Tab.2.5.33,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Foreign students in Germany, by types of higher education institution and countries of origin 1)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,Total institutions,University 2),University of applied sciences 3) ,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 2023/2024,WS 2024/2025,WS 2024/2025,WS 2024/2025 Country,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number,Number Europe,29404,53151,67235,82216,92773,98535,104368,110262,117372,127441,136289,144915,142843,142801,140292,131603,133894,137094,141553,148623,156745,164660,172244,178290,182734,183635,184332,183293,179598,186221,186855,186742,188099,123040,65059 EU countries 4),7967,23311,28008,32386,42211,43149,43479,43330,43418,44011,44017,44158,66944,66059,64225,74155,74207,74583,76052,79088,83460,91912,96367,99478,101153,101324,101594,101056,96459,102898,102456,102192,102991,66363,36628 Belgium,476,680,793,889,951,934,939,927,923,949,971,958,934,917,957,920,969,1000,1109,1204,1374,1410,1491,1602,1659,1719,1728,1771,1756,1944,1826,1804,1860,1177,683 Bulgaria,121,183,841,1119,1434,1742,2291,3307,5015,7321,9897,12048,12848,12794,12170,10504,9544,8696,7997,7486,7226,7223,7231,7325,7311,6911,6692,6568,6384,6260,6054,5879,5741,4173,1568 Denmark,209,372,530,667,646,609,637,607,649,674,640,674,564,568,485,468,449,445,505,550,616,635,679,647,662,655,639,646,660,689,651,624,566,430,136 Estonia,m,m,39,129,191,210,269,346,436,582,617,720,760,780,724,677,624,608,616,635,604,562,564,538,505,492,455,445,401,397,395,420,431,307,124 Finland,800,781,919,1104,1058,1103,1066,1099,998,1022,929,1037,917,912,853,713,776,818,871,909,914,961,983,1013,1072,966,934,829,683,751,780,801,728,469,259 France,2504,3716,4733,5617,5894,6077,6146,6204,6246,6356,6245,6431,6290,6074,5982,5476,5988,6206,6394,6539,7000,7342,8373,8453,8539,8408,8278,8104,7798,8350,8325,8090,7928,5931,1997 Greece,5204,6465,7167,7663,7945,7998,7800,7708,7516,7451,7254,7043,6115,5850,5643,5218,5182,5307,5473,5931,6533,7072,7386,7540,7725,7734,7662,7430,7211,7054,6886,6509,6281,4546,1735 Ireland,101,286,431,521,568,622,559,573,536,518,506,479,408,435,413,353,386,369,409,475,466,512,559,604,673,709,713,741,600,898,865,829,885,669,216 Italy,1142,3267,4207,5160,5784,6092,6363,6547,6771,6879,7074,7183,6810,6701,6614,6512,6863,7469,8154,8930,9934,10916,12206,13256,14038,14485,14922,14975,14067,15154,15232,14869,14733,10605,4128 Croatia,m,m,508,2016,3258,3760,4060,4374,4614,4734,4730,4795,4556,4414,4186,3975,4004,4109,4102,4197,4345,4626,4677,4753,4746,4686,4653,4620,4624,4630,4503,4402,4342,2117,2225 Latvia,m,m,55,130,218,270,377,514,600,749,839,891,899,918,886,823,751,790,831,824,917,922,890,889,872,827,795,753,724,784,790,808,846,503,343 Lithuania,m,m,53,153,311,430,556,713,959,1214,1465,1667,1701,1747,1667,1510,1390,1274,1199,1177,1182,1177,1186,1178,1131,1081,1084,1065,1074,1072,1048,1062,1083,717,366 Luxembourg,678,1107,1190,1169,1197,1275,1381,1465,1605,1782,1915,2008,2132,2242,2373,2484,2641,2803,2953,3197,3364,3627,3838,4124,4390,4670,4852,5022,5212,5367,5275,5376,5522,3465,2057 Malta,4,7,14,24,30,31,32,46,53,54,53,49,41,36,27,21,26,30,32,24,23,33,36,37,39,31,40,38,37,44,43,43,44,29,15 Netherlands,1434,2113,2256,2350,2233,2155,2110,1927,1770,1726,1755,1746,1570,1468,1447,1429,1465,1449,1561,1723,1905,2111,2405,2680,2840,2892,2889,2852,2611,2861,2767,2739,2755,1860,895 