Number of pending asylum applications in Germany 2014-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 6, 2025

In 2024, there were approximately 212,656 asylum applications in Germany pending, this was a decrease compared to 2023. Numbers fluctuated throughout the specified time period, peaking in 2015 and 2016.

Number of pending asylum applications in Germany from 2014 to 2024

CharacteristicNumber of pending asylum applications
2024 212,656
2023 239,614
2022 136,448
2021 108,064
2020 52,056
2019 57,012
2018 58,325
2017 68,245
2016 433,719
2015 364,664
2014 169,166
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January 2025

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2014 to 2024*

Special properties

First and following applications

Supplementary notes

Asylum applications processed by BAMF. BAMF = Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees).

Figures as of the end of each year. 


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