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Croats in Germany
Hrvati u Njemačkoj (Croatian)
Kroaten in Deutschland (German)
Total population
426.485 (2020) [1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Munich, Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, Augsburg, Nuremberg
Languages
Croatian, German
Religion
Majority Roman Catholics

Croats in Germany (Template:Lang-hr; Template:Lang-de) refers to persons living in Germany who have total or partial Croatian ancestry. They form the sixth largest ethnic minority in Germany.[3] In 2020, there were 426,485 Croats holding Croatian citizenship and living in Germany. Croatia's State Office for the Croats Abroad, Croatian embassy in Berlin and Croatian Catholic Missions estimated that there are more than 350,000 Croats and their descendants living in Germany.[1]

Demographics

According to the German Federal Statistical Office of Wiesbaden in 2021, there were 426,485 Croatian citizens living in Germany.[4] According to data from church institutions there are about 310,000 to 350,000 Croatians living in Germany.

Numbers of Croats

In Germany per year

  • 2021: -
  • 2020: 426,485
  • 2019: -
  • 2018: 395,665
  • 2017: 367,900
  • 2016: 332,605
  • 2015: -
  • 2014: 270,558[3]
  • 2013: -
  • 2012: -
  • 2011: -
  • 2010: 220,199
  • 2009: -
  • 2008: -
  • 2007: 225,309
  • 2006: 227,510
  • 2005: 228,926
  • 2004: 229,172
  • 2003: 236,570
  • 2002: 230,987
  • 2001: 223,819
  • 1994: 176,251
  • 1993: 153,146

Per federal state

In year 2019[5]

Number of Croats per German federal state
# Federal state People
1. Baden-Württemberg 122,835
2. Bavaria 126,090
3. Berlin 14,430
4. Brandenburg 671
5. Bremen 2,167
6. Hamburg 6,630
7. Hesse 53,785
8. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 260
9. Lower Saxony 9,429
10. North Rhine-Westphalia 48,043
11. Rhineland-Palatinate 8,668
12. Saarland 1,205
13. Saxony 714
14. Saxony-Anhalt 435
15. Schleswig-Holstein 3,229
16. Thuringia 189

Cities

In year 2019

Number of Croats in larger cities
City People
Munich 39,637
Frankfurt 16,751
Stuttgart 15,268
Berlin 14,430
Hamburg 6,630
Nuremberg 5,893
Mannheim 4,565
Augsburg 4,223
Düsseldorf 3,720
Cologne 3,569
Karlsruhe 3,383
Essen 2,880
Offenbach 2,420
Hanover 2,300
Pforzheim 2,193
Dortmund 2,153
Duisburg 2,044
Wiesbaden 1,967
Ulm 1,557
Gelsenkirchen 1,214

Among the German cities Stuttgart and Pforzheim had the highest share of Croats in 2011 according to German Census data.[6]

Notable Croatians and people of Croatian descent in Germany

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Fer Projekt, Put Murvice 14, Zadar, Hrvatska, +385 98 212 96 00, www.fer-projekt.com. "Hrvatsko iseljeništvo u Njemačkoj". Hrvatiizvanrh.hr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Hanza Media (2016-09-16). "Rekordan broj građana stranog porijekla u Njemačkoj, što se odnosi i na državljane RH -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). www.bamf.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ German Federal Statistical Office, http://www.destatis.de/
  5. ^ "Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online". Genesis.destatis.de. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  6. ^ "Kartenseite: Kroaten in Deutschland - Landkreise". kartenseite.wordpress.com. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-04-18.