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Braunschweig (city)

City · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
36,735
Share of Germany
0.26%
With a residence title for employment
2,345
Change on 31 Dec 2024
+1.0%
Rank in the state
5 / 45
Foreign residents, 336,73531 Dec 2025
Data as at 31 Dec 2025
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Residence status

Foreign residents on 31 December 2025 by residence status in the Central Register of Foreigners. Residence titles are grouped by purpose; EU citizens and their families hold rights under the Free Movement Act.

Foreign residents by residence status
  1. EU free movement9,075
  2. Permanent residence title8,055
  3. International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,350
  4. Family reasons3,740
  5. Education and training2,440
  6. Employment2,345
  7. Application for a residence title pending1,610
  8. Neither tolerated nor permitted1,500
  9. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure945
  10. Tolerated stay (Duldung)430
  11. Special residence rights and national visas240
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement10
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement9,07524.7%
Permanent residence title8,05521.9%
Employment2,3456.4%
Education and training2,4406.6%
Family reasons3,74010.2%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,35017.3%
Special residence rights and national visas2400.7%
Application for a residence title pending1,6104.4%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)4301.2%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure9452.6%
Neither tolerated nor permitted1,5004.1%
Exempt from the permit requirement100.0%
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), foreign population from the Central Register of Foreigners, 31 December 2025 (reproduction permitted with source)Data as at 31 Dec 2025

Nationalities

The five most common nationalities on 31 December 2025.

Foreign residents by nationality
  1. Türkiye5,015
  2. Ukraine3,705
  3. Poland3,250
  4. Syria2,885
  5. China1,765
Largest nationality
Türkiye
EU free movement
9,075
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), foreign population from the Central Register of Foreigners, 31 December 2025 (reproduction permitted with source)Data as at 31 Dec 2025

Arrivals and departures in 2025

Changes recorded in the register during 2025: first and repeat arrivals from abroad, departures abroad and moves within Germany.

Measure2025
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202436,380
First arrivals from abroad2,480
Repeat arrivals from abroad360
Births230
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany2,355
Departures abroad1,265
Deregistrations abroad490
Deaths205
Moves to elsewhere in Germany1,895
Net migration from abroad1,085
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202536,735
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
2,480
Departures abroad, 2025
1,265
Net migration from abroad, 2025
1,085
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), foreign population from the Central Register of Foreigners, 31 December 2025 (reproduction permitted with source)Data as at 31 Dec 2025

Districts and cities

Districts and district-free cities, 31 December 2025.

Foreign residents by district
  1. Region Hannover225,335
  2. Emsland52,315
  3. Göttingen42,385
  4. Osnabrück (district)40,995
  5. Braunschweig (city)36,735
  6. Hildesheim33,585
  7. Osnabrück (city)31,870
  8. Harburg29,810
  9. Cloppenburg26,690
  10. Grafschaft Bentheim26,530
  11. Stade26,315
  12. Wolfsburg (city)26,115
  13. Diepholz25,910
  14. Salzgitter (city)25,090
  15. Oldenburg (Oldenburg) (city)24,180
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), foreign population from the Central Register of Foreigners, 31 December 2025 (reproduction permitted with source)Data as at 31 Dec 2025

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