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Osnabrück (district)

District · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
40,995
Share of Germany
0.29%
With a residence title for employment
635
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-3.0%
Rank in the state
4 / 45
Foreign residents, 340,99531 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 movement21,770
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,680
  3. Permanent residence title5,805
  4. Family reasons1,660
  5. Application for a residence title pending1,655
  6. Neither tolerated nor permitted1,505
  7. Employment635
  8. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure460
  9. Tolerated stay (Duldung)385
  10. Education and training265
  11. Special residence rights and national visas175
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement21,77053.1%
Permanent residence title5,80514.2%
Employment6351.5%
Education and training2650.6%
Family reasons1,6604.0%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,68016.3%
Special residence rights and national visas1750.4%
Application for a residence title pending1,6554.0%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)3850.9%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure4601.1%
Neither tolerated nor permitted1,5053.7%
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. Romania8,115
  2. Ukraine5,275
  3. Poland4,645
  4. Türkiye3,010
  5. Syria1,900
Largest nationality
Romania
EU free movement
21,770
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 202442,280
First arrivals from abroad2,625
Repeat arrivals from abroad940
Births350
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany1,845
Departures abroad1,780
Deregistrations abroad1,935
Deaths160
Moves to elsewhere in Germany2,050
Net migration from abroad-150
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202540,995
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
2,625
Departures abroad, 2025
1,780
Net migration from abroad, 2025
-150
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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