Overview
- Destatis published the 2025 figures on Tuesday showing about 8,900 Germans moved to the United States, the lowest level in 20 years outside the pandemic period.
- Emigration to Canada also fell sharply to roughly 1,800 in 2025, down about 39 percent from 2005 levels, while Mexico attracted around 800 Germans, a rise of about 43 percent versus 2005.
- Net migration in 2025 was positive from Germany to the three World Cup host countries, with about 1,400 net departures to the United States and roughly 400 net departures to Canada.
- Official resident counts provide context: about 519,200 German-born people lived in the United States in 2024, about 126,500 in Canada (2021 census), and about 7,600 in Mexico (2020 census).
- Destatis stresses these results are based on registration data and foreign censuses, so totals can undercount people who do not register or de-register and the pandemic years were an exception to recent trends.