Austria,2437,5101,5772,6154,6187,6298,6300,6106,6127,6422,6389,6373,5770,5930,6153,6018,7014,7770,8775,9695,10509,11235,11832,12180,12652,13194,13618,14190,15774,16809,16903,17474,17782,7987,9795 Poland,414,2136,2714,3813,5271,5965,7015,8181,9328,10936,12601,14350,14896,15183,14493,13028,12252,11325,10306,9852,9532,9142,9104,8947,8260,7773,7501,7211,7010,7274,7297,7498,7634,4929,2705 Portugal,239,663,839,1060,1303,1399,1448,1466,1527,1612,1667,1639,1487,1383,1341,1315,1400,1446,1618,1695,1852,2118,2272,2443,2588,2689,2785,2793,2720,2936,2934,2852,2867,1863,1004 Romania,182,313,584,782,998,1179,1429,1793,2232,2860,3449,3977,4271,4201,4156,3636,3475,3483,3457,3452,3544,3461,3442,3468,3401,3374,3426,3545,3635,4057,4217,4533,4927,3171,1756 Sweden,393,517,774,1054,1000,1016,1002,882,881,816,817,820,753,682,700,600,593,656,665,704,736,801,880,926,867,793,771,706,591,754,751,727,769,564,205 Slovakia,m,m,m,285,374,446,643,773,992,1269,1481,1592,1661,1649,1569,1365,1238,1206,1146,1109,1155,1172,1239,1200,1088,1037,949,899,885,948,924,976,1009,714,295 Slovenia,m,m,79,287,387,422,457,482,510,547,561,564,569,540,524,556,491,478,471,490,485,577,615,647,639,653,637,626,528,573,569,585,581,404,177 Spain,819,2520,3112,3907,4578,4891,5185,5344,5588,5665,5773,5739,5434,5152,4799,4538,4715,4993,5491,6165,6841,7058,6959,7208,7516,7469,7647,7573,6699,8297,8367,8154,8391,5887,2504 Czech Republic,624,580,965,782,912,984,1158,1292,1640,1984,2243,2392,2356,2241,2132,1965,1817,1751,1667,1769,1781,1791,1859,1787,1676,1630,1610,1495,1424,1470,1503,1578,1646,1199,447 Hungary,296,513,1113,1423,1846,1934,2285,2568,2779,2914,3129,3024,2804,2642,2434,2167,2160,2106,2020,2068,2147,2323,2366,2468,2436,2524,2522,2643,2618,2851,2908,2986,3139,2188,951 Cyprus,318,474,371,292,204,194,167,169,180,186,197,212,204,215,221,208,217,231,245,271,320,427,540,639,746,826,827,804,733,674,643,574,501,459,42 Non-EU countries 4),21437,29840,39227,49830,50562,55386,60889,66932,73954,83430,92272,100757,75899,76742,76067,57448,59687,62511,65501,69535,73285,72748,75877,78812,81581,82311,82738,82237,83139,83323,84399,84550,85108,56677,28431 Bosnia Herzegovina,m,m,m,300,922,1157,1402,1641,1889,2015,2206,2388,2455,2546,2603,2573,2681,2803,2859,3035,3123,3164,3265,3278,3351,3331,3243,3180,3130,3043,2948,2839,2771,1374,1397 Iceland,115,248,282,280,284,264,220,204,160,158,149,162,133,108,108,87,91,98,116,119,116,136,137,128,127,126,137,133,131,130,139,119,99,56,43 Montenegro,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,m,227,170,159,190,215,252,313,339,386,422,424,433,440,419,441,426,402,392,231,161 North Macedonia,m,m,m,36,227,298,393,474,523,617,660,704,1361,754,835,775,719,720,742,757,816,914,992,1071,1166,1174,1230,1214,1178,1182,1171,1110,1067,631,436 Norway,640,846,972,1065,1008,1011,943,924,906,851,821,773,753,659,589,485,492,431,411,415,428,437,452,495,497,512,551,540,458,584,571,506,483,363,120 Russian Federation 5),52,395,1236,2553,3622,4182,4930,5946,6987,8383,9601,10814,11479,11953,12197,11847,12378,12652,13132,13630,14199,14525,14964,14909,14939,14322,13968,14073,14301,14549,14282,14401,14503,10381,4122 Switzerland,1088,1360,1472,1625,1724,1749,1724,1774,1763,1762,1766,1896,1896,1941,1994,1990,2170,2302,2487,2745,2882,3028,3125,3345,3463,3601,3717,3763,3879,4015,4110,3993,4071,2077,1994 