<P> Population of Germany in 2017 </P> <P> As of 2017, the population by background was as follows: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Population composition </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> European </Td> <Td> 89.7 </Td> <Td> 73,357,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> European Union </Td> <Td> 87.3 </Td> <Td> 71,396,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German (excluding ethnic German repatriates) </Td> <Td> 76.4 </Td> <Td> 62,482,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> German repatriates </Td> <Td> 3.5 </Td> <Td> 2,840,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Polish (excluding ethnic German repatriates) </Td> <Td> 1.8 </Td> <Td> 1,460,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italian </Td> <Td> 1.0 </Td> <Td> 861,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Romanian (excluding ethnic German repatriates) </Td> <Td> 0.8 </Td> <Td> 636,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greek </Td> <Td> 0.5 </Td> <Td> 438,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Other EU member states (primarily Spanish, Croatian, Dutch, Portuguese and Austrians) </Td> <Td> 3.3 </Td> <Td> 2,679,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> European Other </Td> <Td> 2.4 </Td> <Td> 1,961,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russian (excluding ethnic German repatriates) </Td> <Td> 1.0 </Td> <Td> 781,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Others (primarily former Yugoslavian, excluding Croatia and Slovenia) </Td> <Td> 1.4 </Td> <Td> 1,180,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Middle Eastern / Northern African </Td> <Td> 5.5 </Td> <Td> 4,552,600 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish (including Turkish Kurds) </Td> <Td> 3.4 </Td> <Td> 2,774,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Syrians </Td> <Td> 0.8 </Td> <Td> 706,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Others (primarily Iranian, Afghans and Arabs from other countries) </Td> <Td> 1.3 </Td> <Td> 1,072,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sub-Saharan African </Td> <Td> 0.5 </Td> <Td> 463,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> East Asian and South / Southeast Asian </Td> <Td> 2.7 </Td> <Td> 2,020,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peoples from Kazakhstan (excluding ethnic German repatriates . Probably Russians and other Europeans) </Td> <Td> 0.8 </Td> <Td> 657,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chinese </Td> <Td> 0.2 </Td> <Td> 180,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vietnamese </Td> <Td> 0.2 </Td> <Td> 168,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Others (primarily Indians and Pakistani) </Td> <Td> 1.2 </Td> <Td> 1,015,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Americas </Td> <Td> 0.5 </Td> <Td> 501,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Americans </Td> <Td> 0.2 </Td> <Td> 163,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia / Oceania </Td> <Td> <0.1 </Td> <Td> 40,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Other / unspecified / mixed </Td> <Td> 0.2 </Td> <Td> 605,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total population </Td> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> 81,740,000 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Population composition </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Population </Th> </Tr>

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