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Expats in Germany

There are around 231,000 expats in Germany whose native language is English. This includes expatriates from the USA, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. The total population of Germany is 82 million, which means the expat population makes up less than 0.3%.

The following data on expats in Germany is valid as of 31.Dec.2005. Note that there are no statistics available for number of New Zealanders, but it is known that they make up less than 1% of the expat population.

Total for each nationality throughout Germany:

American: 97,864
British: 96,245
Canadian: 12,929
Irish: 10,040
Australian: 8,164
South African: 5,084
New Zealander: (estimate circa 2,000)

Bayern: 45,126 - Munich, Augsburg, Würzburg, Regensburg, Nuremberg, Passau, etc.

American: 22,290
British: 15,504
Canadian: 2,449
Irish: 2,245
Australian: 1,710
South African: 928

Nordrhein-Westfalen: 44,894 - Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Münster, Bonn, Cologne, Aachen, Düsseldorf, etc.

British: 27,217
American: 10,933
Canadian: 2,306
Irish: 2,200
Australian: 1,398
South African: 840

Hessen: 33,295 - Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Kassel, Darmstadt, etc.

American: 17,581
British: 11,391
Canadian: 1,463
Irish: 1,327
Australian: 943
South African: 590

Baden-Württemberg: 31,169 - Stuttgart, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Ulm, etc.

American: 15,316
British: 10,214
Canadian: 2,410
Irish: 1,260
Australian: 1,215
South African: 754

Berlin: 44,000

American: 10,634
British: 7,366
Canadian: 1,216
Irish: 1,049
Australian: 888
South African: 321

Niedersachsen: 16,820 - Hannover, Braunschweig, Osnabrück, Celle, etc.

British: 10,362
American: 4,211
Canadian: 800
Australian: 547
Irish: 500
South African: 400

Rheinland-Pfalz: 12,448 - Kaiserslautern, Koblenz, Landau, Mainz, etc.

American: 7,276
British: 3,760
Irish: 463
Canadian: 511
Australian: 257
South African: 181

Hamburg: 8,900 - Hamburg

British: 3,673
American: 3,286
Canadian: 642
South African: 506
Australian: 496
Irish: 297

Schleswig-Holstein: 5,671 - Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg, etc.

British: 2,820
American: 1,751
Canadian: 361
Australian: 262
Irish: 237
South African: 240

Sachsen: 2,534 - Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, etc.

American: 1,215
British: 799
Canadian: 203
Irish: 128
Australian: 116
South African: 73

Bremen: 2,356 - Bremen

British: 995
American: 964
Canadian: 135
Australian: 111
Irish: 88
South African: 63

Brandenburg: 1,803 - Potsdam, Cottbus, etc.

British: 803
American: 655
Canadian: 132
Irish: 95
Australian: 72
South African: 46

Saarland: 1,663 - Saarbrücken, etc.

American: 783
British: 548
Canadian: 120
Irish: 80
South African: 68
Australian: 64

Sachsen-Anhalt: 804 - Halle, Magdeburg, etc.

American: 358
British: 274
Canadian: 80
Australian: 37
South African: 30
Irish: 25

Thüringen: 803 - Erfurt, Jena, Weimar, etc.

American: 389
British: 283
Canadian: 60
Australian: 29
Irish: 21
South African: 21

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 566 - Rostock, etc.

British: 236
American: 222
Canadian: 41
Irish: 25
South African: 23
Australian: 19