
slovak	7,745	8,236	-491	9,026	8,662	364	10,342	8,244	2,098	9,474	7,566	1,908	8,653	8,363	290
spanish	21,810	16,953	4,857	21,916	15,609	6,307	21,849	14,543	7,306	20,603	13,324	7,279	16,347	11,437	4,910
hungarian	29,019	29,491	-472	34,003	26,736	7,267	30,141	26,120	4,021	27,734	26,584	1,150	28,365	29,056	-691
Non-EU-countries
Total	997,326	465,099	532,227	1,160,065	485,983	674,082	1,869,275	431,262	1,438,013	558,117	257,071	301,046	405,028	261,272	143,756
including
afghan	42,354	11,340	31,014	58,482	10,029	48,453	68,510	7,673	60,837	40,144	6,522	33,622	14,101	5,744	8,357
indian	60,083	17,581	42,502	54,123	15,888	38,235	53,377	12,843	40,534	34,137	11,017	23,120	20,510	12,730	7,780
iranian	20,943	4,685	16,258	23,352	4,480	18,872	22,047	4,243	17,804	12,974	3,999	8,975	9,008	3,998	5,010
kosovar	28,375	9,964	18,411	24,762	6,747	18,015	22,342	4,994	17,348	21,487	4,323	17,164	15,443	4,388	11,055
north Macedonian	17,042	12,091	4,951	22,514	12,098	10,416	23,022	10,232	12,790	17,198	6,481	10,717	12,692	6,771	5,921
russian	16,579	9,351	7,228	26,720	8,912	17,808	32,646	7,800	24,846	13,718	7,854	5,864	11,558	7,161	4,397
serbian	21,158	14,892	6,266	24,155	14,138	10,017	24,561	13,852	10,709	23,079	12,915	10,164	20,451	13,110	7,341
syrian	100,410	22,285	78,125	128,742	18,419	110,323	92,291	13,351	78,940	58,779	10,368	48,411	31,145	10,051	21,094
turkish	79,034	43,165	35,869	115,937	32,785	83,152	72,194	26,055	46,139	41,928	25,405	16,523	30,438	22,224	8,214
ukranian	233,717	117,920	115,797	283,631	170,694	112,937	1,073,173	156,066	917,107	12,379	6,478	5,901	11,822	7,330	4,492

As at 15 April 2025

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