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Dessau-Roßlau (city)

City · Saxony-Anhalt

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
8,490
Share of Germany
0.06%
With a residence title for employment
485
Change on 31 Dec 2024
+4.0%
Rank in the state
9 / 14
Foreign residents, 38,49031 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. International law, humanitarian or political reasons3,230
  2. EU free movement1,105
  3. Application for a residence title pending875
  4. Family reasons780
  5. Permanent residence title705
  6. Education and training535
  7. Employment485
  8. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure315
  9. Neither tolerated nor permitted230
  10. Tolerated stay (Duldung)175
  11. Special residence rights and national visas60
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement1,10513.0%
Permanent residence title7058.3%
Employment4855.7%
Education and training5356.3%
Family reasons7809.2%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons3,23038.0%
Special residence rights and national visas600.7%
Application for a residence title pending87510.3%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)1752.1%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure3153.7%
Neither tolerated nor permitted2302.7%
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. Ukraine1,900
  2. Syria1,565
  3. India525
  4. Poland445
  5. Afghanistan395
Largest nationality
Ukraine
EU free movement
1,105
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 20248,165
First arrivals from abroad815
Repeat arrivals from abroad80
Births100
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany475
Departures abroad250
Deregistrations abroad155
Deaths20
Moves to elsewhere in Germany480
Net migration from abroad490
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 20258,490
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
815
Departures abroad, 2025
250
Net migration from abroad, 2025
490
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. Magdeburg (city)38,520
  2. Halle (Saale) (city)38,055
  3. Burgenlandkreis16,225
  4. Saalekreis13,085
  5. Anhalt-Bitterfeld11,910
  6. Salzlandkreis11,500
  7. Harz10,850
  8. Börde10,630
  9. Dessau-Roßlau (city)8,490
  10. Wittenberg7,995
  11. Stendal7,180
  12. Mansfeld-Südharz6,550
  13. Jerichower Land6,175
  14. Altmarkkreis Salzwedel4,990
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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