Moroccans in Germany

Moroccans in Germany (Arabic: المغاربة في ألمانيا) are residents of Germany who are of Moroccan descent. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, as of 2018, there are total 76,200 Moroccan residents living in Germany without German citizenship. Of those, 505 individuals were granted asylum status.^[2] Nowadays, most Moroccan-Germans have German and Moroccan citizenship.^[3][4]

Moroccans in Germany

Distribution of Moroccan citizens in Germany (2021)
Total population
300,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region (especially Düsseldorf Frankfurt & Offenbach, Wiesbaden, Mainz, etc.), Düsseldorf surrounding areas, Dortmund, Cologne, Bonn, Essen, Nürnberg, Bielefeld, Berlin, Duisburg, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Wuppertal,
Languages
German and Moroccan Arabic / (mostly) Berber languages
Religion
Predominantly Islam
Related ethnic groups
Berbers, Algerians, Tunisians

In Germany, especially in the Rhine-Main area, many persons of Moroccan descent have roots in the province Nador.^[5][6][7]

Among the Moroccan community in Germany, there is also a small, significant minority of people of Spanish-Moroccan origin.^[8]

According to a BKA report on statistics from 2017, immigrants from Morocco constituted 1.0% of all asylum seekers between 2015-2017 and those group represent 3.9% of all migrant crime suspects.^[9]

Demographics

Number of Moroccans in larger cities
#	City	People
1.	Frankfurt	7,364
2.	Düsseldorf	4,741
3.	Dortmund	3,421
4.	Wuppertal	2,463
5.	Cologne	2,328
6.	Aachen	2,175
7.	Bonn	1,918
8.	Wiesbaden	1,801
9.	Essen	1,458
10.	Offenbach	1,386

See also

• Morocco portal
• Germany portal

• Germany–Morocco relations
• Moroccan diaspora
• Immigration to Germany

Notable individuals

Main article: List of German people of Moroccan descent