First residence permits
First residence permits valid for at least three months for all reasons.
First residence permits
Germany · observed years only
Data 2014–2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Source period: 2014-01-01–2025-12-31
Release schedule: Annual; revisions checked weekly.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
How updates are checked →View data table & source flags
| Period | Population / group | Value | Source flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | DE | 237,627 | — |
| 2015 | DE | 194,813 | — |
| 2016 | DE | 504,849 | — |
| 2017 | DE | 535,446 | — |
| 2018 | DE | 543,571 | — |
| 2019 | DE | 425,072 | — |
| 2020 | DE | 351,735 | — |
| 2021 | DE | 504,298 | — |
| 2022 | DE | 625,386 | — |
| 2023 | DE | 662,888 | — |
| 2024 | DE | 544,987 | — |
| 2025 | DE | 605,292 | — |
What this measures
Third-country nationals; all citizenships and permit durations of at least three months
Calculation
Published official count; no calculation.
Limitations
First residence permits for third-country nationals valid for at least three months. A first permit can follow a gap of at least six months from a previous permit. Not unique arrivals, visas, citizenship or the foreign-born population. Free movement is outside this measure. Original Eurostat status flags are preserved for each observation: b = break, e = estimate, p = provisional, d = differing definition. No interpolation. Release update date is used as the publication date.
Birthplace, citizenship, migration flows, permits and asylum applicants measure different populations. A b flag breaks the time series; growth is suppressed across breaks. All ages use the source age definition; duplicate all-age definitions must agree.
Data 2014–2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Source period: 2014-01-01–2025-12-31
Release schedule: Annual; revisions checked weekly.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
How updates are checked →First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship (migr_resfirst)
Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-17