Here's Where Germany's 17 Million Immigrants Come From

Here's Where Germany's 17 Million Immigrants Come From

Germany is one of the world's largest destinations for international migrants, shaped by decades of labor migration, European mobility, and more recent refugee arrivals.

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Srijaa Chatterjee, uses UN international migrant stock data compiled by Our World in Data and analysis from DataPulse Research to show where Germany's foreign-born residents originated and where German-born emigrants live.

The figures represent people living outside their country of birth, rather than annual migration flows.

Where Germany's Immigrants Come From

The table below ranks the largest countries of origin for Germany's foreign-born population, based on data compiled by Our World in Data.

Rank Country of Origin Share (%) 1 🇵🇱 Poland 11.0 2 🇹🇷 Türkiye 9.0 3 🇺🇦 Ukraine 8.5 4 🇷🇺 Russia 6.8 5 🇷🇴 Romania 5.8 6 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 5.4 7 🇸🇾 Syria 5.1 8 🇮🇹 Italy 2.6 9 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 2.1 10 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 2.1

Poland accounts for 11% of Germany's foreign-born population, followed by Türkiye at 9% and Ukraine at 8.5%. These populations reflect several migration waves, including postwar lab