Turkey,6542,12962,15859,19317,21856,23031,23689,23762,23640,24041,24114,24448,22553,22419,22090,21404,22335,24170,26089,28501,30645,33004,34736,36530,38309,39338,39634,38902,37030,36575,35495,35559,35737,23972,11765 Ukraine,m,m,71,442,1145,1556,2123,2836,3688,4917,6071,7238,8066,8671,8839,8408,8557,8818,8830,8929,9044,9212,9379,9613,9638,9388,9171,8933,8687,8450,11200,11961,12716,9256,3460 United Kingdom,1423,2122,2750,3383,2867,2680,2543,2475,2281,2139,2082,2028,1869,1794,1788,1651,1781,1874,2087,2214,2500,2678,2755,2926,3082,3096,2965,2712,2492,2573,2412,2190,2074,1657,417 Other countries in Europe,1149,3424,4534,4665,4340,4571,4726,4813,5060,5336,5622,6053,5528,6282,6300,5677,6090,6249,6543,6992,7435,8015,8488,9057,9669,10095,10654,11059,11434,11781,11645,11470,11195,6679,4516 Africa,3884,6441,10245,12676,14462,15433,16500,17696,18852,20171,22024,23056,22616,22883,22689,21580,21736,21684,21542,21469,22143,23290,25141,27312,29999,32496,35463,38955,42085,44847,45623,46612,49328,24911,24417 Egypt,795,942,1192,1268,1235,1194,1166,1126,1191,1278,1264,1192,1035,907,920,1087,1203,1359,1423,1473,1778,2057,2384,2788,3328,3923,4822,5639,6263,7480,8083,8395,9097,6263,2834 Ethiopia,164,470,883,836,753,750,707,639,588,531,534,523,495,427,418,401,430,442,470,490,526,516,488,498,511,561,558,565,510,530,563,674,717,449,268 Algeria,601,271,322,353,379,391,380,359,346,325,328,288,246,229,222,193,188,186,196,219,230,246,265,295,292,319,351,411,472,572,628,686,759,417,342 Ghana,258,330,496,492,434,403,376,353,374,532,735,698,570,441,375,322,333,370,426,511,582,653,756,875,987,1247,1456,1567,1814,2157,2371,2771,3208,1798,1410 Cameroon,114,598,1131,1480,1900,2291,2966,3628,4141,4464,4896,5332,5393,5521,5503,5458,5536,5550,5575,5783,6016,6408,6893,7336,7676,7535,7406,7844,8159,7887,7537,6982,7023,2301,4722 Morocco,151,925,2232,3572,4606,4946,5255,5699,6204,6765,7421,8097,8019,8213,7931,6918,6649,6281,5866,5461,5169,5165,5314,5447,5674,5894,6133,6393,6712,7037,7478,7788,8261,3148,5113 Nigeria,424,245,339,424,518,584,634,664,667,662,632,630,562,541,513,548,555,577,607,645,758,942,1188,1454,1667,1970,2747,3766,4606,4468,4281,4002,3735,2019,1716 Tunisia,212,695,806,873,877,941,973,1074,1237,1426,1619,1806,2023,2369,2593,2681,2860,2859,2729,2552,2576,2732,3101,3677,4648,5595,6185,6599,6848,6806,6761,6952,7428,4013,3415 Other countries in Africa,1165,1965,2844,3378,3760,3933,4043,4154,4104,4188,4595,4490,4273,4235,4214,3972,3982,4060,4250,4335,4508,4571,4752,4942,5216,5452,5805,6171,6701,7910,7921,8362,9100,4503,4597 America,6572,8455,9290,9417,9026,9094,8972,9124,9356,9763,10428,11172,11467,11917,12397,12372,13366,14625,15270,16553,17886,19538,21712,23342,23627,25004,25984,26548,24700,27100,28127,27550,27249,19698,7551 Argentina,212,321,371,365,368,368,389,389,419,466,505,519,485,477,456,438,413,434,433,409,416,470,483,551,590,663,720,699,600,684,786,735,701,462,239 Bolivia,160,240,234,220,200,203,195,186,190,196,200,219,221,224,223,198,206,200,225,245,285,301,289,309,304,321,358,382,411,435,456,433,409,275,134 Brazil,490,896,1085,1193,1206,1225,1278,1325,1432,1509,1550,1698,1682,1867,2018,2118,2246,2467,2561,2727,3310,3884,4708,4811,3501,3954,4203,4382,4064,4274,4361,4255,4047,3005,1042 