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Germany
Germany is the 1st-most populous EU member state. Member of the European Union since 1958.
27 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
83.6M
2025 · rank 1/27
Country at a glance
Germany is a central europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Berlin. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, Germany is the EU's largest economy, anchored in automotive, machinery and chemical industries, with a federal Länder structure and historical industrial heartland along the Rhine-Ruhr corridor. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. German is the official language and the country is divided into 16 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Germany is currently 1st-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Key insights
How Germany stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.
- 289k acquisitions of citizenship — 1st highest volume in EU
- 545k first residence permits issued — 2nd most in EU
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Germany, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 2,476k 2025 ▼1.4%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 6,136k 2025 ▲1.2%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 34,433k 2025 ▼0.8%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 3,657k 2025 ▲3.1%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 40,597k 2025 ▼0.5%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 4,350,923 2025 ▼1.3%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 71,184,865 2025 ▼0.2%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 8,024,309 2025 ▲4.5%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 17,043 2025 ▼9.7%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 83,577,140 2025 ▲0.1%
Migration & asylum
15 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 288,670 2024 ▲44.5%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 33,315 2026 ▼70.6%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 185,405 2025 ▲59.0%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 87,395 2025 ▼34.6%
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protection migr_asydcfsta 12,105 2025 ▼41.9%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 70,160 2025 ▲85.6%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 5,130 2025 ▼93.2%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 272,800 2025 ▲9.0%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 55,240 2025 ▼3.2%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 36,075 2025 ▲63.9%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 75,005 2024 ▼13.7%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 77,149 2024 ▼24.7%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 196,979 2024 ▼16.7%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 195,854 2024 ▼17.4%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 544,987 2024 ▼17.8%
Justice & crime
2 indicatorsMore data on Germany
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Germany (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Germany buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Germany.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Germany.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (27 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API