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Salzgitter (city)

City · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
25,090
Share of Germany
0.18%
With a residence title for employment
415
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-0.3%
Rank in the state
14 / 45
Foreign residents, 325,09031 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 movement7,970
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,195
  3. Permanent residence title5,870
  4. Family reasons2,125
  5. Application for a residence title pending775
  6. Neither tolerated nor permitted735
  7. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure465
  8. Employment415
  9. Tolerated stay (Duldung)220
  10. Special residence rights and national visas210
  11. Education and training100
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement10
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement7,97031.8%
Permanent residence title5,87023.4%
Employment4151.7%
Education and training1000.4%
Family reasons2,1258.5%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,19524.7%
Special residence rights and national visas2100.8%
Application for a residence title pending7753.1%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)2200.9%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure4651.9%
Neither tolerated nor permitted7352.9%
Exempt from the permit requirement100.0%
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. Syria4,875
  2. Türkiye4,845
  3. Romania2,345
  4. Bulgaria1,715
  5. Poland1,710
Largest nationality
Syria
EU free movement
7,970
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 202425,170
First arrivals from abroad1,110
Repeat arrivals from abroad340
Births235
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany775
Departures abroad435
Deregistrations abroad425
Deaths85
Moves to elsewhere in Germany840
Net migration from abroad590
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202525,090
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
1,110
Departures abroad, 2025
435
Net migration from abroad, 2025
590
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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