Chile,516,515,546,517,455,441,449,472,459,483,575,611,606,626,607,611,665,703,760,814,875,888,933,941,1043,1072,1097,1152,1180,1284,1298,1252,1313,1050,263 Canada,330,392,440,456,428,443,438,419,430,471,500,535,548,577,584,554,615,615,656,757,805,904,1039,1100,1196,1220,1229,1195,1018,1117,1197,1157,1152,933,219 Colombia,246,407,431,421,417,432,443,497,544,679,828,988,1090,1178,1261,1356,1479,1608,1715,1871,2065,2346,2599,2898,3100,3280,3498,3709,3848,3900,3887,3732,3714,2719,995 Mexico,189,259,280,277,276,319,347,417,502,588,730,977,1174,1268,1394,1380,1584,1607,1749,2059,2245,2425,2714,2886,3050,3147,3287,3284,2997,3393,3729,3806,3834,2449,1385 Peru,275,518,561,669,692,719,714,756,797,827,862,902,899,956,974,953,1019,1000,1044,1055,1068,1112,1105,1174,1230,1309,1378,1436,1504,1668,1773,1802,1858,1327,531 Venezuela,215,118,157,180,207,203,202,239,274,309,310,325,345,377,351,350,387,411,425,439,463,505,555,595,642,686,711,661,653,653,661,645,620,377,243 United States,3531,4207,4436,4371,3993,3926,3719,3576,3467,3318,3384,3324,3280,3195,3337,3247,3513,3825,4242,4598,4654,4855,5316,5837,6521,6851,6829,6821,5486,6462,6456,6152,6095,4932,1163 Other countries in America,408,582,749,748,784,815,798,848,842,917,984,1074,1137,1172,1192,1167,1239,1755,1460,1579,1700,1848,1971,2240,2450,2501,2674,2827,2939,3230,3523,3581,3506,2169,1337 Asia,16738,30051,34100,34626,33324,33494,34390,36191,39683,46921,56441,65205,67729,69107,69422,66691,67640,69072,72326,77233,84097,92548,100926,109811,120506,131447,147026,160829,168353,180579,195386,206207,225030,148323,76707 Afghanistan,548,612,658,612,565,590,579,592,628,682,695,698,670,720,762,745,896,987,1042,1151,1118,1135,1215,1256,1377,1361,1503,1693,1943,2258,2822,3364,3804,1866,1938 China,317,4230,5752,5726,4980,5017,5355,6526,9109,14070,20141,25284,27129,27390,27117,25479,24746,24414,24443,25521,27364,30511,32460,34643,37603,39541,42676,44490,43525,43629,42541,42190,42695,38319,4376 India,655,609,665,667,708,727,846,1117,1412,2088,3303,4112,4249,3988,3780,3527,3516,4070,5038,5998,7532,9619,11860,13740,15529,17570,20810,25149,28905,34134,42997,49483,59419,33218,26201 Indonesia,3185,2125,2125,2162,1933,1894,1896,2056,2128,2246,2421,2557,2551,2570,2537,2431,2400,2544,2574,2646,3046,3399,3811,4384,4905,5194,5436,5471,5725,5903,5836,5730,5591,3186,2405 Iraq,233,375,362,295,257,262,314,343,367,393,421,428,454,510,556,564,599,678,784,837,915,973,1105,1114,1177,1143,1204,1370,1537,1780,2141,2372,2646,1341,1305 Iran,5331,10485,10369,9957,8916,8452,7867,7071,6359,5757,5334,5090,4185,4067,4092,3871,4182,4388,4739,5361,6117,6607,7033,7513,8213,8525,9523,10368,11573,12667,14372,16307,18514,12946,5568 Israel,461,1047,1156,1172,1042,1004,976,926,876,858,923,1082,1202,1277,1304,1391,1453,1572,1599,1643,1689,1711,1689,1679,1723,1731,1711,1656,1547,1598,1583,1674,1917,1501,416 Japan,1256,1219,1385,1592,1745,1788,1949,2023,2182,2311,2382,2495,2422,2339,2339,2183,2106,2099,2061,2138,2213,2317,2255,2281,2322,2285,2299,2358,1722,1923,2276,2323,2473,2151,322 Jordan,711,1029,1210,1198,1251,1217,1174,1106,1029,1036,996,986,909,867,795,701,756,839,855,933,999,1080,1139,1263,1447,1767,1765,1851,1887,2310,2478,2424,2415,1167,1248 Lebanon,284,327,365,357,336,341,365,440,487,602,751,942,1032,1137,1240,1261,1333,1288,1271,1221,1176,1163,1176,1202,1266,1249,1307,1373,1558,1733,1919,2009,2025,1249,776 