Pakistani-Germans refers to the community in Germany of Pakistani heritage or citizenship.

Roughly every fifth Pakistani in Germany (21%) has been living in Germany for over 15 years. Just over 25% or around every fourth Pakistani living in Germany today came to Germany less than four years ago. Many young Pakistanis have come to Germany recently as students of science and technology in prestigious universities. The German government has established German Academic Exchange Service in Islamabad.^[2] These highly educated Pakistanis are serving in various sectors of the German economy.^[3]

In 2021, 2,055 Pakistanis were naturalized as German citizens.^[4] Almost a third of all Pakistanis in Germany live in Hesse. There are approximately 1900 Pakistanis living in the northern city-state of Hamburg, about 1500 in Frankfurt am Main and almost 1400 in Berlin and its suburbs.^[5] In 2009, the German government estimated the number of people of Pakistani descent residing in Germany at 76,173.^[6]

The tradition of Pakistanis coming to Germany for higher education was pioneered by the famous poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal. In 1907 Iqbal traveled to Germany to pursue a doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. Working under the supervision of Friedrich Hommel, Iqbal published a thesis entitled The Development of Metaphysics in Persia.^[7]

Despite large investment in German goods and services by overseas Pakistanis, Lufthansa have struggled to re accept Pakistan onto their route network.

Most Pakistanis in Germany are Muslim, including majority Sunnis, Shias and other sects. There are also many Pakistani Hindus, Parsis, and Sikhs, as well as a strong Christian community.

• Asifa Akhtar, researcher at the Max Planck Society, and Vice President of its Biology and Medicine Section
• Mojib Latif, Professor, meteorologist and oceanographer
• Jamal Malik, Professor of Islamic Studies and chair of Religious Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany.
• Atif Bashir, footballer (Turkish German mother and Pakistani British father)
• Hasnain Kazim, author and journalist, correspondent of the German news magazine DER SPIEGEL and SPIEGEL ONLINE.
• Yasmeen Ghauri, model born in Canada of mixed Pakistani and German descent
• Vaneeza Ahmad, Pakistani model, brought up in Germany
• Misbah Khan, Politician for Alliance 90/The Greens and since 2021 member of the German Bundestag.
• Dr. Muhammad Jawad Noon, medical doctor and economist, researcher at the University of Göttingen, formerly Noon Scholar at the University of Oxford, received German Medical Award, Dr. Wasserheit Young Leader Award by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and the 40 under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award by the Boston Congress of Public Health.

• Demographics of Germany
• Pakistan-Germany relations
• Pakistanis