Berlin’s population continues to become increasingly international. The proportion of residents with foreign roots was 36.6 percent at the end of 2021, according to figures from the Statistical Office.
At the end of 2009, there were still around 25 percent of residents with a migration background, i.e. with a foreign nationality or origin. Since then, about one percentage point has been added every year.
Of the officially registered 3,775,480 Berliners, almost 2.4 million are Germans without a migration background. Almost 570,000 people are Germans with foreign roots. 811,000 are foreigners.
Of the almost 1.4 million people with a migration background, around 400,000 come from EU countries, most of them from Poland (112,000).
183,000 people have Turkish roots, around 150,000 ancestors in Arab countries and around 145,000 people have roots in countries of the former Soviet Union.
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The district with the highest proportion of people with a migration background is Mitte (55 percent) with the districts of Wedding and Gesundbrunnen. Neukölln comes second with a share of 48 percent. Treptow-Köpenick has the lowest value (19 percent).
According to official figures, Berlin grew by around 5,000 inhabitants in 2021. In the past two years, the population has stagnated. Before that, between 20,000 and 40,000 people came to Berlin from abroad every year, many of whom relocated because of their jobs.