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,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 2022/2023,WS 2022/2023 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 Europe,29404,53151,67235,82216,92773,98535,104368,110262,117372,127441,136289,144915,142843,142801,140292,131603,133894,137094,141553,148623,156745,164660,172244,178290,182734,183635,184332,183293,179598,186221,186855,121785,65070 EU countries 4),7967,23311,28008,32386,42211,43149,43479,43330,43418,44011,44017,44158,66944,66059,64225,74155,74207,74583,76052,79088,83460,91912,96367,99478,101153,101324,101594,101056,96459,102898,102456,67069,35387 Belgium,476,680,793,889,951,934,939,927,923,949,971,958,934,917,957,920,969,1000,1109,1204,1374,1410,1491,1602,1659,1719,1728,1771,1756,1944,1826,1237,589 Bulgaria,121,183,841,1119,1434,1742,2291,3307,5015,7321,9897,12048,12848,12794,12170,10504,9544,8696,7997,7486,7226,7223,7231,7325,7311,6911,6692,6568,6384,6260,6054,4510,1544 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,800,781,919,1104,1058,1103,1066,1099,998,1022,929,1037,917,912,853,713,776,818,871,909,914,961,983,1013,1072,966,934,829,683,751,780,487,293 France,2504,3716,4733,5617,5894,6077,6146,6204,6246,6356,6245,6431,6290,6074,5982,5476,5988,6206,6394,6539,7000,7342,8373,8453,8539,8408,8278,8104,7798,8350,8325,6136,2189 Greece,5204,6465,7167,7663,7945,7998,7800,7708,7516,7451,7254,7043,6115,5850,5643,5218,5182,5307,5473,5931,6533,7072,7386,7540,7725,7734,7662,7430,7211,7054,6886,4931,1955 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,1142,3267,4207,5160,5784,6092,6363,6547,6771,6879,7074,7183,6810,6701,6614,6512,6863,7469,8154,8930,9934,10916,12206,13256,14038,14485,14922,14975,14067,15154,15232,10903,4329 Croatia,m,m,508,2016,3258,3760,4060,4374,4614,4734,4730,4795,4556,4414,4186,3975,4004,4109,4102,4197,4345,4626,4677,4753,4746,4686,4653,4620,4624,4630,4503,2330,2173 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,53,153,311,430,556,713,959,1214,1465,1667,1701,1747,1667,1510,1390,1274,1199,1177,1182,1177,1186,1178,1131,1081,1084,1065,1074,1072,1048,734,314 Luxembourg,678,1107,1190,1169,1197,1275,1381,1465,1605,1782,1915,2008,2132,2242,2373,2484,2641,2803,2953,3197,3364,3627,3838,4124,4390,4670,4852,5022,5212,5367,5275,3381,1894 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,1434,2113,2256,2350,2233,2155,2110,1927,1770,1726,1755,1746,1570,1468,1447,1429,1465,1449,1561,1723,1905,2111,2405,2680,2840,2892,2889,2852,2611,2861,2767,1900,867 Austria,2437,5101,5772,6154,6187,6298,6300,6106,6127,6422,6389,6373,5770,5930,6153,6018,7014,7770,8775,9695,10509,11235,11832,12180,12652,13194,13618,14190,15774,16809,16903,7534,9369 Poland,414,2136,2714,3813,5271,5965,7015,8181,9328,10936,12601,14350,14896,15183,14493,13028,12252,11325,10306,9852,9532,9142,9104,8947,8260,7773,7501,7211,7010,7274,7297,4885,2412 Portugal,239,663,839,1060,1303,1399,1448,1466,1527,1612,1667,1639,1487,1383,1341,1315,1400,1446,1618,1695,1852,2118,2272,2443,2588,2689,2785,2793,2720,2936,2934,1891,1043 Romania,182,313,584,782,998,1179,1429,1793,2232,2860,3449,3977,4271,4201,4156,3636,3475,3483,3457,3452,3544,3461,3442,3468,3401,3374,3426,3545,3635,4057,4217,2830,1387 Sweden,393,517,774,1054,1000,1016,1002,882,881,816,817,820,753,682,700,600,593,656,665,704,736,801,880,926,867,793,771,706,591,754,751,567,184 