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Table 2.5.33

Foreign students in Germany, by types of higher education institution and countries of origin
¹⁾
	Total institutions																															University²⁾	University of applied sciences³⁾
	WS 1980 / 1981	WS 1990 / 1991	WS 1992 / 1993	WS 1994 / 1995	WS 1996 / 1997	WS 1997 / 1998	WS 1998 / 1999	WS 1999 / 2000	WS 2000 / 2001	WS 2001 / 2002	WS 2002 / 2003	WS 2003 / 2004	WS 2004 / 2005	WS 2005 / 2006	WS 2006 / 2007	WS 2007 / 2008	WS 2008 / 2009	WS 2009 / 2010	WS 2010 / 2011	WS 2011 / 2012	WS 2012 / 2013	WS 2013 / 2014	WS 2014 / 2015	WS 2015 / 2016	WS 2016 / 2017	WS 2017 / 2018	WS 2018 / 2019	WS 2019 / 2020	WS 2020 / 2021	WS 2021 / 2022	WS 2022 / 2023	WS 2022 / 2023	WS 2022 / 2023
Country	Number																															Number
Europe	29,404	53,151	67,235	82,216	92,773	98,535	104,368	110,262	117,372	127,441	136,289	144,915	142,843	142,801	140,292	131,603	133,894	137,094	141,553	148,623	156,745	164,660	172,244	178,290	182,734	183,635	184,332	183,293	179,598	186,221	186,855	121,785	65,070
EU countries⁴⁾	7,967	23,311	28,008	32,386	42,211	43,149	43,479	43,330	43,418	44,011	44,017	44,158	66,944	66,059	64,225	74,155	74,207	74,583	76,052	79,088	83,460	91,912	96,367	99,478	101,153	101,324	101,594	101,056	96,459	102,898	102,456	67,069	35,387
Belgium	476	680	793	889	951	934	939	927	923	949	971	958	934	917	957	920	969	1,000	1,109	1,204	1,374	1,410	1,491	1,602	1,659	1,719	1,728	1,771	1,756	1,944	1,826	1,237	589
Bulgaria	121	183	841	1,119	1,434	1,742	2,291	3,307	5,015	7,321	9,897	12,048	12,848	12,794	12,170	10,504	9,544	8,696	7,997	7,486	7,226	7,223	7,231	7,325	7,311	6,911	6,692	6,568	6,384	6,260	6,054	4,510	1,544
Denmark	209	372	530	667	646	609	637	607	649	674	640	674	564	568	485	468	449	445	505	550	616	635	679	647	662	655	639	646	660	689	651	484	167
Estonia	m	m	39	129	191	210	269	346	436	582	617	720	760	780	724	677	624	608	616	635	604	562	564	538	505	492	455	445	401	397	395	292	103
Finland	800	781	919	1,104	1,058	1,103	1,066	1,099	998	1,022	929	1,037	917	912	853	713	776	818	871	909	914	961	983	1,013	1,072	966	934	829	683	751	780	487	293
France	2,504	3,716	4,733	5,617	5,894	6,077	6,146	6,204	6,246	6,356	6,245	6,431	6,290	6,074	5,982	5,476	5,988	6,206	6,394	6,539	7,000	7,342	8,373	8,453	8,539	8,408	8,278	8,104	7,798	8,350	8,325	6,136	2,189
Greece	5,204	6,465	7,167	7,663	7,945	7,998	7,800	7,708	7,516	7,451	7,254	7,043	6,115	5,850	5,643	5,218	5,182	5,307	5,473	5,931	6,533	7,072	7,386	7,540	7,725	7,734	7,662	7,430	7,211	7,054	6,886	4,931	1,955
Ireland	101	286	431	521	568	622	559	573	536	518	506	479	408	435	413	353	386	369	409	475	466	512	559	604	673	709	713	741	600	898	865	679	186
