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Leipzig (city)

City · Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
95,300
Share of Germany
0.68%
With a residence title for employment
3,065
Change on 31 Dec 2024
+3.6%
Rank in the state
1 / 13
Foreign residents, 395,30031 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 movement25,120
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons21,940
  3. Application for a residence title pending12,520
  4. Permanent residence title12,240
  5. Family reasons7,605
  6. Neither tolerated nor permitted4,910
  7. Education and training3,270
  8. Employment3,065
  9. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure2,030
  10. Tolerated stay (Duldung)1,965
  11. Special residence rights and national visas630
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement25,12026.4%
Permanent residence title12,24012.8%
Employment3,0653.2%
Education and training3,2703.4%
Family reasons7,6058.0%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons21,94023.0%
Special residence rights and national visas6300.7%
Application for a residence title pending12,52013.1%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)1,9652.1%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure2,0302.1%
Neither tolerated nor permitted4,9105.2%
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. Ukraine13,525
  2. Syria12,420
  3. Romania4,780
  4. Poland4,120
  5. Russia4,025
Largest nationality
Ukraine
EU free movement
25,120
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 202491,975
First arrivals from abroad7,350
Repeat arrivals from abroad1,170
Births720
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany4,180
Departures abroad2,870
Deregistrations abroad1,460
Deaths175
Moves to elsewhere in Germany3,875
Net migration from abroad4,190
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202595,300
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
7,350
Departures abroad, 2025
2,870
Net migration from abroad, 2025
4,190
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. Leipzig (city)95,300
  2. Dresden (city)74,850
  3. Chemnitz (city)38,730
  4. Zwickau22,565
  5. Görlitz19,970
  6. Mittelsachsen19,225
  7. Vogtlandkreis15,650
  8. Nordsachsen14,895
  9. Meißen14,710
  10. Leipzig (district)14,490
  11. Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge13,770
  12. Erzgebirgskreis13,460
  13. Bautzen13,435
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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