EU countries by foreign-born population, 2025
Germany had the highest foreign-born population of 26 EU countries in 2025, at 17.15 million. Malta had the lowest, at 183,765. The median was 901,167. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
All EU countries, 2025
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2025 | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany Estimated | 17,153,545 | +1.6% |
| 2 | France Provisional | 9,633,730 | +2.9% |
| 3 | Spain | 9,464,210 | +7.1% |
| 4 | Italy | 6,928,045 | +3.8% |
| 5 | Netherlands | 3,025,656 | +3.8% |
| 6 | Belgium | 2,399,622 | +3.3% |
| 7 | Sweden | 2,199,046 | +1.4% |
| 8 | Austria | 2,069,404 | +2.3% |
| 9 | Ireland | 1,267,144 | +4.6% |
| 10 | Romania Estimated | 1,171,823 | +8.5% |
| 11 | Greece | 1,142,215 | -0.2% |
| 12 | Czechia | 1,095,599 | +2.4% |
| 13 | Poland Estimated | 940,259 | +0.5% |
| 14 | Denmark | 862,074 | +3.6% |
| 15 | Hungary | 693,156 | +2.4% |
| 16 | Finland | 566,053 | +8.8% |
| 17 | Croatia | 546,622 | +5.1% |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 351,387 | +2.5% |
| 19 | Slovenia | 329,515 | +3% |
| 20 | Lithuania | 280,950 | +4.7% |
| 21 | Cyprus | 270,821 | +4.2% |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 246,575 | +16.4% |
| 23 | Estonia | 243,255 | -0.5% |
| 24 | Slovakia | 215,941 | +0.9% |
| 25 | Latvia | 215,606 | -4.3% |
| 26 | Malta | 183,765 | +5.7% |
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About this ranking
Residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country, all ages and both sexes (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb, country of birth FOR).
Based on country of birth, not citizenship: people born abroad who hold the nationality of the reporting country are counted, and foreign nationals born in the country are not. People born in another EU country count as foreign born. For the share of the population use foreign_born_share.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2025 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Eurostat. Population on 1 January by group of country of birth, foreign country (migr_pop4ctb). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_pop4ctb/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which EU country has the highest foreign-born population?
Germany, with 17.15 million in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which EU country has the lowest foreign-born population?
Malta, with 183,765 in 2025.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by group of country of birth, foreign country (migr_pop4ctb). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2025 and are not ranked.