Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Germany

Number of immigrants in Germany in 2024 — 16,750,084 people. Ranked 2 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 140.7%.

2024 16.75M people +11.51% vs 2020
World rank 2of 215
Period maximum 16.75M people2024
Period minimum 6.96M people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Germany, 1990–20245M7.5M10M12.5M15M17.5M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 6,960,112 people1995: 9,637,208 people2000: 10,397,459 people2005: 11,210,590 people2010: 11,665,950 people2015: 12,646,813 people2020: 15,021,300 people2024: 16,750,084 people
Change over the period: +9.79M (+140.66%) Average annual rate: 2.62 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Germany

Germany 16.75M people
World 303M people
Europe & Central Asia 106M people
Western Europe computed 36.72M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 16.75M
2020 15.02M
2015 12.65M
2010 11.67M
2005 11.21M
2000 10.4M
1995 9.64M
1990 6.96M

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.