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Wolfsburg (city)

City · Lower Saxony

Foreign residents, 31 Dec 2025
26,115
Share of Germany
0.19%
With a residence title for employment
1,035
Change on 31 Dec 2024
+0.7%
Rank in the state
12 / 45
Foreign residents, 326,11531 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 movement9,415
  2. International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,005
  3. Permanent residence title3,285
  4. Family reasons2,900
  5. Employment1,035
  6. Permission to reside during the asylum procedure825
  7. Application for a residence title pending700
  8. Neither tolerated nor permitted675
  9. Tolerated stay (Duldung)605
  10. Education and training500
  11. Special residence rights and national visas175
  12. Exempt from the permit requirement5
Residence statusResidentsShare
EU free movement9,41536.1%
Permanent residence title3,28512.6%
Employment1,0354.0%
Education and training5001.9%
Family reasons2,90011.1%
International law, humanitarian or political reasons6,00523.0%
Special residence rights and national visas1750.7%
Application for a residence title pending7002.7%
Tolerated stay (Duldung)6052.3%
Permission to reside during the asylum procedure8253.2%
Neither tolerated nor permitted6752.6%
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. Italy4,865
  2. Ukraine2,415
  3. Syria2,410
  4. India1,265
  5. Poland1,195
Largest nationality
Italy
EU free movement
9,415
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 202425,945
First arrivals from abroad1,425
Repeat arrivals from abroad300
Births180
Moves in from elsewhere in Germany1,360
Departures abroad695
Deregistrations abroad275
Deaths95
Moves to elsewhere in Germany1,015
Net migration from abroad755
Foreign residents, 31 Dec 202526,115
First arrivals from abroad, 2025
1,425
Departures abroad, 2025
695
Net migration from abroad, 2025
755
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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