According to the office, as reported by "Russkaya Germaniya", the ten-million mark was surpassed due to the immigration crisis. Thus, in 2015 the number of foreigners in the Federal Republic increased by 1.535 million, and in 2016 by another 482,300 people. During this period, 98,700 children were born in the country who hold only a foreign passport. At the same time, 229,800 people were removed from the AZR register as a result of obtaining German citizenship.
According to registration data, 5,759,310 foreigners in Germany are from non-EU countries. Compared to 2014, their number increased by 1.3 million. Primarily, these are citizens of Syria (currently 637,000), Afghanistan (253,000), and Iraq (227,000).
However, migration to Germany of EU citizens has slowed significantly. For instance, those from countries that joined the EU since 2004 accounted for only 25% of new residents of Germany in 2016. For comparison: in 2013 this figure was 44%, and in 2014 – 42%. The total number of foreign citizens with EU passports currently stands at 4,279,770 in Germany. Of these, 533,600 are citizens of Romania (plus 50.2% compared to 2014) and 783,000 are from Poland (plus 16.2%).
In the old federal states, including Berlin, Turks predominate among foreign citizens; in the new states, citizens of Syria, Poland, and Russia. It should be noted that ethnic German repatriates, from a statistical point of view, are only German citizens, even if they have dual citizenship, and are not counted here. The largest number of foreigners, as before, lives in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (2.5 million), the smallest in two eastern states: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (69,000) and Thuringia (91,300). The share of residents from "crisis" EU countries – Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain – increased by 5% in 2016 compared to 2015.
According to German statisticians, the average age of a foreigner living in Germany is 37 years and seven months. The average time of their stay in Germany is 15 years and five months. The number of men holding a foreign passport has increased from 51.5% to 54.1% since the beginning of 2015, and the number of unmarried foreigners from 40.4% to 42.8%. At the same time, the proportion of newborn foreigners decreased from 15.1% to 12.9%.
As German experts emphasize, due to the end of the migration crisis, a sharp increase in the number of foreigners is not expected in the coming years.