Italy	1,142	3,267	4,207	5,160	5,784	6,092	6,363	6,547	6,771	6,879	7,074	7,183	6,810	6,701	6,614	6,512	6,863	7,469	8,154	8,930	9,934	10,916	12,206	13,256	14,038	14,485	14,922	14,975	14,067	15,154	15,232	10,903	4,329
Croatia	m	m	508	2,016	3,258	3,760	4,060	4,374	4,614	4,734	4,730	4,795	4,556	4,414	4,186	3,975	4,004	4,109	4,102	4,197	4,345	4,626	4,677	4,753	4,746	4,686	4,653	4,620	4,624	4,630	4,503	2,330	2,173
Latvia	m	m	55	130	218	270	377	514	600	749	839	891	899	918	886	823	751	790	831	824	917	922	890	889	872	827	795	753	724	784	790	491	299
Lithuania	m	m	53	153	311	430	556	713	959	1,214	1,465	1,667	1,701	1,747	1,667	1,510	1,390	1,274	1,199	1,177	1,182	1,177	1,186	1,178	1,131	1,081	1,084	1,065	1,074	1,072	1,048	734	314
Luxembourg	678	1,107	1,190	1,169	1,197	1,275	1,381	1,465	1,605	1,782	1,915	2,008	2,132	2,242	2,373	2,484	2,641	2,803	2,953	3,197	3,364	3,627	3,838	4,124	4,390	4,670	4,852	5,022	5,212	5,367	5,275	3,381	1,894
Malta	4	7	14	24	30	31	32	46	53	54	53	49	41	36	27	21	26	30	32	24	23	33	36	37	39	31	40	38	37	44	43	34	9
Netherlands	1,434	2,113	2,256	2,350	2,233	2,155	2,110	1,927	1,770	1,726	1,755	1,746	1,570	1,468	1,447	1,429	1,465	1,449	1,561	1,723	1,905	2,111	2,405	2,680	2,840	2,892	2,889	2,852	2,611	2,861	2,767	1,900	867
Austria	2,437	5,101	5,772	6,154	6,187	6,298	6,300	6,106	6,127	6,422	6,389	6,373	5,770	5,930	6,153	6,018	7,014	7,770	8,775	9,695	10,509	11,235	11,832	12,180	12,652	13,194	13,618	14,190	15,774	16,809	16,903	7,534	9,369
Poland	414	2,136	2,714	3,813	5,271	5,965	7,015	8,181	9,328	10,936	12,601	14,350	14,896	15,183	14,493	13,028	12,252	11,325	10,306	9,852	9,532	9,142	9,104	8,947	8,260	7,773	7,501	7,211	7,010	7,274	7,297	4,885	2,412
Portugal	239	663	839	1,060	1,303	1,399	1,448	1,466	1,527	1,612	1,667	1,639	1,487	1,383	1,341	1,315	1,400	1,446	1,618	1,695	1,852	2,118	2,272	2,443	2,588	2,689	2,785	2,793	2,720	2,936	2,934	1,891	1,043
Romania	182	313	584	782	998	1,179	1,429	1,793	2,232	2,860	3,449	3,977	4,271	4,201	4,156	3,636	3,475	3,483	3,457	3,452	3,544	3,461	3,442	3,468	3,401	3,374	3,426	3,545	3,635	4,057	4,217	2,830	1,387
Sweden	393	517	774	1,054	1,000	1,016	1,002	882	881	816	817	820	753	682	700	600	593	656	665	704	736	801	880	926	867	793	771	706	591	754	751	567	184
Slovakia	m	m	m	285	374	446	643	773	992	1,269	1,481	1,592	1,661	1,649	1,569	1,365	1,238	1,206	1,146	1,109	1,155	1,172	1,239	1,200	1,088	1,037	949	899	885	948	924	676	248
Slovenia	m	m	79	287	387	422	457	482	510	547	561	564	569	540	524	556	491	478	471	490	485	577	615	647	639	653	637	626	528	573	569	405	164
Spain	819	2,520	3,112	3,907	4,578	4,891	5,185	5,344	5,588	5,665	5,773	5,739	5,434	5,152	4,799	4,538	4,715	4,993	5,491	6,165	6,841	7,058	6,959	7,208	7,516	7,469	7,647	7,573	6,699	8,297	8,367	5,978	2,389
Czech Republic	624	580	965	782	912	984	1,158	1,292	1,640	1,984	2,243	2,392	2,356	2,241	2,132	1,965	1,817	1,751	1,667	1,769	1,781	1,791	1,859	1,787	1,676	1,630	1,610	1,495	1,424	1,470	1,503	1,110	393
