What is the ethnic composition of Germany?

? The ethnic composition of Germany is as follows:

The ethnic composition of Germany is relatively simple, mainly Germanic and a few other ethnic groups, mainly some other Germanic and Slavic ethnic groups.

Before World War II, there were a large number of Jews in Germany, estimated at 525,000. The number of Jews in Germany has been greatly reduced. According to different standards of identity definition, it is estimated that the current number of people should be between 1 1000 and 250000.

There is also a Slavic people living in Germany, called Sobu. Historically, he once lived widely in today's eastern Germany. But in the17th century, most Sorbian people were assimilated by the Germans, and only a few people kept their national identity. Mainly living in Saxony and Brandenburg, Germany.

In Schleswig, Germany, there are also some Danish minorities, that is, Danish speakers. This is mainly because Danes and Germans lived together in this area in history. Later, through a referendum, the northern part of Schleswig was merged into Denmark, because the Danes were in the majority.

The south was incorporated into Germany because Germans were in the majority. At present, there are about 50,000 ethnic minorities in Denmark, but a considerable proportion of them no longer speak Danish, but speak German.

After 1950, with the development of German economy, immigrants from different countries began to flood into Germany, the most important of which was immigrants from Turkey. Later, after the drastic changes in Eastern Europe in the Soviet Union, a large number of Eastern Europeans also entered Germany to work and live, which made the ethnic composition of Germany begin to develop into a more complicated situation.

At present, the largest minority in Germany is Turks, with a population of about 3 million, accounting for 3.7% of the total population in Germany. Because of the short time in Germany, most of the Turks in Germany still retain their own language and culture. The second largest minority in Germany is Poles, accounting for 1.9% of the total population in Germany, and the number is also 1 10,000.

In addition, there are about 3 million Germans and Poles, but these people are basically Germans. Poles entered Germany mainly because Prussia had participated in the partition of Poland, so part of Poland's territory was once a part of Germany. At that time, some Poles moved to other parts of Germany.

The third largest minority in Germany is Russian. 199 1 After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia's economy collapsed and a large number of Russians moved overseas, and Germany became one of its first choices. At present, according to statistics, there are more than 654.38+0 million Russians living in Germany, accounting for 654.38+0.5% of the total population in Germany.

There are also a few Asians, mainly Japanese, Vietnamese and China immigrants living in western Germany. However, these large numbers of ethnic minorities have no influence on the main population composition of Germany. Germany is still a country dominated by Germans, and the official official language is German.