Slovakia,m,m,m,285,374,446,643,773,992,1269,1481,1592,1661,1649,1569,1365,1238,1206,1146,1109,1155,1172,1239,1200,1088,1037,949,899,885,948,924,676,248 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,819,2520,3112,3907,4578,4891,5185,5344,5588,5665,5773,5739,5434,5152,4799,4538,4715,4993,5491,6165,6841,7058,6959,7208,7516,7469,7647,7573,6699,8297,8367,5978,2389 Czech Republic,624,580,965,782,912,984,1158,1292,1640,1984,2243,2392,2356,2241,2132,1965,1817,1751,1667,1769,1781,1791,1859,1787,1676,1630,1610,1495,1424,1470,1503,1110,393 Hungary,296,513,1113,1423,1846,1934,2285,2568,2779,2914,3129,3024,2804,2642,2434,2167,2160,2106,2020,2068,2147,2323,2366,2468,2436,2524,2522,2643,2618,2851,2908,2069,839 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 countries 4),21437,29840,39227,49830,50562,55386,60889,66932,73954,83430,92272,100757,75899,76742,76067,57448,59687,62511,65501,69535,73285,72748,75877,78812,81581,82311,82738,82237,83139,83323,84399,54716,29683 Bosnia Herzegovina,m,m,m,300,922,1157,1402,1641,1889,2015,2206,2388,2455,2546,2603,2573,2681,2803,2859,3035,3123,3164,3265,3278,3351,3331,3243,3180,3130,3043,2948,1518,1430 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,36,227,298,393,474,523,617,660,704,1361,754,835,775,719,720,742,757,816,914,992,1071,1166,1174,1230,1214,1178,1182,1171,715,456 Norway,640,846,972,1065,1008,1011,943,924,906,851,821,773,753,659,589,485,492,431,411,415,428,437,452,495,497,512,551,540,458,584,571,406,165 Russian Federation 5),52,395,1236,2553,3622,4182,4930,5946,6987,8383,9601,10814,11479,11953,12197,11847,12378,12652,13132,13630,14199,14525,14964,14909,14939,14322,13968,14073,14301,14549,14282,10460,3822 Switzerland,1088,1360,1472,1625,1724,1749,1724,1774,1763,1762,1766,1896,1896,1941,1994,1990,2170,2302,2487,2745,2882,3028,3125,3345,3463,3601,3717,3763,3879,4015,4110,2235,1875 Turkey,6542,12962,15859,19317,21856,23031,23689,23762,23640,24041,24114,24448,22553,22419,22090,21404,22335,24170,26089,28501,30645,33004,34736,36530,38309,39338,39634,38902,37030,36575,35495,21998,13497 Ukraine,m,m,71,442,1145,1556,2123,2836,3688,4917,6071,7238,8066,8671,8839,8408,8557,8818,8830,8929,9044,9212,9379,9613,9638,9388,9171,8933,8687,8450,11200,7924,3276 United Kingdom,1423,2122,2750,3383,2867,2680,2543,2475,2281,2139,2082,2028,1869,1794,1788,1651,1781,1874,2087,2214,2500,2678,2755,2926,3082,3096,2965,2712,2492,2573,2412,1943,469 Other countries in Europe,1149,3424,4534,4665,4340,4571,4726,4813,5060,5336,5622,6053,5528,6282,6300,5677,6090,6249,6543,6992,7435,8015,8488,9057,9669,10095,10654,11059,11434,11781,11645,7176,4469 Africa,3884,6441,10245,12676,14462,15433,16500,17696,18852,20171,22024,23056,22616,22883,22689,21580,21736,21684,21542,21469,22143,23290,25141,27312,29999,32496,35463,38955,42085,44847,45623,23883,21740 Egypt,795,942,1192,1268,1235,1194,1166,1126,1191,1278,1264,1192,1035,907,920,1087,1203,1359,1423,1473,1778,2057,2384,2788,3328,3923,4822,5639,6263,7480,8083,5901,2182 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,258,330,496,492,434,403,376,353,374,532,735,698,570,441,375,322,333,370,426,511,582,653,756,875,987,1247,1456,1567,1814,2157,2371,1456,915 Cameroon,114,598,1131,1480,1900,2291,2966,3628,4141,4464,4896,5332,5393,5521,5503,5458,5536,5550,5575,5783,6016,6408,6893,7336,7676,7535,7406,7844,8159,7887,7537,2631,4906 