Last week the Munich office of statistics published the latest figures on the number of foreigners living in the city. These figures are current to 31.Mar.2003 and they make interesting reading. Munich has a total population of just under 1.3 million people. Of those 22.9% are non-German and come from 181 different countries. There are just under 12,000 foreigners from countries where the official language is English (USA, UK, IR, AUS, SA, and NZ).
See the results in tabular format: English speaking population of Munich
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· Total population of Munich: 1,264,000
· 289,610 foreigners from 181 countries
· That's 22.9% of the Munich population
· Munich has the second highest concentration of foreigners, behind Frankfurt (26.4%) and in front of Stuttgart (22.5%)
· There are 237,817 European foreigners, of whom 4,885 are British and 1,068 are Irish
· Around a third of foreigners are EU, with 21,675 Austrians, 21,519 Italians and 23,358 Greeks
· There are 5,117 Americans, 583 Australians, and 94 New Zealanders
· There were 225 South Africans last year (2003). This year's figure unknown.
· Although there are no accepted "Ghettos" in Munich, Schwantaler Höhe has 40.2% foreign residents, Ludwigsvorstadt has 31.1% and Milbertshofen has 22.7%
· The highest foreign representation is the Turkish folk with 44,425 people, although these are actually less than the previous Yugoslavian combination of "new" Yugoslavia (25,164) and Croatia (25,155) together.
· There are "only" around 25,000 Asylum seekers in Munich, from 80 different countries.
· 12,000 foreigners are self employed, that's around 10% of those capable of working (12% of working Germans are self-employed)
· There are 190 cultural institutes and 30 "foreign" sports clubs - mainly football clubs.
· 9 International schools cater for non-German education in Munich.
These details are taken from the first part of a new, regular series on foreigners life in Munich in the weekend edition of the Münchener Merkur newspaper.
Munich population statistics
Including stats on the number of English-speakers
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Munich seems to be a great little town. I would love to live their for a year,to experience their culture and maybe learn their language;especially since i meet some really great guy's in SoutBeach for Spring break who i belive are all from their.
The UK government says that there are currently 117,000 British nationals living in Germany. Link: UK Nationals living in other EU States
Lived in Munich for four years. Highly recommend the place. A "world city with heart" so say the Bavarians, and i would agree. Beautiful place to live.
I'm surprised that Munich isn't #1 in the number of foreigners. Munich is Germany's #1 city afterall.
I visited Munich for a week and my god it had everything.Brillant atmosphere throughout the whole city.Excellent night life, food and beer.Brillant even for a weekend break. Definetely considering settling there in an couple of years.
Claire - you stayed here for ONE week and now conclude that there is a "brilliant atmosphere throughout the WHOLE city"? Did you see the "whole city"? Did you buy groceries? Did you hassle with the Postbank? Did you wait for hours to register at the KVR? Did you get your head bitten-off for crossing the street on a red light? Did you travel in the U Bahn? Did you, in fact, have anything to do with Germans at all, or did you just spend your whole time in the Hofbraühaus?
Cities are great from a tourist`s perspective. Just wanted to remind you.
Cities are great from a tourist`s perspective. Just wanted to remind you.
Our friend Clare can neither spell nor properly punctuate. She uses the passive voice and can only commit as far as a 'definete (sic) consideration'. Her God isn't even important enough to merit capitalization.
Why are we talking about her?
Why are we talking about her?
In response to "Mad" and in defense of the previous poster: Yes, I have actually lived in Munich. I dealt with the Kreisverwaltungsreferat in getting an Aufenthaltserlaubnis and an Arbeitsgenehmigung, the Stadtsparkasse, working, buying clothing in the European sizes, getting health insurance, getting a general physical and an AIDS test, an eye exam, getting an apartment, dealing with blown fuses (Kein Strom!), buying a gym membership, plus being rather lonely at times. And I can tell you that a) none of these things was unduly difficult or unpleasant. Some were downright easier than in the United States. Trust me, after you've dealt with the bureaucracy in the US military and the California court system--just try to get a pleading approved--Munich was child's play. And except for cars and gas (I rented a car for a day, otherwise it was public transit), on the whole everything was much cheaper in terms of purchasing power parity.
Well, compared to the likes of French burocracy, and Dutch indifference, the Bavarian administrative welcome beats everything I have ever experienced. It entirely lives up to its reputation of being xenophobe. But do not let this scare you away, cause it is meant to: let a hot shot layer, make a phonecall at the expense of 400 instead and a total makeover is effected: Welcome, madam, a coffée, madam? The paperwork will be ready in a minute, madam,... I have to apologise to those good people that work in office as well, I know you are not responsible for the policies and I am truly sorry.
Nevertheless, most encounters are of the 5th kind, also linked to schizophrenia; and require some protective gear. Don't try to speak the local tongue, unless you're repenting for a serious sin.
My Top-3 in warm welcomes:
Brussels, superbly chaotic and human
Tel-Aviv, efficient and polite
Caracas, inviting and humorous
Nevertheless, most encounters are of the 5th kind, also linked to schizophrenia; and require some protective gear. Don't try to speak the local tongue, unless you're repenting for a serious sin.
My Top-3 in warm welcomes:
Brussels, superbly chaotic and human
Tel-Aviv, efficient and polite
Caracas, inviting and humorous
I'm a student currently researching information about Munich and from what I have found out so far, it is a particular place of interest I'd be very interested in visiting some day. But from reading Claire's comment, she sounds comepletely right. It does seem to have a wonderful atmosphere and you don't even have to remain there for a week to realise that Mad! All that Claire was doing was describing her own personal experience and it does not need your input. Furthermore Hmmm, you can not comment on her spelling when you can not spell her name correctly even when she has clearly written it for you.