NBC: Germany took in = population of Houston last year - At times, more than 10,000 refugees and migrants per day

MAINZ, Germany — Germany welcomed an unprecedented number of new arrivals from other countries last year, according to new figures.

Migrants gather outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs as they waited to register on October 7, 2015. Fabrizio Bensch / REUTERS

More than 2.1 million immigrants were registered, according to provisional results from the Federal Statistics Office. That represents a 46 percent year-on-year increase and is almost as many people who live in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the U.S.

As of the end of September, Germany 's population was around 81.8 million.

Earlier this year, officials estimated that more than 1.1 million refugees reached Germany during 2015. At times, more than 10,000 refugees and migrants arrived daily in the country. ...

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