Expats in Munich
The total population of
Munich is about 1.27 million. The non-German population is 290 thousand, i.e. 23% of the total. The majority of foreigners are, in order of decreasing numbers, from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Italy, and Greece.
There are
12,200 Expats in Munich from countries where the
official language is English. That is approximately 0.96% of the total population. The breakdown by country is as follows:
- United States: 5,074 (.4%)
- Great Britain: 4,559 (.36%)
- Ireland: 878 (.07%)
- Canada: 761 (.06%)
- Australia: 607 (.05%)
- South Africa: 229 (.02%)
- New Zealand: 100 (.01%)
To make contact with many of these people, register yourself with the
TT chat forum for Munich. To meet other expats, try attending some of the events listed in the
Munich meetups section of that chat forum.
The largest minority nationalities where the native language is not English are as follows:
- Turkey: 43,110 (3.39%)
- Croatia: 25,104 (1.98%)
- Serbia & Montenegro: 24,086 (1.90%)
- Greece: 22,781 (1.79%)
- Italy: 20,797 (1.64%)
- Poland: 10,000 (.79%)
The above data comes from the city of Munich
Statistics Office and is accurate as of 31.Dec.2004.
2009 numbers are
here.
See also:
Related TT chat forum topics:
Nationalities
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