Afghans in Germany

German Afghans (German: Afghanistanstämmige in Deutschland) are German citizens with Afghan ancestry and non-citizen residents born in, or with ancestors from, Afghanistan. It is the largest Afghan community in Europe and part of the worldwide Afghan diaspora, of which it is one of the largest. In 2022, the Federal Statistical Office of Germany estimated the number of people of Afghan descent residing in Germany at 425,000 the third largest from outside the EU, and the largest group from Asia excluding the Middle East and Caucusus. In particular, there are over 50,000 Afghans in Hamburg alone, comprising over 7% of the city's population (as of 2021). Offenbach am Main and Hamburg had the highest shares of Afghan migrants among all German districts in 2011. There were 51,000 people of Afghan decent living in Hamburg in 2023.

German Afghans
Zallascht Sadat
Nadiem Amiri
Simin Tander
Total population
377,240 (2022)
Regions with significant populations
Hamburg, Northrhine-Westphalia (Essen, Dortmund), Hesse (Frankfurt, Darmstadt), Bavaria (Munich), Lower Saxony (Hanover)
Languages
Persian, Pashto, German
Religion
predominantly Islam
with minorities of Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Judaism and Irreligion

The Afghan community in Germany is heterogeneous with various political views, as they are in Afghanistan (see Demography of Afghanistan). Though with the NATO involvement in Afghanistan, the community has come closer together due to shared hopes and worries; however, there are relatively few representative associations or organizations.

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