Morocco,151,925,2232,3572,4606,4946,5255,5699,6204,6765,7421,8097,8019,8213,7931,6918,6649,6281,5866,5461,5169,5165,5314,5447,5674,5894,6133,6393,6712,7037,7478,2746,4732 Nigeria,424,245,339,424,518,584,634,664,667,662,632,630,562,541,513,548,555,577,607,645,758,942,1188,1454,1667,1970,2747,3766,4606,4468,4281,2540,1741 Tunisia,212,695,806,873,877,941,973,1074,1237,1426,1619,1806,2023,2369,2593,2681,2860,2859,2729,2552,2576,2732,3101,3677,4648,5595,6185,6599,6848,6806,6761,3652,3109 Other countries in Africa,1165,1965,2844,3378,3760,3933,4043,4154,4104,4188,4595,4490,4273,4235,4214,3972,3982,4060,4250,4335,4508,4571,4752,4942,5216,5452,5805,6171,6701,7910,7921,4210,3711 America,6572,8455,9290,9417,9026,9094,8972,9124,9356,9763,10428,11172,11467,11917,12397,12372,13366,14625,15270,16553,17886,19538,21712,23342,23627,25004,25984,26548,24700,27100,28127,20741,7386 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,490,896,1085,1193,1206,1225,1278,1325,1432,1509,1550,1698,1682,1867,2018,2118,2246,2467,2561,2727,3310,3884,4708,4811,3501,3954,4203,4382,4064,4274,4361,3268,1093 Chile,516,515,546,517,455,441,449,472,459,483,575,611,606,626,607,611,665,703,760,814,875,888,933,941,1043,1072,1097,1152,1180,1284,1298,1052,246 Canada,330,392,440,456,428,443,438,419,430,471,500,535,548,577,584,554,615,615,656,757,805,904,1039,1100,1196,1220,1229,1195,1018,1117,1197,961,236 Colombia,246,407,431,421,417,432,443,497,544,679,828,988,1090,1178,1261,1356,1479,1608,1715,1871,2065,2346,2599,2898,3100,3280,3498,3709,3848,3900,3887,2891,996 Mexico,189,259,280,277,276,319,347,417,502,588,730,977,1174,1268,1394,1380,1584,1607,1749,2059,2245,2425,2714,2886,3050,3147,3287,3284,2997,3393,3729,2431,1298 Peru,275,518,561,669,692,719,714,756,797,827,862,902,899,956,974,953,1019,1000,1044,1055,1068,1112,1105,1174,1230,1309,1378,1436,1504,1668,1773,1270,503 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,3531,4207,4436,4371,3993,3926,3719,3576,3467,3318,3384,3324,3280,3195,3337,3247,3513,3825,4242,4598,4654,4855,5316,5837,6521,6851,6829,6821,5486,6462,6456,5320,1136 Other countries in America,408,582,749,748,784,815,798,848,842,917,984,1074,1137,1172,1192,1167,1239,1755,1460,1579,1700,1848,1971,2240,2450,2501,2674,2827,2939,3230,3523,2289,1234 Asia,16738,30051,34100,34626,33324,33494,34390,36191,39683,46921,56441,65205,67729,69107,69422,66691,67640,69072,72326,77233,84097,92548,100926,109811,120506,131447,147026,160829,168353,180579,195386,132105,63281 Afghanistan,548,612,658,612,565,590,579,592,628,682,695,698,670,720,762,745,896,987,1042,1151,1118,1135,1215,1256,1377,1361,1503,1693,1943,2258,2822,1457,1365 China,317,4230,5752,5726,4980,5017,5355,6526,9109,14070,20141,25284,27129,27390,27117,25479,24746,24414,24443,25521,27364,30511,32460,34643,37603,39541,42676,44490,43525,43629,42541,37164,5377 India,655,609,665,667,708,727,846,1117,1412,2088,3303,4112,4249,3988,3780,3527,3516,4070,5038,5998,7532,9619,11860,13740,15529,17570,20810,25149,28905,34134,42997,24970,18027 Indonesia,3185,2125,2125,2162,1933,1894,1896,2056,2128,2246,2421,2557,2551,2570,2537,2431,2400,2544,2574,2646,3046,3399,3811,4384,4905,5194,5436,5471,5725,5903,5836,3211,2625 Iraq,233,375,362,295,257,262,314,343,367,393,421,428,454,510,556,564,599,678,784,837,915,973,1105,1114,1177,1143,1204,1370,1537,1780,2141,1181,960 