Hungary	296	513	1,113	1,423	1,846	1,934	2,285	2,568	2,779	2,914	3,129	3,024	2,804	2,642	2,434	2,167	2,160	2,106	2,020	2,068	2,147	2,323	2,366	2,468	2,436	2,524	2,522	2,643	2,618	2,851	2,908	2,069	839
Cyprus	318	474	371	292	204	194	167	169	180	186	197	212	204	215	221	208	217	231	245	271	320	427	540	639	746	826	827	804	733	674	643	595	48
Non-EU countries⁴⁾	21,437	29,840	39,227	49,830	50,562	55,386	60,889	66,932	73,954	83,430	92,272	100,757	75,899	76,742	76,067	57,448	59,687	62,511	65,501	69,535	73,285	72,748	75,877	78,812	81,581	82,311	82,738	82,237	83,139	83,323	84,399	54,716	29,683
Bosnia Herzegovina	m	m	m	300	922	1,157	1,402	1,641	1,889	2,015	2,206	2,388	2,455	2,546	2,603	2,573	2,681	2,803	2,859	3,035	3,123	3,164	3,265	3,278	3,351	3,331	3,243	3,180	3,130	3,043	2,948	1,518	1,430
Iceland	115	248	282	280	284	264	220	204	160	158	149	162	133	108	108	87	91	98	116	119	116	136	137	128	127	126	137	133	131	130	139	85	54
Montenegro	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	227	170	159	190	215	252	313	339	386	422	424	433	440	419	441	426	256	170
North Macedonia	m	m	m	36	227	298	393	474	523	617	660	704	1,361	754	835	775	719	720	742	757	816	914	992	1,071	1,166	1,174	1,230	1,214	1,178	1,182	1,171	715	456
Norway	640	846	972	1,065	1,008	1,011	943	924	906	851	821	773	753	659	589	485	492	431	411	415	428	437	452	495	497	512	551	540	458	584	571	406	165
Russian Federation⁵⁾	52	395	1,236	2,553	3,622	4,182	4,930	5,946	6,987	8,383	9,601	10,814	11,479	11,953	12,197	11,847	12,378	12,652	13,132	13,630	14,199	14,525	14,964	14,909	14,939	14,322	13,968	14,073	14,301	14,549	14,282	10,460	3,822
Switzerland	1,088	1,360	1,472	1,625	1,724	1,749	1,724	1,774	1,763	1,762	1,766	1,896	1,896	1,941	1,994	1,990	2,170	2,302	2,487	2,745	2,882	3,028	3,125	3,345	3,463	3,601	3,717	3,763	3,879	4,015	4,110	2,235	1,875
Turkey	6,542	12,962	15,859	19,317	21,856	23,031	23,689	23,762	23,640	24,041	24,114	24,448	22,553	22,419	22,090	21,404	22,335	24,170	26,089	28,501	30,645	33,004	34,736	36,530	38,309	39,338	39,634	38,902	37,030	36,575	35,495	21,998	13,497
Ukraine	m	m	71	442	1,145	1,556	2,123	2,836	3,688	4,917	6,071	7,238	8,066	8,671	8,839	8,408	8,557	8,818	8,830	8,929	9,044	9,212	9,379	9,613	9,638	9,388	9,171	8,933	8,687	8,450	11,200	7,924	3,276
United Kingdom	1,423	2,122	2,750	3,383	2,867	2,680	2,543	2,475	2,281	2,139	2,082	2,028	1,869	1,794	1,788	1,651	1,781	1,874	2,087	2,214	2,500	2,678	2,755	2,926	3,082	3,096	2,965	2,712	2,492	2,573	2,412	1,943	469
Other countries in Europe	1,149	3,424	4,534	4,665	4,340	4,571	4,726	4,813	5,060	5,336	5,622	6,053	5,528	6,282	6,300	5,677	6,090	6,249	6,543	6,992	7,435	8,015	8,488	9,057	9,669	10,095	10,654	11,059	11,434	11,781	11,645	7,176	4,469
