How many nationalities are there in Germany?

German nationalities and ethnic minorities

Germany has a population of more than 77 million, of which more than 90% are Germans, with only a few Danes and Jews. Most residents believe in Protestantism and Catholicism. German is the official language. Germany is one of the countries with the highest population density in Europe and a high degree of urbanization.

Germanic people are the general names of some ethnic groups with similar languages, cultures and customs. From 2000 to about the 4th century, these people lived in northern and central Europe. Germans do not call themselves Germans. In their long history, they may not consider themselves the same nation. After the great national migration, Scandinavians, Britons, Frisian and Germans evolved from Germans, and later these people evolved into Dutch, Swiss Germans, Canadians, Americans, Australians and South Africans. There are also many Germans in Austria. Today, many of these new ethnic groups are mixed with other ethnic groups.

foreigner

There are 7.3 million foreigners in Germany's 77 million residents, that is, there is one foreigner for every 12 people on average. For a long time, 265,438+007,000 Turks have been the largest group of foreigners, followed by 726,5438+000 from Yugoslavia and Serbia/Montenegro today. There are about 2,865,438+400,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina people living in Germany, and about 206,600 Croats. About 608,000 Italians, 363,000 Greeks, 6,543.8+085,000 Austrian, 6,543.8+032,000 Spanish, 6,543.8+032,000 Portuguese, 654.38+065.438+05.00 British, 654.38+065.438+ About 283,000 Poles, 95,000 Romanians and 65,438+0,654,38+0,000 Americans live in Germany.

There are also 50,500 people from the former Soviet Union, 52,000 from Hungary, 84,000 from Morocco, 25,500 from Tunisia, 22,000 from Ghana, 65,438+0.96 million from Brazil, 66,500 from Afghanistan, 36,700 from China, 36,000 from India and 65,438+0.4 million from Iran.

Almost half of foreigners have lived in Germany for at least 10 years, and 30% have lived here for 20 years or more. About 900,000 foreigners who have lived here for at least 10 years are under 25 years old; Two thirds of teenagers were born here.

Germany will continue to restrict the immigration of foreigners, and the regulations promulgated by 1973 to stop recruiting employees from non-EU countries will remain effective, and illegal entry and employment will be punished. From June 65438+ 10/day, 2000, Germany began to implement the new nationality law.

Attachment: Ranking of the largest cities in Germany (statistics 1999)

urban population

Berlin

3 459 000

Essen

6 12 000

hamburg

1 708 000

Dortmund

597 000

Munich

1 226 000

Stuttgart

586 000

eau de cologne

964 000

2006). Dusseldorf (an industrial city in northwest Germany

57 1 000

Frankfurt

647 000

Bremen

549 000