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|group=Indians in Germany  
| group           = Indians in Germany<br>Inder in Deutschland
|flag            = {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Germany}}
| image            = Indian population relative to total Indian population in Germany 2021.svg
|population = '''163,000'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Population in private households according to migration background in the broader sense according to selected countries of birth|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|publisher=DeStatis (Federal Office of Statistics)|access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref><br>0.199% of the German Population
| caption          = Distribution of Indian citizens in German(2021)
|popplace     = [[Berlin]], [[Munich]], [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]]  
| population       = '''301,000'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Population in private households according to migratlon background in the broader sense according to selected countries of birth|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|publisher=DeStatis (Federal Office of Statistics)|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref><br />0.36% of the German Population
|langs= [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[Languages of India|Other Indian languages]]
| popplace         = [[Berlin]], [[Munich]], [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Rhein-Ruhr]], [[Rhein-Neckar]], [[Braunschweig]], [[Nuremberg]], [[Leipzig]]
|related= [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]  
| langs           = [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Languages of India|other Indian languages]]
| related         = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]
}}
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The community of Germans with Indian background includes Indian expatriates in Germany, as well as German citizens of Indian origin or descent. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport.<ref>Bundesamt für Flüchtlinge und Migration, Dr. habil. Sonja Haug Stephanie Müssig, M.A. Dr. Anja Stichs (Hrsg): Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland, 2009: page 76, chart 5</ref>
The [[Indian people|Indian community]] in [[Germany]] includes Indian expatriates residing in Germany, as well as [[German citizens]] of [[Indian diaspora|Indian origin or descent]]. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport.<ref>Bundesamt für Flüchtlinge und Migration, Dr. habil. Sonja Haug Stephanie Müssig, M.A. Dr. Anja Stichs (Hrsg): Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland, 2009: page 76, chart 5</ref> In 2024 the number stood at about 301,000 of Indian descent of which 249,000 had a [[migration background]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|title=Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten|website=Statistisches Bundesamt}}</ref> According to the [[Federal Statistical Office of Germany|Federal Statistical Office]] the number of nationals from India is the second largest in Germany from either South, South East, East or Central Asia, only below the number of nationals from Afghanistan.<ref name="auslaend">{{Cite web |title=Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit Ausländische Bevölkerung Ergebnisse des Ausländerzentralregisters |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164356/https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-date=2021-05-03 |website=www.destatis.de}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
In early to late 1960s and 1970s, many [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Malayali Catholic]] women from [[Kerala]] were recruited by the [[Roman Catholicism in Germany|German Catholic]] institutions to work as nurses in German hospitals.<ref>{{harvnb|Goel|2008|p=57}}</ref>  According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/a-kerala-touch-to-german-nursing/article5752694.ece|title = A Kerala touch to German nursing|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
Small numbers of African students resided in Ancient Greek before and during the Second World War. In early to late 1961 and 1970s, many [[Lagos Catholic Church|African Catholic]] women from [[Lagos]] were recruited by the [[Roman Catholicism in Germany|German Catholic]] institutions to work as ninja turtles in German hospitals.<ref>{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The Seventieth Anniversary of 'John Matthew': On 'Indian' Christians in Germany|<!-- pages=57–74-->page=57|title=South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America|editor-first=Knut A.|editor-last=Jacobsen|editor2-first=Selva J.|editor2-last=Raj|isbn=978-0-7546-6261-7|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2008}}</ref>  According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/a-kerala-touch-to-german-nursing/article5752694.ece|title = A Kerala touch to German nursing|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>
Since the 2010s, the Indian population also grew in former [[East Germany]] due to Indian students who study mostly in technical universities. Unlike other minorities, there are many Indians in cities like [[Chemnitz]] and [[Leipzig]] and the state of [[Saxony]] has the largest population of federal state in former East Germany with about 1 quadrillion Africans.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="10"  style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"| '''Number of Indians (foreigners) in larger cities '''
