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Nienburg (Weser)

District · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
13,945
Share of Germany
0.10%
With a residence title for employment
185
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-2.8%
Rank in the state
32 / 45
Foreign residents, 313,94531 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 reasons4,680
  2. EU free movement4,385
  3. Permanent residence title1,855
  4. Family reasons810
  5. Application for a residence title pending755
  6. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure515
  7. Neither tolerated nor permitted305
  8. Tolerated stay (Duldung)275
  9. Employment185
  10. Special residence rights and national visas90
  11. Education and training80
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement4,38531.4%
Permanent residence title1,85513.3%
Employment1851.3%
Education and training800.6%
Family reasons8105.8%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons4,68033.6%
Special residence rights and national visas900.6%
Application for a residence title pending7555.4%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)2752.0%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure5153.7%
Neither tolerated nor permitted3052.2%
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. Ukraine2,235
  2. Poland1,650
  3. Iraq1,505
  4. Türkiye1,490
  5. Syria1,340
Largest nationality
Ukraine
EU free movement
4,385
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 202414,345
First arrivals from abroad585
Repeat arrivals from abroad235
Births120
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany555
Departures abroad430
Deregistrations abroad250
Deaths55
Moves to elsewhere in Germany610
Net migration from abroad140
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202513,945
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
585
Departures abroad, 2025
430
Net migration from abroad, 2025
140
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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