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Erlangen-Höchstadt

District · Bavaria

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
16,255
Share of Germany
0.12%
With a residence title for employment
615
Change on 31 Dec 2024
+0.1%
Rank in the state
45 / 96
Foreign residents, 316,25531 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 movement7,620
  2. Permanent residence title2,060
  3. Application for a residence title pending1,700
  4. International law, humanitarian or political reasons1,645
  5. Family reasons1,015
  6. Employment615
  7. Neither tolerated nor permitted600
  8. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure380
  9. Education and training265
  10. Special residence rights and national visas180
  11. Tolerated stay (Duldung)160
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement15
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement7,62046.9%
Permanent residence title2,06012.7%
Employment6153.8%
Education and training2651.6%
Family reasons1,0156.2%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons1,64510.1%
Special residence rights and national visas1801.1%
Application for a residence title pending1,70010.5%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)1601.0%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure3802.3%
Neither tolerated nor permitted6003.7%
Exempt from the permit requirement150.1%
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. Romania1,920
  2. Ukraine1,370
  3. India795
  4. Türkiye770
  5. Syria725
Largest nationality
Romania
EU free movement
7,620
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 202416,245
First arrivals from abroad895
Repeat arrivals from abroad205
Births85
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany1,280
Departures abroad525
Deregistrations abroad175
Deaths45
Moves to elsewhere in Germany880
Net migration from abroad400
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202516,255
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
895
Departures abroad, 2025
525
Net migration from abroad, 2025
400
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. München (city)538,785
  2. Nürnberg (city)157,115
  3. Augsburg (city)85,465
  4. München (district)81,785
  5. Fürstenfeldbruck45,270
  6. Freising42,680
  7. Ingolstadt (city)37,060
  8. Regensburg (city)36,205
  9. Rosenheim (district)34,105
  10. Neu-Ulm33,480
  11. Augsburg (district)33,355
  12. Erlangen (city)31,305
  13. Dachau31,240
  14. Fürth (city)30,140
  15. Ebersberg25,755
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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