First residence permits — family

In 2023, Germany's first residence permits increased by 8.9% compared to 2022, reaching 236,330.

Germany accounts for 23.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

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 23.8% (from 190,856 in 2018).

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