 Distribution of Iraqi citizens in Germany (2021) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 380,000 (2024)[1][note 1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin,Cologne,Hamburg,Munich,Frankfurt,Stuttgart,Hanover | |
| Languages | |
| German andMesopotamian Arabic, alsoKurdish (Sorani andKurmanji dialects),Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), andNortheastern Neo-Aramaic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (Shia andSunni),Syriac Christianity,Mandaeism andYezidism |
Iraqis in Germany (Arabic:عراقيون في ألمانيا,romanized: ʻIrāqīyūn fī Almāniyā) include migrants fromIraq toGermany, as well as their descendants. The number of Iraqis and Iraqi-Germans in Germany was estimated at around 380,000 people in 2024. The Iraqi community is ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse and includes Mesopotamian Arabs,Kurds,Iraqi Turkmen,Mandaeans,Assyrians andYezidis.
The number of Iraqi citizens in Germany is estimated at around 250,000.[2] Between 2010 and 2019, Germany granted around 70% of Iraqi asylum applications, although most of these are subject to regular review.[3]
In 2019, Germany received 13,700 applications for asylum from Iraqis.[4] The country is already home to a sizeable Iraqi population, many of whom were granted protection by the German authorities after fleeing persecution from Saddam Hussein’s former regime.[5]
However, Germany has adopted another policy towards Iraqi refugees which has distinguished it from all other EU states, theGerman Federal Ministry of the Interior has taken the unique step of systematically revoking the refugee status of thousands of Iraqis who were granted protection before 2003. Since the threat of persecution from theIraqi Ba’ath regime is no longer present, 18,000 Iraqi refugees who entered the country before the 2003 invasion have thus had their refugee status revoked, placing them in a situation of uncertainty and precariousness. In June 2007, the German government asked the asylum authorities to temporarily suspend the revocation of refugee status for certain groups of Iraqis, such as those from Baghdad, single women, and members of religious or ethnic minorities such asIraqi Assyrians.[5]70,000+[6]
| Number of Iraqis in larger cities | |||||||||
| # | City | People | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Munich | 11,093 | |||||||
| 2. | Berlin | 9,396 | |||||||
| 3. | Cologne | 8,341 | |||||||
| 4. | Bielefeld | 5,561 | |||||||
| 5. | Hamburg | 5,400 | |||||||
| 6. | Essen | 5,367 | |||||||
| 7. | Hanover | 4,913 | |||||||
| 8. | Nuremberg | 4,745 | |||||||
| 9. | Oldenburg | 3,635 | |||||||
| 10. | Pforzheim | 3,563 | |||||||
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