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Emsland

District · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
52,315
Share of Germany
0.37%
With a residence title for employment
1,095
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-0.6%
Rank in the state
2 / 45
Foreign residents, 352,31531 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 movement30,815
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons9,130
  3. Permanent residence title3,910
  4. Family reasons2,520
  5. Application for a residence title pending1,565
  6. Employment1,095
  7. Neither tolerated nor permitted1,095
  8. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure865
  9. Tolerated stay (Duldung)540
  10. Education and training515
  11. Special residence rights and national visas265
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement30,81558.9%
Permanent residence title3,9107.5%
Employment1,0952.1%
Education and training5151.0%
Family reasons2,5204.8%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons9,13017.5%
Special residence rights and national visas2650.5%
Application for a residence title pending1,5653.0%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)5401.0%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure8651.7%
Neither tolerated nor permitted1,0952.1%
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. Romania9,155
  2. Poland7,410
  3. Netherlands6,010
  4. Ukraine5,210
  5. Syria3,595
Largest nationality
Romania
EU free movement
30,815
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 202452,610
First arrivals from abroad3,280
Repeat arrivals from abroad1,220
Births415
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany1,580
Departures abroad3,035
Deregistrations abroad825
Deaths155
Moves to elsewhere in Germany2,125
Net migration from abroad640
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202552,315
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
3,280
Departures abroad, 2025
3,035
Net migration from abroad, 2025
640
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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