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Table 2.5.23

Total number of students and German students, by types of higher education institution
			Total institutions	University¹⁾	College of art and music	University of applied sciences²⁾	College of public administration
Nationality	Germany	Winter semester	Number
Germans and foreigners	Former West Germany³⁾	1947/1948	87,644	-	-	-	-
		1948/1949	88,532	-	-	-	-
		1949/1950	107,636	-	-	-	-
		1950/1951	128,528	-	-	-	-
		1951/1952	130,087	-	-	-	-
		1952/1953	131,644	-	-	-	-
		1953/1954	133,685	-	-	-	-
		1954/1955	141,081	-	-	-	-
		1955/1956	150,754	-	-	-	-
		1956/1957	167,147	-	-	-	-
		1957/1958	186,668	-	-	-	-
		1958/1959	206,155	-	-	-	-
		1959/1960	225,286	-	-	-	-
		1960/1961	246,939	239,481	7,458	-	-
		1961/1962	267,257	260,006	7,251	-	-
		1962/1963	283,395	275,880	7,515	-	-
		1963/1964	295,994	287,906	8,088	-	-
		1964/1965	304,869	296,944	7,925	-	-
		1965/1966	308,022	300,035	7,987	-	-
		1966/1967	330,921	322,709	8,212	-	-
		1967/1968	338,550	330,194	8,356	-	-
		1968/1969	359,887	351,308	8,579	-	-
		1969/1970	384,685	375,472	9,213	-	-
		1970/1971	421,976	411,520	10,456	-	-
		1971/1972	478,356	466,044	12,312	-	-
		1972/1973	658,204	534,255	14,015	109,934	-
		1973/1974	726,900	589,413	14,848	122,639	2,202
		1974/1975	788,792	640,483	15,160	133,149	2,558
		1975/1976	836,002	675,946	15,343	144,713	2,824
		1976/1977	872,125	699,841	15,304	156,980	5,149
		1977/1978	905,897	725,087	15,356	165,454	10,177
		1978/1979	938,752	750,863	16,191	171,698	13,364
		1979/1980	972,068	773,593	16,780	181,695	18,397
		1980/1981	1,036,303	818,458	18,044	199,801	25,499
		1981/1982	1,121,434	879,552	18,867	223,015	30,948
		1982/1983	1,198,330	928,429	19,405	250,496	34,833
		1983/1984	1,267,263	971,452	20,141	275,670	34,475
		1984/1985	1,311,699	999,017	20,860	291,822	33,473
		1985/1986	1,336,674	1,014,205	21,464	301,005	32,644
		1986/1987	1,366,057	1,032,581	21,850	311,626	32,948
		1987/1988	1,409,042	1,059,805	21,862	327,375	35,365
		1988/1989	1,464,994	1,101,351	23,049	340,594	36,281
		1989/1990	1,504,563	1,125,350	23,336	355,877	38,407
Nationality	Germany	Winter semester	Number
Germans and foreigners	Länder, total	1990/1991	1,712,608	1,313,260	28,360	370,988	39,492
		1991/1992	1,775,661	1,350,273	28,904	396,484	44,197
		1992/1993	1,834,341	1,385,312	29,257	419,772	47,348
		1993/1994	1,867,264	1,397,333	29,791	440,140	53,123
		1994/1995	1,872,490	1,394,171	29,543	448,776	53,332
		1995/1996	1,857,906	1,380,195	29,150	448,561	49,721
		1996/1997	1,838,099	1,368,874	29,430	439,795	42,603
		1997/1998	1,824,107	1,356,818	29,838	437,451	38,169
		1998/1999	1,801,233	1,335,032	29,771	436,430	33,255
		1999/2000	1,773,956	1,300,734	30,064	443,158	31,722
		2000/2001	1,799,338	1,310,990	30,159	458,189	32,604
		2001/2002	1,868,666	1,351,817	30,444	486,405	33,108
		2002/2003	1,939,233	1,391,363	31,325	516,545	36,825
		2003/2004	2,019,831	1,436,679	31,211	551,941	38,458
		2004/2005	1,963,598	1,372,531	30,960	560,107	36,299
		2005/2006	1,986,106	1,386,784	31,593	567,729	32,602
		2006/2007	1,979,445	1,377,444	31,100	570,901	28,977
		2007/2008	1,941,763	1,338,556	30,519	572,688	26,675
		2008/2009	2,025,742	1,365,927	31,565	628,250	27,682
		2009/2010	2,121,190	1,416,379	32,237	672,574	27,796
		2010/2011	2,217,604	1,470,910	32,929	713,765	29,818
		2011/2012	2,380,974	1,571,832	33,569	775,573	32,126
		2012/2013	2,499,409	1,638,956	34,719	825,734	32,897
		2013/2014	2,616,881	1,701,800	35,184	879,897	33,380
		2014/2015	2,698,910	1,733,048	35,326	930,536	34,349
		2015/2016	2,757,799	1,756,452	35,536	965,811	36,570
		2016/2017	2,807,010	1,775,100	35,980	995,930	39,213
		2017/2018	2,844,978	1,782,173	36,086	1,026,719	44,531