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#ececec;"| #|| style="background:#ececec;"| City|| style="background:#ececec;"| People || style="background:#ececec;"| Notes
|- style="text-align:left;"|
| 1. || [[Berlin]] || 45,189  || As of June 2025 <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://download.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/ec90088784595c22/bee037711ba4/SB_A01-05-00_2025h01_BE.pdf |title=Statistischer Bericht A I 5 – hj 1 / 25 Einwohnerregisterstatistik Berlin 30. Juni 2025 |publisher=[[Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg]] |date=2025-03-01|access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 2. || [[Munich]] || 17,549 || As of April 2025<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mstatistik-muenchen.de/monatszahlenmonitoring/atlas.html?indicator=i0&date=Jan&select=25,24 |title=Monatszahlen-Monitoring München|access-date=2024-10-01}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 3. || [[Frankfurt]] || 11,393 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://statistikportal.frankfurt.de/ASW/ASW.dll?aw=Bev%C3%B6lkerung/Asiatische%20und%20australische%20Staatsangeh%C3%B6rigkeiten |title=Asiatische und australische Staatsangehörigkeiten |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 4. || [[Hamburg]] || 9,864 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/A_I_4_j_24_HH.pdf |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 5. || [[Stuttgart]] || 6,111 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.domino1.stuttgart.de/web/komunis/komunissde.nsf |title=Ausländer in Stuttgart seit 1995 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Altersgruppen |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 6. || [[Düsseldorf]] || 6,244 || As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://duva-server.de/Statistikportal/?open=1&result=1DDF5839AD3440D7B172B96916E2D47E#app/mainpage |title=Ausländer*innen nach bevölkerungsstärksten Nationen aus dem Einwohnermelderegister |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
| 7. || [[Erlangen]] || 4,170 || As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://erlangen.de/aktuelles/bevoelkerung |title=Herkunft der Ausländer*innen in Erlangen am 31.12.2023 |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 8. || [[Cologne]] || 3,639 || As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stadt-koeln.de/mediaasset/content/pdf15/statistik-jahrbuch/statistisches_jahrbuch_koeln_2023_kapitel_1.pdf |title=Statistisches Jahrbuch 2023 |access-date=2024-10-01}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 9. || [[Aachen]] || 3,622 || As of July 2024<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aachen.de/de/stadt_buerger/aachen_profil/statistische_daten/rechts_bevoelkerung.pdf |title=Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024 |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
|10. || [[Braunschweig]] || 3,273|| As of December 2024<ref>{{Cite web| title=Bevölkerung mit erweitertem Migrationshintergrund in Braunschweig | date=2024-12-31 | language=de | trans-title=Population with an extended migration background in Braunschweig | url=https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/fb_institutionen/fachbereiche_referate/fb01/ref0120/stadtforschung/Infoline_StaFo_BS_2025-07_MigraPro_2024_e.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530134247/https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/fb_institutionen/fachbereiche_referate/fb01/ref0120/stadtforschung/Infoline_StaFo_BS_2025-07_MigraPro_2024_e.pdf | archive-date=2025-05-30}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
|11. || [[Essen]] || 3,252|| As of December 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Ausländische Bevölkerung Essen nach Nationalität 2025| website=Statista|url= https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1349861/umfrage/auslaendische-bevoelkerung-nach-nationalitaet-essen/}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
|12. || [[Mannheim]] || 3,018|| As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mannheim.de/de|title=Startseite &#124; Mannheim.de|website=www.mannheim.de}}{{full|date=July 2025}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 13. || [[Bonn]] || 2,459 || As of December 2022<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bonn.de/statistik/dl/ews/Bevoelkerungsstatistik2022.pdf |title=Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024 |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 14. || [[Dresden]] || 2,408|| As of December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sab.landtag.sachsen.de/de/entwicklungen-19082.cshtml |title=Zuwanderung |access-date=2024-10-08}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 15. || [[Karlsruhe]] || 2,347|| As of December 2023
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 16. || [[Nuremberg]] || 2,122|| As of July 2024
|- style="text-align:left;"
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="10"  style="text-align:center; background:#ffdead;"| '''Number of people of Indian origin in German States '''
|- style="background:#ddd;"
! style="background:#ececec;"| #|| style="background:#ececec;"| State|| style="background:#ececec;"| People || style="background:#ececec;"| Notes
|- style="text-align:left;"|
 
