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

Migration across Germany's borders, by selected citizenships¹
Citizenship	2024			2023			2022²			2021²			2020²
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 2024. More detailed results can be found in the GENESIS-Online (GENESIS-Online) database. 2: 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	1,694,192	1,264,009	430,183	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	189,107	269,986	-80,879	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	510,281	534,051	-23,770	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	53,577	62,403	-8,826	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	11,946	11,343	603	12,283	10,910	1,373	12,515	10,669	1,846	12,165	11,517	648	11,552	10,457	1,095
Greek	16,638	17,844	-1,206	18,618	17,728	890	19,534	16,519	3,015	17,914	16,119	1,795	18,330	15,824	2,506
Italian	35,525	35,307	218	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	14,750	23,791	-9,041	20,604	24,241	-3,637	24,991	24,001	990	28,457	23,475	4,982	33,108	23,980	9,128
Polish	76,320	88,388	-12,068	97,945	85,104	12,841	100,242	82,665	17,577	94,446	88,785	5,661	101,887	95,237	6,650
portuguese	9,023	7,529	1,494	8,839	6,972	1,867	8,113	6,326	1,787	7,174	6,237	937	6,586	5,873	713
romanian	184,259	187,705	-3,446	202,039	182,175	19,864	217,035	177,854	39,181	202,686	163,134	39,552	198,430	155,687	42,743
spanish	21,789	16,856	4,933	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	28,995	29,402	-407	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	994,804	459,972	534,832	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	42,208	11,029	31,179	58,482	10,029	48,453	68,510	7,673	60,837	40,144	6,522	33,622	14,101	5,744	8,357
albanian	19,388	9,232	10,156	22,097	8,471	13,626	22,019	7,114	14,905	16,965	6,202	10,763	14,478	6,395	8,083
chinese	24,574	13,796	10,778	20,866	11,819	9,047	15,265	11,550	3,715	15,749	14,196	1,553	11,646	16,686	-5,040
indian	60,051	17,464	42,587	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	20,905	4,586	16,319	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	28,279	9,860	18,419	24,762	6,747	18,015	22,342	4,994	17,348	21,487	4,323	17,164	15,443	4,388	11,055
serbian	21,167	14,713	6,454	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	99,927	21,588	78,339	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	78,854	42,520	36,334	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	233,029	117,097	115,932	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 24 June 2025

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