Nationalities registered in Berlin

At the end of 2025, over 976,000 foreign residents from more than 190 countries were registered in Berlin. The proportion of foreign citizens among all registered residents of Berlin was 25 percent on December 31, 2025.

Selection of states by continent with the most inhabitants:

Country of CitizenshipTotal
Europe580,619
European Union (EU)273,314
 Belgium2,304
 Bulgaria31,442
 Denmark2,531
 Estonia965
 Finland1,956
 France19,053
 Greece14,158
 Ireland4,639
 Italy34,057
 Croatia13,131
 Latvia3,632
 Lithuania3,146
 Luxembourg1,055
 Malta158
 Netherlands6,982
 Austria11,878
 Poland50,967
 Portugal6,988
 Romania30,948
 Sweden4,250
 Slovakia1,588
 Slovenia1,527
 Spain15,867
 Czechia2,898
 Hungary6,636
 Cyprus530
Non-EU countries307,305
 Albania7,011
 Belarus2,646
 Bosnia and Herzegovina12,575
 Iceland620
 Kosovo6,563
 Liechtenstein42
 Republic of Moldova5,456
 Montenegro730
 North Macedonia8,737
 Norway1,963
 Russian Federation35,644
 Switzerland5,582
 Serbia121,012
 Turkey108,077
 Ukraine75,867
 United Kingdom14,547
Africa53,072
 Egypt7,553
 Ghana4,902
 Cameroon4,702
 Libya2,591
 Morocco2,670
 Nigeria6,173
 Tunisia4,495
 Other African countries19,986
America55,505
 Brazil8,701
 Chile3,125
 Canada4,062
 Colombia3,573
 Mexico3,728
 United States of America21,276
 Other American countries11,040
Asia259,529
 Afghanistan24,979
 China216,854
 India48,111
 Iraq8,586
 Iran (Islamic Republic of)13,377
 Lebanon9,855
 Pakistan9,464
 Syrian Arab Republic41,180
 Vietnam30,830
 Other Asian countries56,293
Australia/Oceania/Antarctica4,720
Stateless, unclarified322,926
Total976,419

1 incl. former "Serbia and Montenegro" as well as "Serbia (incl. Kosovo)"
2 incl. Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
3 incl. without specification

(Source: Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg 2026 - as at 12.31.2025)