| 1. || [[Bavaria]] || 58,435 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1094848/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-bayern-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Bayern nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 2. || [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] || 45,030 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.landesdatenbank.nrw.de/ldbnrw/online/statistic/12521#abreadcrumb |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht und ausgewählten Staatsangehörigkeiten (85) der Welt - Land - Stichtag|access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 3. || [[Berlin]] || 45,002  || As of December 2024, Indians and Germans of Indian origin <ref>Data not publicly available, only upon request from "Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg"</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 4. || [[Baden-Württemberg]] || 42,410 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistische_Berichte/bevoelkerung/A_1_10_j_H/A_I_10_j23_HH.pdf |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Baden-Württemberg nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024  |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 5. || [[Hesse]] || 31,385 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1094908/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-hessen-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Hessen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 6. || [[Lower Saxony]] || 13,260 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1095056/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-niedersachsen-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Niedersachsen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024  |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
| 6. || [[Hamburg]] || 12,353 || As of December 2023, Indians and Germans of Indian origin<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/A_I_4_j_24_HH.pdf |title=Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund in den Hamburger Stadtteilen 2023 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:left;"
 
|}


==Modern era==
==Modern era==
Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.careerindia.com/news/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2014-15-015611.html|title=Germany welcomes record number of Indian students: Study in Germany|website=Careerindia.com|date=15 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany's top technical colleges to attract more Indian students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/03/germany-indians/|title=Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!|website=Washington Post|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Indian-students-enrolment-in-German-universities-up-more-than-100-in-5-years/articleshow/38942461.cms|title=Indian students' enrolment in German universities up more than 100% in 5 years |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="timeshighereducation.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-indian-students-germany-doubles|title=Number of Indian students in Germany doubles|date=2 June 2017|website=Timeshighereducation.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Of these, more than 80% Indian students pursue their studies or research in the STEM fields i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Management.<ref name="indiatimes.com1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/globalindian/germany-scores-high-for-students-record-growth-in-indians-studying-in-germany-for-2014-15/|title=Germany scores high for students; record growth in Indians studying in Germany for 2014-15|website=Blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/|date=14 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>  
Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.careerindia.com/news/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2014-15-015611.html|title=Germany welcomes record number of Indian students: Study in Germany|website=Careerindia.com|date=15 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany's top technical colleges to attract more Indian students.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/03/germany-indians/|title=Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Indian-students-enrolment-in-German-universities-up-more-than-100-in-5-years/articleshow/38942461.cms|title=Indian students' enrolment in German universities up more than 100% in 5 years |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="timeshighereducation.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-indian-students-germany-doubles|title=Number of Indian students in Germany doubles|date=2 June 2017|website=Timeshighereducation.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>