Africa	3,884	6,441	10,245	12,676	14,462	15,433	16,500	17,696	18,852	20,171	22,024	23,056	22,616	22,883	22,689	21,580	21,736	21,684	21,542	21,469	22,143	23,290	25,141	27,312	29,999	32,496	35,463	38,955	42,085	44,847	45,623	23,883	21,740
Egypt	795	942	1,192	1,268	1,235	1,194	1,166	1,126	1,191	1,278	1,264	1,192	1,035	907	920	1,087	1,203	1,359	1,423	1,473	1,778	2,057	2,384	2,788	3,328	3,923	4,822	5,639	6,263	7,480	8,083	5,901	2,182
Ethiopia	164	470	883	836	753	750	707	639	588	531	534	523	495	427	418	401	430	442	470	490	526	516	488	498	511	561	558	565	510	530	563	376	187
Algeria	601	271	322	353	379	391	380	359	346	325	328	288	246	229	222	193	188	186	196	219	230	246	265	295	292	319	351	411	472	572	628	371	257
Ghana	258	330	496	492	434	403	376	353	374	532	735	698	570	441	375	322	333	370	426	511	582	653	756	875	987	1,247	1,456	1,567	1,814	2,157	2,371	1,456	915
Cameroon	114	598	1,131	1,480	1,900	2,291	2,966	3,628	4,141	4,464	4,896	5,332	5,393	5,521	5,503	5,458	5,536	5,550	5,575	5,783	6,016	6,408	6,893	7,336	7,676	7,535	7,406	7,844	8,159	7,887	7,537	2,631	4,906
Morocco	151	925	2,232	3,572	4,606	4,946	5,255	5,699	6,204	6,765	7,421	8,097	8,019	8,213	7,931	6,918	6,649	6,281	5,866	5,461	5,169	5,165	5,314	5,447	5,674	5,894	6,133	6,393	6,712	7,037	7,478	2,746	4,732
Nigeria	424	245	339	424	518	584	634	664	667	662	632	630	562	541	513	548	555	577	607	645	758	942	1,188	1,454	1,667	1,970	2,747	3,766	4,606	4,468	4,281	2,540	1,741
Tunisia	212	695	806	873	877	941	973	1,074	1,237	1,426	1,619	1,806	2,023	2,369	2,593	2,681	2,860	2,859	2,729	2,552	2,576	2,732	3,101	3,677	4,648	5,595	6,185	6,599	6,848	6,806	6,761	3,652	3,109
Other countries in Africa	1,165	1,965	2,844	3,378	3,760	3,933	4,043	4,154	4,104	4,188	4,595	4,490	4,273	4,235	4,214	3,972	3,982	4,060	4,250	4,335	4,508	4,571	4,752	4,942	5,216	5,452	5,805	6,171	6,701	7,910	7,921	4,210	3,711
America	6,572	8,455	9,290	9,417	9,026	9,094	8,972	9,124	9,356	9,763	10,428	11,172	11,467	11,917	12,397	12,372	13,366	14,625	15,270	16,553	17,886	19,538	21,712	23,342	23,627	25,004	25,984	26,548	24,700	27,100	28,127	20,741	7,386
Argentina	212	321	371	365	368	368	389	389	419	466	505	519	485	477	456	438	413	434	433	409	416	470	483	551	590	663	720	699	600	684	786	529	257
Bolivia	160	240	234	220	200	203	195	186	190	196	200	219	221	224	223	198	206	200	225	245	285	301	289	309	304	321	358	382	411	435	456	293	163
Brazil	490	896	1,085	1,193	1,206	1,225	1,278	1,325	1,432	1,509	1,550	1,698	1,682	1,867	2,018	2,118	2,246	2,467	2,561	2,727	3,310	3,884	4,708	4,811	3,501	3,954	4,203	4,382	4,064	4,274	4,361	3,268	1,093
Chile	516	515	546	517	455	441	449	472	459	483	575	611	606	626	607	611	665	703	760	814	875	888	933	941	1,043	1,072	1,097	1,152	1,180	1,284	1,298	1,052	246
