First residence permits — family

In 2024, Germany's first residence permits decreased by 16.7% compared to 2023, reaching 196,979.

Germany accounts for 20.7% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

Germany ranks 2nd 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 21.8% (from 161,728 in 2019).

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