German population by migrant background 2023

In 2023, the population share with a migrant background in the wider sense was almost 30 percent. According to the source, a person is considered to have a migrant background when they or at least one parent do not have German citizenship by law. This definition includes the following:
1. Immigrated and non-immigrated foreigners.
2. Immigrated and non-immigrated naturalized citizens.
3. Late emigrants.
4. Descendants born with German citizenship within the three groups named above.

Distribution of the population* in Germany in 2023, by migrant background

Characteristic	Share of population
Population without migrant background	70.3%
Population with migrant background (in the wider sense)	29.7%
Among these: Germans with own migration experience	6.4%
Among these: Germans without own migration experience	8.4%
Among these: foreigners with own migration experience	12.7%
Among these: foreigners without own migration experience	2.2%
Population with migrant background (in the more narrow sense)	27.6%

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

* Figures refer to population in private households.

The distinction between a migration background in the narrower and broader sense is based on different methods of identifying the migration background of a person. Migration background in the narrower sense means that only information about the parents of the person living in the same household is used. The migration background in a broader sense means that all information about the parents is used (even if the person no longer lives in the household of the parents). This applies to people who, due to their own characteristics, do not actually have a migration background themselves, but have parents who are foreign, naturalized, (late) resettlers or who were adopted by a German parent.

Data based on the 2023 micro-census (first results).

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