Asylum applicants by age group and gender Germany| Statista

In 2025, around 67 percent of asylum applicants in Germany aged 25 to 29 years were males, while around 33 percent were females in the same age group. The largest gender difference was in the age group of 16 to 17-years-olds, with 81 percent being male and only around 18.8 percent being female.

Distribution of asylum applicants in Germany in 2025, by age group and gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
Total	62%	38%
3 years and younger	50.9%	49.1%
4-5 years	53.8%	46.2%
6-10 years	51.7%	48.3%
11-15 years	61.3%	38.7%
16-17 years	81.2%	18.8%
18-24 years	73.8%	26.2%
25-29 years	66.8%	33.2%
30-34 years	63.2%	36.8%
35-39 years	62.9%	37.1%
40-44 years	59.9%	40.1%
45-49 years	58.7%	41.3%
50-54 years	54.5%	45.5%
55-59 years	50.4%	49.6%
60-64 years	45.9%	54.1%
65 years and older	46.1%	53.9%

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Release date

June 2025

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

January to May 2024

Special properties

First time applications

Supplementary notes

According to the source, people with the gender information “diverse” and “unspecified” (according to Section 22 Paragraph 3 PStG) are randomly assigned to male or female gender for reasons of statistical confidentiality.

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