DE · 2023 · migr_resfirst
First residence permits issued (total)
Germany, 2023
In 2023, Germany's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 6.0% compared to 2022, reaching 662,888.
Germany accounts for 17.3% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.
Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 22.0% (from 543,571 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.