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Press release No. N 011 of 1 March 2022 Russia and Ukraine in the focus: foreign population in Germany
Roughly 10.6 million foreigners were living in Germany at the end of 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that slightly more than one in ten people (12.7%) living in Germany had no German citizenship on reference day 31 December …
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Press release No. 463 of 1 October 2021 2021 Bundestag Election: one in three people with a migrant background was entitled to vote
In 2020, 21.9 million people had a migrant background, representing 26.7% of the population in Germany. Based on data of the 2020 microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 7.9 million of those people were entitled to …
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Press release No. 340 of 14 July 2021 Number of registered people seeking protection up 1% in 2020
Just under 1.86 million people seeking protection were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) at the end of 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people seeking protection who were registered …
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Press release No. N 039 of 17 June 2021 Markedly higher number of people seeking protection born in Germany since 2015
An average of 27,200 children seeking protection were born in Germany every year from 2015 to 2019. To mark the World Refugee Day on 20 June, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that their number has grown significantly since 2015. An …
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Press release No. 248 of 26 May 2021 Number of naturalisations down 15% in 2020
In 2020, roughly 109,900 foreigners became naturalised German citizens. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a decline of 19,000 naturalisations, or 15%, compared with 2019. More than half of the decline was …
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Press release No. 151 of 29 March 2021 Foreign population increased by 1.8% in 2020
At the end of 2020, roughly 11.4 million foreigners were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of foreigners rose by approximately 204,000, or 1.8%, on the previous …
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Press release No. 279 of 28 July 2020 Population with a migrant background up 2.1% in 2019: lowest increase since 2011
In 2019, 21.2 million people had a migrant background, representing 26.0% of the population in Germany. Based on results of the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 2.1% increase compared with a year …
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Press release No. 274 of 23 July 2020 Increase in registered people seeking protection slowed to 3% in 2019
A total of 1.839 million people seeking protection were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) on 31 December 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people seeking protection who were …
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Press release No. 197 of 3 June 2020 Number of naturalisations up 15% in 2019
In 2019, roughly 128,900 foreigners obtained the German citizenship. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of naturalisations was up by 16,600, or 15%, on the previous year, reaching the highest level since 2003. Almost …
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Press release No. 314 of 21 August 2019 One in four people in Germany had a migrant background in 2018
In 2018, approximately 20.8 million people in Germany had a migrant background. Based on results of the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 2.5% increase compared with a year earlier (2017: 20.3 …
