Germany immigration of females under 5
Germany immigration of females under 5 stood at 28,602 persons in 2025, according to Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) and Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF). It is one of the indicators in the International migration table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2025 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the International migration table
| Indicator | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 | ||
| Immigration | 28,602 | |
| Emigration | 24,344 |
Understanding germany immigration of females under 5
Cross-border arrivals of female children under 5 capture all administrative address registrations of young girls who move into Germany from abroad and are added to municipal population registers. The metric encompasses foreign girls entering with families, including asylum seekers, along with returning German citizen children who lived overseas. It sits alongside sibling series measuring outbound emigration and net migration for the same age group, as well as tables for older girls and male infants. In particular, the series excludes births within Germany, which enter official demographic records through birth registers rather than migration statistics, and it excludes moves between German municipalities.
Because statistics are released on an annual frequency, intra-year seasonality is consolidated, making year-on-year comparisons the appropriate method for monitoring trends. Moves in this early childhood cohort represent dependent family relocations, meaning that changes in the series mirror adult family migration rather than autonomous youth mobility. A primary analytical pitfall is equating inbound migration with the overall expansion of the infant population, which is overwhelmingly driven by domestic births. Furthermore, administrative backlogs in registering arriving families can occasionally shift registrations across calendar years, making multi-year analysis advisable.
Frequently asked questions
- Are children born in Germany to foreign parents included in this immigration series?
- No, domestic births are recorded in vital statistics registries and do not appear in international migration counts.
- What drives changes in migration numbers for females under 5?
- Relocations in this age group are entirely dependent on family movements, directly reflecting the cross-border mobility of parents and guardians.
- How does this series differ from the net migration balance for the same age group?
- This series measures gross arrivals only, whereas net migration deducts departing female children under 5 from the total.