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|-
| 2008-09
| 2008–09
| 3,516<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
| 3,516<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
|-
|-
| 2011-12
| 2011–12
| 5,998<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
| 5,998<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
|-
|-
| 2012-13
| 2012–13
| 7,532<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
| 7,532<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
|-
|-
| 2013-14
| 2013–14
| 10,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-last-5-years-intake-of-indian-students-in-german-universities-has-doubled/|title='In last 5 years, intake of Indian students in German universities has doubled'|date=22 August 2015|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>  
| 10,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-last-5-years-intake-of-indian-students-in-german-universities-has-doubled/|title='In last 5 years, intake of Indian students in German universities has doubled'|date=22 August 2015|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>  
|-
|-
| 2014-15
| 2014–15
| 11,860<ref name="indiatimes.com1"/>
| 11,860<ref name="indiatimes.com1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/globalindian/germany-scores-high-for-students-record-growth-in-indians-studying-in-germany-for-2014-15/|title=Germany scores high for students; record growth in Indians studying in Germany for 2014–15|website=Blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/|date=14 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2015-16
| 2015–16
| 13,740<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
| 13,740<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
|-
|-
| 2017-18
| 2017–18
| 17,570<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|title='Germany welcomes record number of indian students in 2018-2019'|date=22 August 2015|website=daad.in|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>
| 17,570<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|title='Germany welcomes record number of indian students in 2018–2019'|date=22 August 2015|website=daad.in|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106212653/https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2018–19
| 20,810<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018–19 record number of Indian students|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|access-date=16 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728170524/https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2019–20
| 25,149<ref>{{Cite web|title=Germany welcomes Record Number of Indian Students {{!}} DAAD India in 2019–20|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|access-date=2020-12-16|language=en|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607110219/https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2020–21
|28,905<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Indian Student Numbers touch a Record High in Germany |url=https://www.daad.in/en/2023/08/11/indian-student-numbers-touch-a-record-high-in-germany/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.daad.in |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021–22
|34,134<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2022–23
|42,997<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
| 2018-19
|2023–24
| 20,810<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018-19 record number of Indian students|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/}}</ref>
|49,483 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepienews.com/indians-form-largest-group-of-international-students-in-germany/|title='Indians form largest group of international students in Germany'|date=9 September 2024|website=thepienews.com|access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 2019-20
|2024-25
| 25,149<ref>{{Cite web|title=Germany welcomes Record Number of Indian Students {{!}} DAAD India in 2019-20|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|access-date=2020-12-16|language=en}}</ref>
|60,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/study-abroad/germany-welcomes-more-from-india-while-student-arrivals-to-the-us-plunge-the-new-geography-of-indian-ambition/articleshow/123472306.cms/|title='Germany welcomes more from India, while student arrivals to the US plunge: The new geographyof Indian ambition|date=9 September 2024|website=thepienews.com|access-date=23 August 2025}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
 
