Chinese people in Germany
Distribution of Chinese citizens in Germany (2021) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 163,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Ruhr Area, Munich, Hamburg,Braunschweig,Nuremberg,Hanover,Leipzig | |
| Languages | |
| Numerous varieties of Chinese (predominantly Mandarin, Hokkien, Wu, and Cantonese), German; English not widely spoken | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Christianity, Conscious Atheism, Non-adherence | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Overseas Chinese |
| Chinese German | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 德國華人 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 德国华人 | ||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 德國華僑 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 德国华侨 | ||||||||||||
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| German name | |||||||||||||
| German | Chinesen in Deutschland Deutsch-Chinesen chinesische Deutsche | ||||||||||||
Chinese people in Germany form one of the smaller groups of overseas Chinese in Europe, consisting mainly of Chinese expatriates living in Germany and German citizens of Chinese descent. As of 2024, the Chinese community in Germany was estimated to be around 163,000 by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. In comparison to that, the Taiwanese OCAC had estimated there were 110,000 people of Chinese descent living in Germany in 2008.