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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Estimated at around 182,635[1] (4.7%) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin Neukölln,Schöneberg,Gesundbrunnen,Moabit,Kreuzberg | |
| Languages | |
| German · Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| PredominantlyMuslim; large Christian minority amongLevantine Arabs |
Arabs in Berlin form the second-largest ethnic minority group inBerlin, after theTurkish, surpassingPolish andRussian community. As of December 2023, there are 182,635 people of anyArab origin residing in the city, which corresponds to 4.7% of the population, an increase of 1.2% from 2017 percentage.[1]
Most Arabs came toGermany in the 1970s, partly asGastarbeiter fromMorocco, the Turkish Province ofMardin (see:Arabs in Turkey) andTunisia. However, the majority of Arabs in Berlin arerefugees of the conflicts in theMiddle East, e.g. theLebanon Wars,Palestinian exodus, the recentIraq War,Libyan Civil War andSyrian Civil War. The Arabs in Berlin are not a homogeneous group because they originate from about 20 countries.[2]
Similar to theTurkish community, Arab people are primarily concentrated in the inner-city boroughs of formerWest Berlin.
| Top 5Berlin boroughs with largest population claiming Arab descent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Borough | Population | Percentage | |
| 1 | Neukölln | 15,641 | 5.1% | |
| 2 | Mitte | 15,489 | 4.6% | |
| 3 | Tempelhof-Schöneberg | 7,478 | 2.2% | |
| 4 | Kreuzberg | 7,306 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf | 6,864 | 2.1% | |
In the case ofNeukölln, 80% of Arabs live in the same-named locality ofNeukölln, forming up to 10% of the populace. Around 35,000 are ofPalestinian and 15,000 ofLebanese origin. The rest of 20,000 are mostly ofMoroccan,Iraqi,Algerian,Egyptian,Tunisian,Libyan andSyrian origin.
As of 2023, a total of 506,197, or 13.08% of Berlin's total population, originated from Islamic countries in theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation.[1]