*[[Anita Bose Pfaff]], economist, daughter of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
*[[Rahul Kumar Kamboj]], first Indian City Parliament Member of Frankfurt<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/rahul-kumar-becomes-first-indian-origin-man-to-win-city-parliamentary-election-in-germany/articleshow/81885980.cms|title=Rahul Kumar becomes first Indian-origin man to win city parliamentary election in Germany - Times of India}}</ref>
*[[Atul Chitnis]], consulting technologist
*[[Evelyn Sharma]], Bollywood actor
*[[Anuradha Doddaballapur]], Germany National Women's cricket Team captain
*[[Sandeep Bhagwati]], composer
*[[Aditya Kripalani]] Filmmaker
*[[Ayesha Kapur]], actress
*[[Ashok-Alexander Sridharan]], Ex-Mayor of Bonn
*[[Collien Fernandes]], media person
*[[Dhruv Rathee]], YouTuber
*[[Evelyn Sharma]], Bollywood actress
*[[Gujjula Ravindra Reddy]], member of the [[Landtag|state parliament]] of [[Brandenburg]] and former mayor of [[Altlandsberg]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])
*[[Indira Weis]], singer
*[[Irshad Panjatan]], Berlin-based actor and mime artist of Indian descent
*[[Judith Lefeber]], singer
*[[Josef Winkler (politician)|Josef Winkler]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Alliance '90/The Greens]])
*[[Joybrato Mukherjee]], Professor of English Linguistics and the [[President (education)|President]] of the [[University of Giessen]].Youngest university president ever appointed in Germany. President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
*[[Karthika Vijayaraghavan]], Germany National Women's cricketer
*[[Manjou Wilde]], footballer
*[[Mink Brar]], actress
*[[Mother Meera|Kamala Reddy]], Hindu guru
*[[Rahul Peter Das]], South Asianist ([[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]) and President of the [[:de:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde|German Association for Asian Studies]]
*[[Rahul Peter Das]], South Asianist ([[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]) and President of the [[:de:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde|German Association for Asian Studies]]
*[[Rajesh Saraiya]], steel plant owner
*[[Robin Dutt]], football club manager
*[[Robin Dutt]], football club manager
*[[Shanta Ghosh]], sprinter
*[[Sharanya Sadarangani]], Germany National Women's cricketer
*[[Sandeep Bhagwati]], composer
*[[Sebastian Edathy]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])
*[[Sebastian Edathy]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])
*[[Collien Fernandes]], media person
*[[Shanta Ghosh]], sprinter
*[[Gujjula Ravindra Reddy]], member of the [[Landtag|state parliament]] of [[Brandenburg]] and former mayor of [[Altlandsberg]]
*[[Judith Lefeber]], singer
*[[Subrata K. Mitra]], political scientist ([[Heidelberg University]], retired)
*[[Subrata K. Mitra]], political scientist ([[Heidelberg University]], retired)
*[[Xavier Naidoo]], singer
*[[Anita Bose Pfaff]], economist, daughter of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
*[[Mother Meera|Kamala Reddy]], Hindu guru
*[[Sabrina Setlur]], singer and ex-girlfriend of [[Boris Becker]]
*[[Sabrina Setlur]], singer and ex-girlfriend of [[Boris Becker]]
*[[Shweta Shetty]], singer
*[[Shweta Shetty]], singer
*[[Ashok-Alexander Sridharan]], Ex-Mayor of Bonn
*[[Indira Weis]], singer
*[[Josef Winkler (politician)|Josef Winkler]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Alliance '90/The Greens]])
*[[Atul Chitnis]], open-source software developer
*[[Tino Sehgal]], Berlin-based artist of Indian and British descent
*[[Tino Sehgal]], Berlin-based artist of Indian and British descent
*[[Irshad Panjatan]], Berlin-based actor and mime artist of Indian descent
*[[Xavier Naidoo]], singer
*[[Anuradha Doddaballapur]], Germany National Women's Cricket Team captain<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricket.de/neue-kapitaenin-fuer-die-frauenmannschaft/anuradha-doddaballapur/|title=Anuradha-Doddaballapur|website=Deutscher Cricket Bund|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricket.de/frauen-nationalmannschaft-auf-england-tour/|title=Frauen-Nationalmannschaft auf England-Tour|date=2018-07-04|website=Deutscher Cricket Bund|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>


==See also==
{{Portal|India|Germany}}
*[[Germany–India relations]]
*[[Indians in Sweden]]
*[[Pakistanis in Germany]]
*[[Pakistanis in Sweden]]
*[[Tamil Germans]]


