First residence permits — family

In 2018, Germany's first residence permits increased by 21.6% compared to 2017, reaching 190,856.

Germany accounts for 23.4% of the EU-27 total of 814,233.

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 131.4% (from 82,492 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.