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Flensburg (city)

City · Schleswig-Holstein

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
17,910
Share of Germany
0.13%
With a residence title for employment
335
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-3.9%
Rank in the state
9 / 15
Foreign residents, 317,91031 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 movement7,585
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons4,120
  3. Permanent residence title1,755
  4. Application for a residence title pending1,665
  5. Family reasons1,080
  6. Neither tolerated nor permitted455
  7. Education and training375
  8. Employment335
  9. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure280
  10. Tolerated stay (Duldung)150
  11. Special residence rights and national visas100
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement7,58542.4%
Permanent residence title1,7559.8%
Employment3351.9%
Education and training3752.1%
Family reasons1,0806.0%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons4,12023.0%
Special residence rights and national visas1000.6%
Application for a residence title pending1,6659.3%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)1500.8%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure2801.6%
Neither tolerated nor permitted4552.5%
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. Romania2,650
  2. Syria2,485
  3. Denmark1,830
  4. Ukraine1,640
  5. Afghanistan910
Largest nationality
Romania
EU free movement
7,585
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 202418,630
First arrivals from abroad1,245
Repeat arrivals from abroad315
Births165
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany865
Departures abroad845
Deregistrations abroad1,120
Deaths40
Moves to elsewhere in Germany810
Net migration from abroad-405
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202517,910
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
1,245
Departures abroad, 2025
845
Net migration from abroad, 2025
-405
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. Pinneberg51,705
  2. Kiel (city)37,900
  3. Segeberg37,415
  4. Lübeck (city)33,155
  5. Stormarn27,290
  6. Herzogtum Lauenburg23,905
  7. Rendsburg-Eckernförde21,835
  8. Ostholstein18,000
  9. Flensburg (city)17,910
  10. Nordfriesland17,395
  11. Schleswig-Flensburg16,345
  12. Neumünster (city)14,770
  13. Dithmarschen13,315
  14. Steinburg12,940
  15. Plön8,685
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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