In 2025, approximately 180,597 asylum applications were pending in Germany, this was thus far a decrease compared to 2024. Numbers fluctuated throughout the specified time period, peaking in 2015 and 2016.
Number of pending asylum applications in Germany from 2015 to 2025
Characteristic
Number of pending asylum applications
2025*
180,597
2024
212,656
2023
239,614
2022
136,448
2021
108,064
2020
52,056
2019
57,012
2018
58,325
2017
68,245
2016
433,719
2015
364,664
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BAMF, & bpb. (April 7, 2025). Number of pending asylum applications in Germany from 2015 to 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107906/asylum-applications-pending-number-germany/
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BAMF, bpb. (2025). Number of pending asylum applications in Germany from 2015 to 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107906/asylum-applications-pending-number-germany/
BAMF, and bpb. "Number of Pending Asylum Applications in Germany from 2015 to 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107906/asylum-applications-pending-number-germany/
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Number of pending asylum applications in Germany from 2015 to 2025 [Graph], BAMF, & bpb, April 7, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107906/asylum-applications-pending-number-germany/
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