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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.

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