Iran,5331,10485,10369,9957,8916,8452,7867,7071,6359,5757,5334,5090,4185,4067,4092,3871,4182,4388,4739,5361,6117,6607,7033,7513,8213,8525,9523,10368,11573,12667,14372,10347,4025 Israel,461,1047,1156,1172,1042,1004,976,926,876,858,923,1082,1202,1277,1304,1391,1453,1572,1599,1643,1689,1711,1689,1679,1723,1731,1711,1656,1547,1598,1583,1230,353 Japan,1256,1219,1385,1592,1745,1788,1949,2023,2182,2311,2382,2495,2422,2339,2339,2183,2106,2099,2061,2138,2213,2317,2255,2281,2322,2285,2299,2358,1722,1923,2276,2037,239 Jordan,711,1029,1210,1198,1251,1217,1174,1106,1029,1036,996,986,909,867,795,701,756,839,855,933,999,1080,1139,1263,1447,1767,1765,1851,1887,2310,2478,1184,1294 Lebanon,284,327,365,357,336,341,365,440,487,602,751,942,1032,1137,1240,1261,1333,1288,1271,1221,1176,1163,1176,1202,1266,1249,1307,1373,1558,1733,1919,1196,723 Pakistan,267,186,208,266,358,435,524,579,653,762,951,1163,1239,1277,1298,1318,1469,1610,1844,2141,2523,3143,3655,4167,4749,5258,6093,6316,6784,7513,8642,5901,2741 South Korea,1066,4228,4686,4747,4790,4868,4858,4890,4853,5144,5359,5361,5160,5096,5076,5003,5209,5219,5280,5222,5287,5518,5792,6087,6527,6835,7066,7444,6466,6684,7597,6604,993 Syria,508,498,757,773,775,792,855,865,922,949,1047,1188,1318,1616,1790,1885,2067,2244,2329,2459,2575,2646,2889,3803,5469,9035,13652,17181,19366,20759,21393,11453,9940 Taiwan,475,942,1135,1342,1463,1393,1421,1378,1265,1294,1336,1411,1350,1302,1323,1232,1222,1272,1364,1409,1509,919,1488,1755,2013,2390,2782,3155,2862,2790,2868,2380,488 Thailand,290,227,213,241,271,306,318,405,487,614,768,920,984,966,948,939,993,941,949,978,932,930,937,974,1057,1155,1154,1137,1100,1131,1174,716,458 Vietnam,621,1147,1525,1621,1526,1517,1443,1385,1410,1424,1594,1960,2418,2982,3315,3566,3671,3870,4189,4671,5155,5597,5794,6356,6581,7060,7510,7602,7566,7582,7368,3827,3541 Other countries in Asia,530,765,1529,1898,2408,2891,3650,4489,5516,6691,8019,9528,10457,11003,11150,10595,11022,11037,11965,12904,13947,15280,16628,17594,18548,19348,20535,22215,24287,26185,27379,17247,10132 Australia/Oceania,135,164,205,260,289,263,291,299,313,337,360,395,382,400,419,417,426,526,543,645,666,715,814,908,1020,965,990,991,711,741,820,637,183 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 countries 6),57713,99760,123052,141460,151870,158435,165994,175065,187027,206141,227026,246136,246334,248357,246369,233606,239143,244775,252032,265292,282201,301350,321569,340305,358895,374583,394665,411601,416437,440564,458210,299843,158367 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: Federal Statistical Office (Fachserie 11 Reihe 4.1, Statistischer Bericht Studierendenstatistik)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 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 available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Results of the ICE-BMBF's ICE-Database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (ICE = Information, Controlling, Entscheidung)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "A system of the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), http://www.dzhw.eu/en/index_html",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Last update: August 10, 2023",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, This work is licensed under a Data licence Germany attribution 2.0.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,