Share of foreigners in Germany 1991-2022
This statistic shows the number of foreigners in Germany according to the Central Register of Foreign Nationals from 1990 to 2022. In 2022, the share of foreigners in Germany was around 15 percent. According to the source, foreigners are those who are not German based on Article 116, Paragraph 1 of the German constitution. These include stateless persons and those with unclear citizenship as well as the population group with a migration background. Individuals with a migration background can either have immigrated into Germany or been born in the country to at least one parent who was born a foreigner.