Canada	330	392	440	456	428	443	438	419	430	471	500	535	548	577	584	554	615	615	656	757	805	904	1,039	1,100	1,196	1,220	1,229	1,195	1,018	1,117	1,197	961	236
Colombia	246	407	431	421	417	432	443	497	544	679	828	988	1,090	1,178	1,261	1,356	1,479	1,608	1,715	1,871	2,065	2,346	2,599	2,898	3,100	3,280	3,498	3,709	3,848	3,900	3,887	2,891	996
Mexico	189	259	280	277	276	319	347	417	502	588	730	977	1,174	1,268	1,394	1,380	1,584	1,607	1,749	2,059	2,245	2,425	2,714	2,886	3,050	3,147	3,287	3,284	2,997	3,393	3,729	2,431	1,298
Peru	275	518	561	669	692	719	714	756	797	827	862	902	899	956	974	953	1,019	1,000	1,044	1,055	1,068	1,112	1,105	1,174	1,230	1,309	1,378	1,436	1,504	1,668	1,773	1,270	503
Venezuela	215	118	157	180	207	203	202	239	274	309	310	325	345	377	351	350	387	411	425	439	463	505	555	595	642	686	711	661	653	653	661	437	224
United States	3,531	4,207	4,436	4,371	3,993	3,926	3,719	3,576	3,467	3,318	3,384	3,324	3,280	3,195	3,337	3,247	3,513	3,825	4,242	4,598	4,654	4,855	5,316	5,837	6,521	6,851	6,829	6,821	5,486	6,462	6,456	5,320	1,136
Other countries in America	408	582	749	748	784	815	798	848	842	917	984	1,074	1,137	1,172	1,192	1,167	1,239	1,755	1,460	1,579	1,700	1,848	1,971	2,240	2,450	2,501	2,674	2,827	2,939	3,230	3,523	2,289	1,234
Asia	16,738	30,051	34,100	34,626	33,324	33,494	34,390	36,191	39,683	46,921	56,441	65,205	67,729	69,107	69,422	66,691	67,640	69,072	72,326	77,233	84,097	92,548	100,926	109,811	120,506	131,447	147,026	160,829	168,353	180,579	195,386	132,105	63,281
Afghanistan	548	612	658	612	565	590	579	592	628	682	695	698	670	720	762	745	896	987	1,042	1,151	1,118	1,135	1,215	1,256	1,377	1,361	1,503	1,693	1,943	2,258	2,822	1,457	1,365
China	317	4,230	5,752	5,726	4,980	5,017	5,355	6,526	9,109	14,070	20,141	25,284	27,129	27,390	27,117	25,479	24,746	24,414	24,443	25,521	27,364	30,511	32,460	34,643	37,603	39,541	42,676	44,490	43,525	43,629	42,541	37,164	5,377
India	655	609	665	667	708	727	846	1,117	1,412	2,088	3,303	4,112	4,249	3,988	3,780	3,527	3,516	4,070	5,038	5,998	7,532	9,619	11,860	13,740	15,529	17,570	20,810	25,149	28,905	34,134	42,997	24,970	18,027
Indonesia	3,185	2,125	2,125	2,162	1,933	1,894	1,896	2,056	2,128	2,246	2,421	2,557	2,551	2,570	2,537	2,431	2,400	2,544	2,574	2,646	3,046	3,399	3,811	4,384	4,905	5,194	5,436	5,471	5,725	5,903	5,836	3,211	2,625
Iraq	233	375	362	295	257	262	314	343	367	393	421	428	454	510	556	564	599	678	784	837	915	973	1,105	1,114	1,177	1,143	1,204	1,370	1,537	1,780	2,141	1,181	960
Iran	5,331	10,485	10,369	9,957	8,916	8,452	7,867	7,071	6,359	5,757	5,334	5,090	4,185	4,067	4,092	3,871	4,182	4,388	4,739	5,361	6,117	6,607	7,033	7,513	8,213	8,525	9,523	10,368	11,573	12,667	14,372	10,347	4,025
Israel	461	1,047	1,156	1,172	1,042	1,004	976	926	876	858	923	1,082	1,202	1,277	1,304	1,391	1,453	1,572	1,599	1,643	1,689	1,711	1,689	1,679	1,723	1,731	1,711	1,656	1,547	1,598	1,583	1,230	353
