[clarification needed] In 2022, the Federal Statistical Office of Germany estimated the number of people of Afghan descent residing in Germany at 425,000[3] the third largest from outside the EU, and the largest group from Asia excluding the Middle East and Caucusus.

[6][7] Offenbach am Main and Hamburg had the highest shares of Afghan migrants among all German districts in 2011.

Though with the NATO involvement in Afghanistan, the community has come closer together due to shared hopes and worries; however, there are relatively few representative associations or organizations.

[13] In late December 2016, Germany decided to repatriate 11,900 Afghans back to their home country, what is known as Second collective deportation.

Due to the differing origins and political affiliations of the émigrés, Jochen-Martin Dutsch [de] et al. wrote in Der Spiegel that "Hamburg's Afghan community was relatively loose-knit and was rarely perceived as an ethnic group, partly because these immigrants had been so deeply divided at home that there was little left to unite them as a community abroad.

[20] The single state with the most Afghan citizens as of 2017 was Bavaria followed by Hesse and North Rhine Westphalia.

[13] While Hamburg continues to have the highest concentration of Afghans, the population is now more spread out in the country than before, and by 2015 all states in former East Germany had numbers in the thousands.

Over years the backgrounds of the migrants have become more diverse, and the more recent ones tend to be less educated or professionally trained by comparison.

[9] Some Afghans in Germany feel their representation in society is limited, despite it being one of the country's largest immigrant groups.

[13] These comprise groups mainly related to politics and integration, education and social affairs, culture, religion and health.