Pakistan,267,186,208,266,358,435,524,579,653,762,951,1163,1239,1277,1298,1318,1469,1610,1844,2141,2523,3143,3655,4167,4749,5258,6093,6316,6784,7513,8642,10332,13140,8636,4504 South Korea,1066,4228,4686,4747,4790,4868,4858,4890,4853,5144,5359,5361,5160,5096,5076,5003,5209,5219,5280,5222,5287,5518,5792,6087,6527,6835,7066,7444,6466,6684,7597,7721,7815,6787,1028 Syria,508,498,757,773,775,792,855,865,922,949,1047,1188,1318,1616,1790,1885,2067,2244,2329,2459,2575,2646,2889,3803,5469,9035,13652,17181,19366,20759,21393,20710,19809,10084,9725 Taiwan,475,942,1135,1342,1463,1393,1421,1378,1265,1294,1336,1411,1350,1302,1323,1232,1222,1272,1364,1409,1509,919,1488,1755,2013,2390,2782,3155,2862,2790,2868,2932,2980,2447,533 Thailand,290,227,213,241,271,306,318,405,487,614,768,920,984,966,948,939,993,941,949,978,932,930,937,974,1057,1155,1154,1137,1100,1131,1174,1139,1107,658,449 Vietnam,621,1147,1525,1621,1526,1517,1443,1385,1410,1424,1594,1960,2418,2982,3315,3566,3671,3870,4189,4671,5155,5597,5794,6356,6581,7060,7510,7602,7566,7582,7368,7069,7272,3978,3294 Other countries in Asia,530,765,1529,1898,2408,2891,3650,4489,5516,6691,8019,9528,10457,11003,11150,10595,11022,11037,11965,12904,13947,15280,16628,17594,18548,19348,20535,22215,24287,26185,27379,28428,31408,18789,12619 Australia/Oceania,135,164,205,260,289,263,291,299,313,337,360,395,382,400,419,417,426,526,543,645,666,715,814,908,1020,965,990,991,711,741,820,870,949,701,248 Australia,110,134,171,201,228,202,224,233,255,267,286,313,296,323,341,344,352,419,427,516,525,578,666,755,849,793,820,827,571,580,647,710,766,564,202 New Zealand,25,23,24,53,51,54,59,55,45,55,61,67,65,63,69,63,65,92,98,101,117,118,125,132,155,153,149,144,121,139,149,144,164,130,34 Other countries in Oceania,-,7,10,6,10,7,8,11,13,15,13,15,21,14,9,10,9,15,18,28,24,19,23,21,16,19,21,20,19,22,24,16,19,7,12 Total countries 6),57713,99760,123052,141460,151870,158435,165994,175065,187027,206141,227026,246136,246334,248357,246369,233606,239143,244775,252032,265292,282201,301350,321569,340305,358895,374583,394665,411601,416437,440564,458210,469485,492087,317380,174707 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: Federal Statistical Office (Statistischer Bericht Studierendenstatistik, Fachserie 11 Reihe 4.1)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Notes:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1) WS = Winter semester.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "2) Including colleges of education, colleges of theology, colleges of art and music and comprehensive universities.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3) Including college of public administration.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 4) The categories EU countries and Non-EU countries reflect the status of EU membership of the European countries in the respective reference semester (e.g. as of winter semester 2020/2021 EU countries does not include United Kingdom).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "5) Until 1991, Soviet Union.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "6) Including the categories ""Stateless persons"" and ""Not stated"".",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - = no figures or magnitude zero.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, m = data not 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