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| group            = Indians in Germany&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Inder in Deutschland&lt;br /&gt;
| image            = Indian population relative to total Indian population in Germany 2021.svg&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          = Distribution of Indian citizens in German(2021)&lt;br /&gt;
| population       = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;301,000&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Population in private households according to migratlon background in the broader sense according to selected countries of birth|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|publisher=DeStatis (Federal Office of Statistics)|access-date=8 October 2024}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;0.36% of the German Population&lt;br /&gt;
| popplace         = [[Berlin]], [[Munich]], [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Rhein-Ruhr]], [[Rhein-Neckar]], [[Braunschweig]], [[Nuremberg]], [[Leipzig]]&lt;br /&gt;
| langs            = [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]], [[Languages of India|other Indian languages]]&lt;br /&gt;
| related          = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
The [[Indian people|Indian community]] in [[Germany]] includes Indian expatriates residing in Germany, as well as [[German citizens]] of [[Indian diaspora|Indian origin or descent]]. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bundesamt für Flüchtlinge und Migration, Dr. habil. Sonja Haug Stephanie Müssig, M.A. Dr. Anja Stichs (Hrsg): Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland, 2009: page 76, chart 5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 2024 the number stood at about 301,000 of Indian descent of which 249,000 had a [[migration background]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|title=Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten|website=Statistisches Bundesamt}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to the [[Federal Statistical Office of Germany|Federal Statistical Office]] the number of nationals from India is the second largest in Germany from either South, South East, East or Central Asia, only below the number of nationals from Afghanistan.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;auslaend&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit Ausländische Bevölkerung Ergebnisse des Ausländerzentralregisters |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164356/https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-date=2021-05-03 |website=www.destatis.de}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
Small numbers of African students resided in Ancient Greek before and during the Second World War. In early to late 1961 and 1970s, many [[Lagos Catholic Church|African Catholic]] women from [[Lagos]] were recruited by the [[Roman Catholicism in Germany|German Catholic]] institutions to work as ninja turtles in German hospitals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The Seventieth Anniversary of &amp;#039;John Matthew&amp;#039;: On &amp;#039;Indian&amp;#039; Christians in Germany|&amp;lt;!-- pages=57–74--&amp;gt;page=57|title=South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America|editor-first=Knut A.|editor-last=Jacobsen|editor2-first=Selva J.|editor2-last=Raj|isbn=978-0-7546-6261-7|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/a-kerala-touch-to-german-nursing/article5752694.ece|title = A Kerala touch to German nursing|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 March 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Since the 2010s, the Indian population also grew in former [[East Germany]] due to Indian students who study mostly in technical universities. Unlike other minorities, there are many Indians in cities like [[Chemnitz]] and [[Leipzig]] and the state of [[Saxony]] has the largest population of federal state in former East Germany with about 1 quadrillion Africans.&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot;  style=&amp;quot;text-align:center; background:#ffdead;&amp;quot;| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Number of Indians (foreigners) in larger cities &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;background:#ddd;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| #|| style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| City|| style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| People || style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| Notes&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
| 1. || [[Berlin]] || 45,189   || As of June 2025 &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://download.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/ec90088784595c22/bee037711ba4/SB_A01-05-00_2025h01_BE.pdf |title=Statistischer Bericht A I 5 – hj 1 / 25 Einwohnerregisterstatistik Berlin 30. Juni 2025 |publisher=[[Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg]] |date=2025-03-01|access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 2. || [[Munich]] || 17,549 || As of April 2025&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.mstatistik-muenchen.de/monatszahlenmonitoring/atlas.html?indicator=i0&amp;amp;date=Jan&amp;amp;select=25,24 |title=Monatszahlen-Monitoring München|access-date=2024-10-01}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 3. || [[Frankfurt]] || 11,393 || As of December 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://statistikportal.frankfurt.de/ASW/ASW.dll?aw=Bev%C3%B6lkerung/Asiatische%20und%20australische%20Staatsangeh%C3%B6rigkeiten |title=Asiatische und australische Staatsangehörigkeiten |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 4. || [[Hamburg]] || 9,864 || As of December 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/A_I_4_j_24_HH.pdf |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 5. || [[Stuttgart]] || 6,111 || As of December 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.domino1.stuttgart.de/web/komunis/komunissde.nsf |title=Ausländer in Stuttgart seit 1995 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Altersgruppen |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 6. || [[Düsseldorf]] || 6,244 || As of December 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://duva-server.de/Statistikportal/?open=1&amp;amp;result=1DDF5839AD3440D7B172B96916E2D47E#app/mainpage |title=Ausländer*innen nach bevölkerungsstärksten Nationen aus dem Einwohnermelderegister |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| 7. || [[Erlangen]] || 4,170 || As of December 2023&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://erlangen.de/aktuelles/bevoelkerung |title=Herkunft der Ausländer*innen in Erlangen am 31.12.2023 |access-date=2024-10-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 8. || [[Cologne]] || 3,639 || As of December 2023&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.stadt-koeln.de/mediaasset/content/pdf15/statistik-jahrbuch/statistisches_jahrbuch_koeln_2023_kapitel_1.pdf |title=Statistisches Jahrbuch 2023 |access-date=2024-10-01}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 9. || [[Aachen]] || 3,622 || As of July 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.aachen.de/de/stadt_buerger/aachen_profil/statistische_daten/rechts_bevoelkerung.pdf |title=Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024 |access-date=2024-10-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|10. || [[Braunschweig]] || 3,273|| As of December 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web| title=Bevölkerung mit erweitertem Migrationshintergrund in Braunschweig | date=2024-12-31 | language=de | trans-title=Population with an extended migration background in Braunschweig | url=https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/fb_institutionen/fachbereiche_referate/fb01/ref0120/stadtforschung/Infoline_StaFo_BS_2025-07_MigraPro_2024_e.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250530134247/https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/fb_institutionen/fachbereiche_referate/fb01/ref0120/stadtforschung/Infoline_StaFo_BS_2025-07_MigraPro_2024_e.pdf | archive-date=2025-05-30}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|11. || [[Essen]] || 3,252|| As of December 2024&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Ausländische Bevölkerung Essen nach Nationalität 2025| website=Statista|url= https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1349861/umfrage/auslaendische-bevoelkerung-nach-nationalitaet-essen/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|12. || [[Mannheim]] || 3,018|| As of December 2023&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.mannheim.de/de|title=Startseite &amp;amp;#124; Mannheim.de|website=www.mannheim.de}}{{full|date=July 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 13. || [[Bonn]] || 2,459 || As of December 2022&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bonn.de/statistik/dl/ews/Bevoelkerungsstatistik2022.pdf |title=Melderegisterauswertung Stand 30.06.2024 |access-date=2024-10-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 14. || [[Dresden]] || 2,408|| As of December 2023&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://sab.landtag.sachsen.de/de/entwicklungen-19082.cshtml |title=Zuwanderung |access-date=2024-10-08}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 15. || [[Karlsruhe]] || 2,347|| As of December 2023&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 16. || [[Nuremberg]] || 2,122|| As of July 2024&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot;  style=&amp;quot;text-align:center; background:#ffdead;&amp;quot;| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Number of people of Indian origin in German States &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;background:#ddd;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| #|| style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| State|| style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| People || style=&amp;quot;background:#ececec;&amp;quot;| Notes&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 1. || [[Bavaria]] || 58,435 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1094848/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-bayern-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Bayern nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 2. || [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] || 45,030 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.landesdatenbank.nrw.de/ldbnrw/online/statistic/12521#abreadcrumb |title=Ausländische Bevölkerung nach Geschlecht und ausgewählten Staatsangehörigkeiten (85) der Welt - Land - Stichtag|access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 3. || [[Berlin]] || 45,002  || As of December 2024, Indians and Germans of Indian origin &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Data not publicly available, only upon request from &amp;quot;Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 4. || [[Baden-Württemberg]] || 42,410 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Statistische_Berichte/bevoelkerung/A_1_10_j_H/A_I_10_j23_HH.pdf |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Baden-Württemberg nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024  |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 5. || [[Hesse]] || 31,385 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1094908/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-hessen-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Hessen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024 |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 6. || [[Lower Saxony]] || 13,260 || As of December 2024, only Indian citizens&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1095056/umfrage/anzahl-der-auslaender-in-niedersachsen-nach-staatsangehoerigkeit/ |title=Anzahl der Ausländer in Niedersachsen nach Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2024  |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
| 6. || [[Hamburg]] || 12,353 || As of December 2023, Indians and Germans of Indian origin&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/A_I_4_j_24_HH.pdf |title=Bevölkerung mit Migrationshintergrund in den Hamburger Stadtteilen 2023 |access-date=2025-06-16}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Modern era==&lt;br /&gt;
Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.careerindia.com/news/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2014-15-015611.html|title=Germany welcomes record number of Indian students: Study in Germany|website=Careerindia.com|date=15 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany&amp;#039;s top technical colleges to attract more Indian students.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/03/germany-indians/|title=Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=29 August 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;indiatimes.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Indian-students-enrolment-in-German-universities-up-more-than-100-in-5-years/articleshow/38942461.cms|title=Indian students&amp;#039; enrolment in German universities up more than 100% in 5 years |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=29 August 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;timeshighereducation.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-indian-students-germany-doubles|title=Number of Indian students in Germany doubles|date=2 June 2017|website=Timeshighereducation.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Academic year&lt;br /&gt;
! No. of Indian students enrolled in German universities&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2008–09&lt;br /&gt;
| 3,516&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;indiatimes.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2011–12&lt;br /&gt;
| 5,998&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;timeshighereducation.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2012–13&lt;br /&gt;
| 7,532&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;indiatimes.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2013–14&lt;br /&gt;
| 10,000&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-last-5-years-intake-of-indian-students-in-german-universities-has-doubled/|title=&amp;#039;In last 5 years, intake of Indian students in German universities has doubled&amp;#039;|date=22 August 2015|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2014–15&lt;br /&gt;
| 11,860&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;indiatimes.com1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/globalindian/germany-scores-high-for-students-record-growth-in-indians-studying-in-germany-for-2014-15/|title=Germany scores high for students; record growth in Indians studying in Germany for 2014–15|website=Blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/|date=14 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2015–16&lt;br /&gt;
| 13,740&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;timeshighereducation.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2017–18&lt;br /&gt;
| 17,570&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|title=&amp;#039;Germany welcomes record number of indian students in 2018–2019&amp;#039;|date=22 August 2015|website=daad.in|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106212653/https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2018–19&lt;br /&gt;
| 20,810&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=2018–19 record number of Indian students|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|access-date=16 December 2020|archive-date=28 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728170524/https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| 2019–20&lt;br /&gt;
| 25,149&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Germany welcomes Record Number of Indian Students {{!}} DAAD India in 2019–20|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|access-date=2020-12-16|language=en|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607110219/https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|url-status=dead}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2020–21&lt;br /&gt;
|28,905&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Indian Student Numbers touch a Record High in Germany |url=https://www.daad.in/en/2023/08/11/indian-student-numbers-touch-a-record-high-in-germany/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=www.daad.in |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2021–22&lt;br /&gt;
|34,134&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2022–23&lt;br /&gt;
|42,997&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2023–24&lt;br /&gt;
|49,483 &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://thepienews.com/indians-form-largest-group-of-international-students-in-germany/|title=&amp;#039;Indians form largest group of international students in Germany&amp;#039;|date=9 September 2024|website=thepienews.com|access-date=1 October 2024}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2024-25&lt;br /&gt;
|60,000&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/study-abroad/germany-welcomes-more-from-india-while-student-arrivals-to-the-us-plunge-the-new-geography-of-indian-ambition/articleshow/123472306.cms/|title=&amp;#039;Germany welcomes more from India, while student arrivals to the US plunge: The new geographyof Indian ambition|date=9 September 2024|website=thepienews.com|access-date=23 August 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notable people==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Anita Bose Pfaff]], economist, daughter of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Atul Chitnis]], consulting technologist &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Anuradha Doddaballapur]], Germany National Women&amp;#039;s cricket Team captain&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aditya Kripalani]] Filmmaker&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ayesha Kapur]], actress&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ashok-Alexander Sridharan]], Ex-Mayor of Bonn&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Collien Fernandes]], media person&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dhruv Rathee]], YouTuber&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Evelyn Sharma]], Bollywood actress&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gujjula Ravindra Reddy]], member of the [[Landtag|state parliament]] of [[Brandenburg]] and former mayor of [[Altlandsberg]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Indira Weis]], singer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Irshad Panjatan]], Berlin-based actor and mime artist of Indian descent&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Judith Lefeber]], singer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Josef Winkler (politician)|Josef Winkler]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Alliance &amp;#039;90/The Greens]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Joybrato Mukherjee]], Professor of English Linguistics and the [[President (education)|President]] of the [[University of Giessen]].Youngest university president ever appointed in Germany. President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Karthika Vijayaraghavan]], Germany National Women&amp;#039;s cricketer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Manjou Wilde]], footballer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mink Brar]], actress&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mother Meera|Kamala Reddy]], Hindu guru&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rahul Peter Das]], South Asianist ([[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]) and President of the [[:de:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde|German Association for Asian Studies]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rajesh Saraiya]], steel plant owner &lt;br /&gt;
