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Wilhelmshaven (city)

City · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
12,035
Share of Germany
0.09%
With a residence title for employment
275
Change on 31 Dec 2024
-0.9%
Rank in the state
34 / 45
Foreign residents, 312,03531 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 reasons3,905
  2. EU free movement3,205
  3. Application for a residence title pending1,650
  4. Permanent residence title1,145
  5. Family reasons680
  6. Education and training340
  7. Neither tolerated nor permitted325
  8. Employment275
  9. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure265
  10. Tolerated stay (Duldung)190
  11. Special residence rights and national visas55
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement3,20526.6%
Permanent residence title1,1459.5%
Employment2752.3%
Education and training3402.8%
Family reasons6805.7%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons3,90532.4%
Special residence rights and national visas550.5%
Application for a residence title pending1,65013.7%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)1901.6%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure2652.2%
Neither tolerated nor permitted3252.7%
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. Syria2,550
  2. Ukraine1,590
  3. Romania835
  4. Iraq690
  5. Poland540
Largest nationality
Syria
EU free movement
3,205
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 202412,150
First arrivals from abroad915
Repeat arrivals from abroad175
Births95
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany605
Departures abroad355
Deregistrations abroad500
Deaths40
Moves to elsewhere in Germany720
Net migration from abroad235
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202512,035
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
915
Departures abroad, 2025
355
Net migration from abroad, 2025
235
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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