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Celle

District · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
18,760
Share of Germany
0.13%
With a residence title for employment
425
Change on 31 Dec 2024
+0.6%
Rank in the state
19 / 45
Foreign residents, 318,76031 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 movement6,135
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,085
  3. Permanent residence title2,435
  4. Family reasons1,235
  5. Application for a residence title pending715
  6. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure625
  7. Neither tolerated nor permitted470
  8. Employment425
  9. Tolerated stay (Duldung)315
  10. Special residence rights and national visas210
  11. Education and training110
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement6,13532.7%
Permanent residence title2,43513.0%
Employment4252.3%
Education and training1100.6%
Family reasons1,2356.6%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,08532.4%
Special residence rights and national visas2101.1%
Application for a residence title pending7153.8%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)3151.7%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure6253.3%
Neither tolerated nor permitted4702.5%
Exempt from the permit requirement50.0%
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. Ukraine2,625
  2. Iraq2,070
  3. Poland1,840
  4. Syria1,625
  5. Türkiye1,360
Largest nationality
Ukraine
EU free movement
6,135
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 202418,655
First arrivals from abroad1,015
Repeat arrivals from abroad235
Births130
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany850
Departures abroad455
Deregistrations abroad405
Deaths50
Moves to elsewhere in Germany685
Net migration from abroad390
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202518,760
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
1,015
Departures abroad, 2025
455
Net migration from abroad, 2025
390
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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