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Cloppenburg

District · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
26,690
Share of Germany
0.19%
With a residence title for employment
385
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-3.1%
Rank in the state
9 / 45
Foreign residents, 326,69031 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 movement14,715
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons5,080
  3. Permanent residence title2,585
  4. Family reasons1,140
  5. Application for a residence title pending860
  6. Neither tolerated nor permitted690
  7. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure665
  8. Employment385
  9. Tolerated stay (Duldung)325
  10. Special residence rights and national visas150
  11. Education and training95
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement14,71555.1%
Permanent residence title2,5859.7%
Employment3851.4%
Education and training950.4%
Family reasons1,1404.3%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons5,08019.0%
Special residence rights and national visas1500.6%
Application for a residence title pending8603.2%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)3251.2%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure6652.5%
Neither tolerated nor permitted6902.6%
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. Romania7,585
  2. Poland3,360
  3. Ukraine3,355
  4. Syria1,400
  5. Iraq1,160
Largest nationality
Romania
EU free movement
14,715
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 202427,540
First arrivals from abroad1,275
Repeat arrivals from abroad600
Births200
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany1,015
Departures abroad1,915
Deregistrations abroad440
Deaths55
Moves to elsewhere in Germany1,170
Net migration from abroad-480
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202526,690
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
1,275
Departures abroad, 2025
1,915
Net migration from abroad, 2025
-480
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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