Overall Settled Minorities' Population

Code:: B8
Key Area:: Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics
Strand(s):: Demographics & Economics

13/01/2012 - 10:35

Short Answer

Qualitative Info

There are four settled minorities in Germany that are recognized as such by the state: Danish, Frisians, Sinti and Roma, and Sorbs.
According to figures by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), in 2010 50,000 Danish were living in Germany. The estimated number of Sorbs living in Germany was 60,000 in 2010. The estimated number of German Sinti and Roma was approximately 70,000.
In addition, there were 350,000 East Frisians and 50,000 North Frisians living in Germany. Original source and quality of data for Frisians is unclear.

Source:

Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern, BMI) (2011), Nationale Minderheiten in Deutschland, http://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Broschueren/2010/natmin.pdf;jsessionid=AF9623F00487BAC5840E6B450A9301E3.1_cid165?__blob=publicationFile (accessed on 06.01.2012).
Der Nordfriesische Verein e.V., http://www.nf-verein.de/ (accessed on 11.01.2012).

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% of country population

Official or estimates

Main groups

Groups affected/interested

Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities

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Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

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Library

Indicator history

Germany - 2012

Overall Settled Minorities' Population

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