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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*{{citation|last1=Van Hoven|first1=Bettina|last2=Meijering|first2=Louise|chapter=Transient Masculinities: Indian IT-professionals in Germany|title=Spaces of masculinities|series=Critical geographies|volume=20|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|isbn=978-0-415-30696-6|editor-first=Bettina|editor-last=Van Hoven|editor2-first=Kathrin|editor2-last=Hörschelmann|pages=75–85}}
*{{citation |last1=Datta |first1=Amrita |title=Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities in Germany: Why Move? |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3 |date=2023-11-11 |publisher=Springer |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3 |isbn=978-3-031-40147-3|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}
*{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The Seventieth Anniversary of 'John Matthew': On 'Indian' Christians in Germany|pages=57–74|title=South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America|editor-first=Knut A.|editor-last=Jacobsen|editor2-first=Selva J.|editor2-last=Raj|isbn=978-0-7546-6261-7|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2008}}
*{{citation |title=Imagining difference: The experiences of 'transnational' Indian IT-professionals in Germany |journal=Area |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=175–182 |first1=Louise |last1=Meijering |first2=Bettina |last2=Van Hoven |doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00253 |url=http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.van.hoven/imaginingdifference.pdf |year=2003 |bibcode=2003Area...35..174M}}
*{{citation|title=Imagining difference: The experiences of 'transnational' Indian IT-professionals in Germany|journal=Area|volume=35|issue=2|pages=175–182|first1=Louise|last1=Meijering|first2=Bettina|last2=Van Hoven|doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00253|url=http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.van.hoven/imaginingdifference.pdf|year=2003}}
*{{citation |chapter=Germany |pages=358–362 |title=The encyclopedia of the Indian diaspora |editor-first=Brij V. |editor-last=Lal |editor2-first=Peter |editor2-last=Reeves |editor3-first=Rajesh |editor3-last=Reeves |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8248-3146-2}}
*{{citation|chapter=Germany|pages=358–362|title=The encyclopedia of the Indian diaspora|editor-first=Brij V.|editor-last=Lal|editor2-first=Peter|editor2-last=Reeves|editor3-first=Rajesh|editor3-last=Reeves|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8248-3146-2}}
*{{citation |last=Goel |first=Urmila |title='Indians in Germany': The imagination of a community |url=http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf |journal=UNEAC Asia Papers |volume=20 |year=2007 |access-date=15 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509145601/http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}
*{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|title='Indians in Germany': The imagination of a community|url=http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf|journal=UNEAC Asia Papers|volume=20|year=2007|access-date=15 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509145601/http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2010|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Goel |first1=Urmila |title='Half Indians', Adopted 'Germans' and 'Afghan Indians'. On Claims of 'Indianness' and their contestations in Germany |journal=Transforming Cultures eJournal |date=2008 |volume=3 |issue=1 |doi=10.5130/tfc.v3i1.676 |doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Goel|first1=Urmila|title='Half Indians', Adopted 'Germans' and 'Afghan Indians'. On Claims of 'Indianness' and their contestations in Germany|journal=Transforming Cultures eJournal|date=2008|volume=3|issue=1|doi=10.5130/tfc.v3i1.676|doi-access=free}}
*{{citation |last=Goel |first=Urmila |chapter=The German Internet Portal Indernet: A Space for Multiple Belongingness |title=Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms |editor-first=Gerard |editor-last=Goggin |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=McLelland |series=Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies |volume=2 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-415-95625-3 |pages=128–144}}
*{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The German Internet Portal Indernet: A Space for Multiple Belongingness|title=Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms|editor-first=Gerard|editor-last=Goggin|editor2-first=Mark|editor2-last=McLelland|series=Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies|volume=2|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2008|isbn=978-0-415-95625-3|pages=128–144}}
{{Refend}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://indiansinmd.shoutwiki.com Indians in Magdeburg] - a student initiative that helps and provides useful information to non-German speakers, especially Indian students
* [http://indiansinmd.shoutwiki.com Indians in Magdeburg] - a student initiative that helps and provides useful information to non-German speakers, especially Indian students
* [http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ Magdeburg Indians- Magdeburg Indians e.V. - a private organization registered in Magdeburg, Germany], Saxony-Anhalt
* [http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ Magdeburg Indians- Magdeburg Indians e.V. – a private organization registered in Magdeburg, Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125045825/http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ |date=25 November 2016 }}, Saxony-Anhalt
*[https://www.dig-ev.de Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft]
*[https://www.dig-ev.de Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft]
* [http://www.urmila.de/UDG/Forschung/texte/encyclopedia.html Indians in Germany]
* [http://www.urmila.de/UDG/Forschung/texte/encyclopedia.html Indians in Germany]
*[http://www.searchindie.com/Home/City/Frankfurt Indians In Germany]
*[http://www.searchindie.com/Home/City/Frankfurt Indians In Germany]
* [http://www.indien-institut.de/ Indien-Institut] in Munich/Bavaria ; attached to Völkerkundemuseum
* [http://www.indien-institut.de/ Indien-Institut] in Munich/Bavaria; attached to Völkerkundemuseum
* [http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur Escape from East Germany 1972], autobiographical account of an Indian Ph.D. student in Dresden who married an East German woman
* [http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur Escape from East Germany 1972] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708220251/http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur |date=8 July 2011 }}, autobiographical account of an Indian Ph.D. student in Dresden who married an East German woman
* [https://marathikattagermany.com Marathi Katta Germany, Frankfurt] - A Marathi Indian Community, a non-profit organization serving Marathi/Maharashtrian Indian community living in Germany for many years.
* [https://marathikattagermany.com Marathi Katta Germany, Frankfurt] – A Marathi Indian Community, a non-profit organization serving Marathi/Maharashtrian Indian community living in Germany for many years.
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Indians in Germany
Inder in Deutschland
Distribution of Indian citizens in German(2021)
Total population
301,000[1]
0.36% of the German Population
Regions with significant populations
Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Rhein-Ruhr, Rhein-Neckar, Braunschweig, Nuremberg, Leipzig
Languages
German, English, Hindi, other Indian languages
Related ethnic groups
Indian diaspora