		2018/2019	2,868,222	1,781,008	36,358	1,050,856	49,306
		2019/2020	2,891,049	1,777,758	36,547	1,076,744	53,598
		2020/2021	2,944,145	1,780,562	37,473	1,126,110	56,115
		2021/2022	2,946,141	1,754,248	37,084	1,154,809	60,332
		2022/2023	2,920,263	1,728,483	36,716	1,155,064	59,639
		2023/2024⁴⁾	2,871,481	1,686,722	37,424	1,147,335	57,842
Nationality	Germany	Winter semester	Number
Germans	Former West Germany³⁾	1960/1961	226,399	219,655	6,744	-	-
		1961/1962	245,491	238,968	6,523	-	-
		1962/1963	260,683	253,979	6,704	-	-
		1963/1964	272,495	265,271	7,224	-	-
		1964/1965	281,278	274,313	6,965	-	-
		1965/1966	284,182	277,217	6,965	-	-
		1966/1967	307,387	300,291	7,096	-	-
		1967/1968	315,325	308,107	7,218	-	-
		1968/1969	336,551	329,111	7,440	-	-
		1969/1970	361,012	352,972	8,040	-	-
		1970/1971	397,075	388,042	9,033	-	-
		1971/1972	449,466	438,867	10,599	-	-
		1972/1973	618,226	501,991	11,993	104,242	-
		1973/1974	684,310	555,403	12,707	116,200	2,202
		1974/1975	743,170	603,858	12,963	126,349	2,558
		1975/1976	788,704	638,185	13,094	137,425	2,824
		1976/1977	823,522	661,313	13,097	149,112	5,149
		1977/1978	856,083	685,445	13,216	157,422	10,177
		1978/1979	887,220	710,016	13,988	163,216	13,363
		1979/1980	918,580	731,050	14,535	172,995	18,397
		1980/1981	978,590	772,530	15,719	190,341	25,499
		1981/1982	1,058,970	829,966	16,580	212,424	30,947
		1982/1983	1,131,875	875,824	17,077	238,974	34,828
		1983/1984	1,197,619	916,786	17,849	262,984	34,473
		1984/1985	1,239,447	942,460	18,534	278,453	33,470
		1985/1986	1,262,099	955,780	19,121	287,198	32,642
		1986/1987	1,288,602	971,697	19,504	297,401	32,944
		1987/1988	1,327,839	996,001	19,497	312,341	35,360
		1988/1989	1,378,323	1,033,060	20,574	324,689	36,279
		1989/1990	1,412,547	1,052,774	20,715	339,058	38,405
Nationality	Germany	Winter semester	Number
Germans	Länder, total	1990/1991	1,607,993	1,229,657	25,338	352,998	39,491
		1991/1992	1,662,791	1,260,365	25,440	376,986	44,187
		1992/1993	1,709,732	1,286,216	25,412	398,104	47,342
		1993/1994	1,732,873	1,290,638	25,432	416,803	53,119
		1994/1995	1,731,030	1,282,696	24,916	423,418	53,319
		1995/1996	1,711,434	1,265,456	24,306	421,672	49,697
		1996/1997	1,685,893	1,250,408	24,225	411,260	42,569
		1997/1998	1,665,633	1,234,467	24,297	406,869	38,129
		1998/1999	1,635,239	1,207,376	23,807	404,056	33,208
		1999/2000	1,598,816	1,166,468	23,800	408,548	31,653
		2000/2001	1,612,311	1,167,760	23,510	421,041	32,528
		2001/2002	1,662,525	1,194,829	23,255	444,441	33,020
		2002/2003	1,712,207	1,219,325	23,539	469,343	36,730
		2003/2004	1,773,695	1,251,676	23,053	498,966	38,334
		2004/2005	1,717,264	1,188,736	22,743	505,785	36,124
		2005/2006	1,737,749	1,203,346	23,212	511,191	32,394
		2006/2007	1,733,076	1,197,930	22,636	512,510	28,769
		2007/2008	1,708,157	1,170,877	22,155	515,125	26,555
		2008/2009	1,786,599	1,198,065	22,913	565,621	27,498
		2009/2010	1,876,414	1,246,030	23,233	607,151	27,704
		2010/2011	1,965,572	1,295,900	23,734	645,938	29,742
		2011/2012	2,115,682	1,388,328	24,155	703,199	32,049
		2012/2013	2,217,208	1,444,644	24,810	747,754	32,787
		2013/2014	2,315,531	1,495,190	24,887	795,454	33,270
		2014/2015	2,377,341	1,514,836	24,753	837,752	34,236
		2015/2016	2,417,494	1,527,389	24,774	865,331	36,460
		2016/2017	2,448,115	1,535,453	24,620	888,042	39,072
		2017/2018	2,470,395	1,534,372	24,426	911,597	44,377
		2018/2019	2,473,557	1,521,366	24,313	927,878	49,132
		2019/2020	2,479,448	1,509,714	24,388	945,346	53,400
		2020/2021	2,527,708	1,514,868	25,052	987,788	55,929
		2021/2022	2,505,324	1,475,392	24,828	1,005,104	60,128
		2022/2023	2,462,053	1,441,074	24,282	996,697	59,276
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