Press release No. 282 of 1 August 2018
WIESBADEN – In 2017, approximately 19.3 million people in Germany had a migrant background. Based on the results of the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 4.4% increase compared with a year earlier. A person has a migrant background if he/she or at least one parent did not get German citizenship by birth.
In 2017, roughly 51% of the population with a migrant background were Germans, while about 49% were foreigners.
