Serbs in Germany


Serbs are the seventh largest group of foreigners in Germany. Most Serbs living in Germany moved during the 1960s and 1970s as Gastarbeiter or "Guest workers" when Serbia was part of Yugoslavia. A small percentage of Serbs migrated to Germany as refugees during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s.

Demographics

The majority of the Serbian population is concentrated in three federal states: North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Within the three states the Serbs are numerous in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and especially Munich. Ulm had the highest share of migrants from Serbia in 2011 according to German Census data. But a considerable part of the Serbian Migrants was not included, because it still went under former nationalities at the time of the census.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, at the end of 2015 the number of foreigners with Serbian nationality in Germany stood at 230,427. Another 29,785 foreigners living in Germany with the citizenship of the former Serbia and Montenegro have not yet decided on one of the possible new citizenships.
Official data:
It is estimated that the total number of ethnic Serbs is 600,000. and 600,000

Notable people