Japan	1,256	1,219	1,385	1,592	1,745	1,788	1,949	2,023	2,182	2,311	2,382	2,495	2,422	2,339	2,339	2,183	2,106	2,099	2,061	2,138	2,213	2,317	2,255	2,281	2,322	2,285	2,299	2,358	1,722	1,923	2,276	2,037	239
Jordan	711	1,029	1,210	1,198	1,251	1,217	1,174	1,106	1,029	1,036	996	986	909	867	795	701	756	839	855	933	999	1,080	1,139	1,263	1,447	1,767	1,765	1,851	1,887	2,310	2,478	1,184	1,294
Lebanon	284	327	365	357	336	341	365	440	487	602	751	942	1,032	1,137	1,240	1,261	1,333	1,288	1,271	1,221	1,176	1,163	1,176	1,202	1,266	1,249	1,307	1,373	1,558	1,733	1,919	1,196	723
Pakistan	267	186	208	266	358	435	524	579	653	762	951	1,163	1,239	1,277	1,298	1,318	1,469	1,610	1,844	2,141	2,523	3,143	3,655	4,167	4,749	5,258	6,093	6,316	6,784	7,513	8,642	5,901	2,741
South Korea	1,066	4,228	4,686	4,747	4,790	4,868	4,858	4,890	4,853	5,144	5,359	5,361	5,160	5,096	5,076	5,003	5,209	5,219	5,280	5,222	5,287	5,518	5,792	6,087	6,527	6,835	7,066	7,444	6,466	6,684	7,597	6,604	993
Syria	508	498	757	773	775	792	855	865	922	949	1,047	1,188	1,318	1,616	1,790	1,885	2,067	2,244	2,329	2,459	2,575	2,646	2,889	3,803	5,469	9,035	13,652	17,181	19,366	20,759	21,393	11,453	9,940
Taiwan	475	942	1,135	1,342	1,463	1,393	1,421	1,378	1,265	1,294	1,336	1,411	1,350	1,302	1,323	1,232	1,222	1,272	1,364	1,409	1,509	919	1,488	1,755	2,013	2,390	2,782	3,155	2,862	2,790	2,868	2,380	488
Thailand	290	227	213	241	271	306	318	405	487	614	768	920	984	966	948	939	993	941	949	978	932	930	937	974	1,057	1,155	1,154	1,137	1,100	1,131	1,174	716	458
Vietnam	621	1,147	1,525	1,621	1,526	1,517	1,443	1,385	1,410	1,424	1,594	1,960	2,418	2,982	3,315	3,566	3,671	3,870	4,189	4,671	5,155	5,597	5,794	6,356	6,581	7,060	7,510	7,602	7,566	7,582	7,368	3,827	3,541
Other countries in Asia	530	765	1,529	1,898	2,408	2,891	3,650	4,489	5,516	6,691	8,019	9,528	10,457	11,003	11,150	10,595	11,022	11,037	11,965	12,904	13,947	15,280	16,628	17,594	18,548	19,348	20,535	22,215	24,287	26,185	27,379	17,247	10,132
Australia/Oceania	135	164	205	260	289	263	291	299	313	337	360	395	382	400	419	417	426	526	543	645	666	715	814	908	1,020	965	990	991	711	741	820	637	183
Australia	110	134	171	201	228	202	224	233	255	267	286	313	296	323	341	344	352	419	427	516	525	578	666	755	849	793	820	827	571	580	647	513	134
New Zealand	25	23	24	53	51	54	59	55	45	55	61	67	65	63	69	63	65	92	98	101	117	118	125	132	155	153	149	144	121	139	149	113	36
Other countries in Oceania	-	7	10	6	10	7	8	11	13	15	13	15	21	14	9	10	9	15	18	28	24	19	23	21	16	19	21	20	19	22	24	11	13
Total countries⁶⁾	57,713	99,760	123,052	141,460	151,870	158,435	165,994	175,065	187,027	206,141	227,026	246,136	246,334	248,357	246,369	233,606	239,143	244,775	252,032	265,292	282,201	301,350	321,569	340,305	358,895	374,583	394,665	411,601	416,437	440,564	458,210	299,843	158,367