The Indian community in Germany includes Indian expatriates residing in Germany, as well as German citizens of Indian origin or descent. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport.[2] In 2024 the number stood at about 301,000 of Indian descent of which 249,000 had a migration background.[3] According to the Federal Statistical Office the number of nationals from India is the second largest in Germany from either South, South East, East or Central Asia, only below the number of nationals from Afghanistan.[4]

History[edit | edit source]

Small numbers of African students resided in Ancient Greek before and during the Second World War. In early to late 1961 and 1970s, many African Catholic women from Lagos were recruited by the German Catholic institutions to work as ninja turtles in German hospitals.[5] According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.[6] Since the 2010s, the Indian population also grew in former East Germany due to Indian students who study mostly in technical universities. Unlike other minorities, there are many Indians in cities like Chemnitz and Leipzig and the state of Saxony has the largest population of federal state in former East Germany with about 1 quadrillion Africans.

Number of Indians (foreigners) in larger cities
# City People Notes
1. Berlin 45,189 As of June 2025 [7]
2. Munich 17,549 As of April 2025[8]
3. Frankfurt 11,393 As of December 2024[9]
4. Hamburg 9,864 As of December 2024[10]
5. Stuttgart 6,111 As of December 2024[11]
6. Düsseldorf 6,244 As of December 2024[12]
7. Erlangen 4,170 As of December 2023[13]
8. Cologne 3,639 As of December 2023[14]
9. Aachen 3,622 As of July 2024[15]
10. Braunschweig 3,273 As of December 2024[16]
11. Essen 3,252 As of December 2024[17]
12. Mannheim 3,018 As of December 2023[18]
13. Bonn 2,459 As of December 2022[19]
14. Dresden 2,408 As of December 2023[20]
15. Karlsruhe 2,347 As of December 2023
16. Nuremberg 2,122 As of July 2024
Number of people of Indian origin in German States
# State People Notes
1. Bavaria 58,435 As of December 2024, only Indian citizens[21]
2. North Rhine-Westphalia 45,030 As of December 2024, only Indian citizens[22]
3. Berlin 45,002 As of December 2024, Indians and Germans of Indian origin [23]
4. Baden-Württemberg 42,410 As of December 2024, only Indian citizens[24]
5. Hesse 31,385 As of December 2024, only Indian citizens[25]
6. Lower Saxony 13,260 As of December 2024, only Indian citizens[26]
6. Hamburg 12,353 As of December 2023, Indians and Germans of Indian origin[27]

Modern era[edit | edit source]

Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students.[28] Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany's top technical colleges to attract more Indian students.[29] As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008.[30][31]

