Immigration
When German-speaking immigrants first arrived in Brazil starting at the beginning of the 19th century, they did not identify themselves so much as a unified German-Brazilian group. However, as time went on this common regional identity did emerge for many different geo-socio-political reasons. Germans immigrated mainly from what is now Germany, but also from other countries where German communities were established. From 1824 to 1969, around 250,000 Germans emigrated to Brazil, being the fourth largest immigrant community to settle in the country, after the Portuguese, Italians and Spaniards. About 30% of them arrived between World War I and World War II.
| German immigration to Brazil, decennial periods from 1824 to 1969 |
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| Nationality | 1824–47 | 1848–72 | 1872–79 | 1880–89 | 1890–99 | 1900–09 | 1910–19 | 1920–29 | 1930–39 | 1940–49 | 1950–59 | 1960–69 |
| Germans | 8,176 | 19,523 | 14,325 | 18,901 | 17,084 | 13,848 | 25,902 | 75,801 | 27,497 | 6,807 | 16,643 | 5,659 |
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