Indians make up around 0.2% of the German population and the population of Indians in Germany as of 2025 is 2.60 Lakh. Persons of Indian Origin in Germany are approx  52 thousand. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the number of nationals from India is the second largest in Germany from either South, South East, East, or Central Asia, only below the number of nationals from Afghanistan.

Indian Expats have recently immigrated especially information technology professionals. As of 2025, about 2 lakh NRIs live in Germany. Most of them live in the regions of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and Frankfurt. Indian Students are also in good numbers in Germany. The majority of the Indians are Tamils and Bengalis. While other significant Indian Communities are Telugu, Punjabis, Malayalis, and Gujaratis.

Indian Student in Germany

Indian student numbers in Germany continue to be on the rise. The latest figures released by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany revealed that the number of Indian students in Germany has grown by 20.85% over the last year and stands at 25,149 (Winter Semester 2019-20). The total number of international students in Germany has increased by 4.3% reaching 411,601. The rate of growth in the number of Indian students going to Germany is close to five times that of the global average with Indians forming the 2nd largest group of international students enrolled at German universities.

The largest number of Indian students joined German universities to study engineering (67%) followed by management and social studies (15%), mathematics, and natural sciences (12%). Of these, 63% chose universities or technical universities (TU) and the remaining 37% enrolled themselves at universities of applied sciences (FH). 72.6% of these are male students and 27.4% are female.

Source: MEA report about overseas Indian population.