Migration flows

Press releases

16 February 2023 1.1 million arrivals of people from Ukraine in 2022

Since Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022, millions of people have left the country. Roughly 1.1 million arrivals of people from Ukraine were recorded in Germany in 2022. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results and an ad-hoc evaluation of migration statistics. Just over two thirds (68%) of the immigrants came between March and May 2022, that is, in the first three months after the attack.

19 January 2023 Population increased to 84.3 million in 2022

2 December 2022 4 million more people aged 67 or over will live in Germany in 2035

29 November 2022 Forced migration has contributed to population growth in Germany since the end of 2014

10 October 2022 952,000 arrivals from Ukraine from February to August 2022

28 June 2022 Migration in 2021: immigration exceeding emigration by 329,000 people

Further Press Releases

Current news

Changed migration patterns in the Covid-19 pandemic year of 2020

Germany took a number of measures in 2020 to contain the global Covid-19 pandemic. This included two lockdowns, the temporary closure of borders with other countries and in part substantial restrictions on private and economic activities. This also affected migration, that is, arrivals and departures across municipality borders. Results of migration statistics on external and internal migration show what migration has been like in 2020 compared with the period before the pandemic broke out:

East-west migration

Different demographic developments are observed in eastern and western Germany. The reasons are complex, but the migration patterns of the two regions have a major impact.

Migration between the former territory of the Federal Republic and the new Länder, by year

Tables

Migration

Database

GENESIS-Online

More data on migration are available from the GENESIS-Online database.

The database content will continuously be extended, and links will be provided here.

Graphics

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Overview of external and internal migration

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Net migration between Germany and the other EU countries

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Migration by the 10 most frequent citizenships of immigrants, 2022

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Net migration, 2022

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Departures of Germans to other countries

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Migration between the former territory of the Federal Republic and the new Länder, by year

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find data on immigration or emigration by country?

Data on migration across Germany’s borders by country of origin/destination can be found in Table 3.2 of Fachserie 1 Reihe 1.2. Time series can be retrieved through the GENESIS-Online database, from the migration statistics tables (12711-0005).

Where can I find data on immigration and emigration of foreigners?

The Federal Statistical Office publishes data on immigration and emigration of foreigners that come from two different data sources. First, migration statistics provide data on arrivals and departures of foreigners. Second, the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) allows to derive information on register entries and exits by comparing the current stock to that of the previous year (balance of changes). The results from AZR evaluations and migration statistics differ from each other due to differences in statistical units, reporting channels and methodological approaches.

Methods

The documentation of the methods is important to us

Migration (internal migration, external migration, total migration) - 2021 (Summary)

day of moving in or out or of changing housing status, old and new place of residence (municipality if the place of residence is in the domestic territory, country if the place of residence is abroad), housing status (main or sole residence), sex, age, marital status, citizenship, place and country of birth, legal affiliation with a religious society under public law, day of preceding departure to abroad (in case of arrival from abroad), day of preceding arrival from abroad (in case of departure to abroad), the fact of ex officio registration or deregistration.

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Migration (internal migration, external migration, total migration) - 2020

Day of moving in or out or of changing housing status, old and new place of residence (municipality if the place of residence is in the domestic territory, country if the place of residence is abroad), housing status (main or sole residence), sex, age, marital status, citizenship, place and country of birth, legal affiliation with a religious society under public law, day of preceding departure to abroad (in case of arrival from abroad), day of preceding arrival from abroad (in case of departure to abroad), the fact of ex officio registration or deregistration.

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