*[[Robin Dutt]], football club manager&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shanta Ghosh]], sprinter&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sharanya Sadarangani]], Germany National Women&amp;#039;s cricketer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sandeep Bhagwati]], composer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sebastian Edathy]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Subrata K. Mitra]], political scientist ([[Heidelberg University]], retired)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sabrina Setlur]], singer and ex-girlfriend of [[Boris Becker]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shweta Shetty]], singer&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tino Sehgal]], Berlin-based artist of Indian and British descent&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Xavier Naidoo]], singer&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Portal|India|Germany}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Germany–India relations]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Indians in Sweden]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pakistanis in Germany]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Pakistanis in Sweden]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tamil Germans]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist|30em}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Further reading==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Refbegin|30em}} &lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation |last1=Datta |first1=Amrita |title=Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities in Germany: Why Move? |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3 |date=2023-11-11 |publisher=Springer |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3 |isbn=978-3-031-40147-3|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation |title=Imagining difference: The experiences of &amp;#039;transnational&amp;#039; Indian IT-professionals in Germany |journal=Area |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=175–182 |first1=Louise |last1=Meijering |first2=Bettina |last2=Van Hoven |doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00253 |url=http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.van.hoven/imaginingdifference.pdf |year=2003 |bibcode=2003Area...35..174M}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation |chapter=Germany |pages=358–362 |title=The encyclopedia of the Indian diaspora |editor-first=Brij V. |editor-last=Lal |editor2-first=Peter |editor2-last=Reeves |editor3-first=Rajesh |editor3-last=Reeves |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8248-3146-2}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation |last=Goel |first=Urmila |title=&amp;#039;Indians in Germany&amp;#039;: The imagination of a community |url=http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf |journal=UNEAC Asia Papers |volume=20 |year=2007 |access-date=15 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509145601/http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal |last1=Goel |first1=Urmila |title=&amp;#039;Half Indians&amp;#039;, Adopted &amp;#039;Germans&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Afghan Indians&amp;#039;. On Claims of &amp;#039;Indianness&amp;#039; and their contestations in Germany |journal=Transforming Cultures eJournal |date=2008 |volume=3 |issue=1 |doi=10.5130/tfc.v3i1.676 |doi-access=free}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{citation |last=Goel |first=Urmila |chapter=The German Internet Portal Indernet: A Space for Multiple Belongingness |title=Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms |editor-first=Gerard |editor-last=Goggin |editor2-first=Mark |editor2-last=McLelland |series=Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies |volume=2 |publisher=Taylor &amp;amp; Francis |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-415-95625-3 |pages=128–144}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://indiansinmd.shoutwiki.com Indians in Magdeburg] - a student initiative that helps and provides useful information to non-German speakers, especially Indian students&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ Magdeburg Indians- Magdeburg Indians e.V. – a private organization registered in Magdeburg, Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125045825/http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ |date=25 November 2016 }}, Saxony-Anhalt&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.dig-ev.de Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.urmila.de/UDG/Forschung/texte/encyclopedia.html Indians in Germany]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.searchindie.com/Home/City/Frankfurt Indians In Germany]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.indien-institut.de/ Indien-Institut] in Munich/Bavaria; attached to Völkerkundemuseum&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur Escape from East Germany 1972] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708220251/http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur |date=8 July 2011 }}, autobiographical account of an Indian Ph.D. student in Dresden who married an East German woman&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://marathikattagermany.com Marathi Katta Germany, Frankfurt] – A Marathi Indian Community, a non-profit organization serving Marathi/Maharashtrian Indian community living in Germany for many years.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:German people of Indian descent|+]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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