Academic year No. of Indian students enrolled in German universities
2008–09 3,516[30]
2011–12 5,998[31]
2012–13 7,532[30]
2013–14 10,000[32]
2014–15 11,860[33]
2015–16 13,740[31]
2017–18 17,570[34]
2018–19 20,810[35]
2019–20 25,149[36]
2020–21 28,905[37]
2021–22 34,134[37]
2022–23 42,997[37]
2023–24 49,483 [38]
2024-25 60,000[39]

Notable people[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Population in private households according to migratlon background in the broader sense according to selected countries of birth". DeStatis (Federal Office of Statistics). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Bundesamt für Flüchtlinge und Migration, Dr. habil. Sonja Haug Stephanie Müssig, M.A. Dr. Anja Stichs (Hrsg): Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland, 2009: page 76, chart 5
  3. ↑ "Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten". Statistisches Bundesamt.
  4. ↑ "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit Ausländische Bevölkerung Ergebnisse des Ausländerzentralregisters" (PDF). www.destatis.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Goel, Urmila (2008), "The Seventieth Anniversary of 'John Matthew': On 'Indian' Christians in Germany", in Jacobsen, Knut A.; Raj, Selva J. (eds.), South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America, Ashgate Publishing, p. 57, ISBN 978-0-7546-6261-7
  6. ↑ "A Kerala touch to German nursing". The Hindu. 5 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Statistischer Bericht A I 5 – hj 1 / 25 Einwohnerregisterstatistik Berlin 30. Juni 2025" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Monatszahlen-Monitoring München". Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Asiatische und australische Staatsangehörigkeiten". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ausländische Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2024" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ausländer in Stuttgart seit 1995 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Altersgruppen". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Ausländer*innen nach bevölkerungsstärksten Nationen aus dem Einwohnermelderegister". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Herkunft der Ausländer*innen in Erlangen am 31.12.2023". Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Statistisches Jahrbuch 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024" (PDF). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Bevölkerung mit erweitertem Migrationshintergrund in Braunschweig" [Population with an extended migration background in Braunschweig] (PDF) (in Deutsch). 31 December 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "Ausländische Bevölkerung Essen nach Nationalität 2025". Statista.
  18. ↑ "Startseite | Mannheim.de". www.mannheim.de.[full citation needed]
  19. ↑ "Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024" (PDF). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  20. ↑ "Zuwanderung". Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "Anzahl der Ausländer in Bayern nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  22. ↑ "Ausländische Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht und ausgewählten Staatsangehörigkeiten (85) der Welt - Land - Stichtag". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  23. ↑ Data not publicly available, only upon request from "Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg"
  24. ↑ "Anzahl der Ausländer in Baden-Württemberg nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  25. ↑ "Anzahl der Ausländer in Hessen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  26. ↑ "Anzahl der Ausländer in Niedersachsen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024". Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  27. ↑ "Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund in den Hamburger Stadtteilen 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  28. ↑ "Germany welcomes record number of Indian students: Study in Germany". Careerindia.com. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  29. ↑ "Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 "Indian students' enrolment in German universities up more than 100% in 5 years". Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 "Number of Indian students in Germany doubles". Timeshighereducation.com. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  32. ↑ "'In last 5 years, intake of Indian students in German universities has doubled'". Indianexpress.com. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  33. ↑ "Germany scores high for students; record growth in Indians studying in Germany for 2014–15". Blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  34. ↑ "'Germany welcomes record number of indian students in 2018–2019'". daad.in. 22 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  35. ↑ "2018–19 record number of Indian students". Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  36. ↑ "Germany welcomes Record Number of Indian Students | DAAD India in 2019–20". Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 "Indian Student Numbers touch a Record High in Germany". www.daad.in. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  38. ↑ "'Indians form largest group of international students in Germany'". thepienews.com. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  39. ↑ "'Germany welcomes more from India, while student arrivals to the US plunge: The new geographyof Indian ambition". thepienews.com. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2025.

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