First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, Germany's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 17.8% compared to 2023, reaching 544,987.

Germany accounts for 15.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

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 28.2% (from 425,072 in 2019).

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