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31 Dec 2025 · official figures · checked 20 October 2026

Citizens of Iraq in Germany

Residents 254,065 3.0 per 1,000 residents

Where citizens of Iraq live in Germany, by state – as a number and per 1,000 residents.

Where citizens of Iraq live

Germany: 254,065 citizens of Iraq (3.0 per 1,000 residents).

16 states · 31 Dec 2025 · Source

Germany counts citizenship, not birthplace: people who became German citizens are not included, and children born in Germany with a foreign passport are. Per 1,000 is calculated by PassPeers from the register count and Destatis population on 30 Nov 2025.

All 16 states as a table
Where citizens of Iraq live
States
North Rhine-Westphalia4.987,800
Lower Saxony5.644,760
Bavaria2.431,755
Baden-Württemberg2.629,210
Schleswig-Holstein4.212,390
Hesse1.710,745
Berlin2.79,970
Saxony1.66,255
Hamburg2.44,540
Thuringia2.04,265
Rhineland-Palatinate0.963,980
Saxony-Anhalt1.12,335
Bremen2.71,930
Brandenburg0.601,530
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania0.881,375
Saarland1.21,215

People from Iraq in other countries

Other countries of origin in Germany

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