Migration

18   Immigration and emigration, by citizenship, 2001
Citizenship Total Citizenship is the same as country of immigration/emigration1 Citizenship is not the same as country of immigration/emigration
Immigration Emigration Net immigration Immigration Emigration Net immigration Immigration Emigration Net immigration
Total 34 264 26 309 7 955 22 944 11 399 11 545 11 320 14 910 -3 590
                   
Norway 8 852 11 093 -2 241 . . . 8 852 11 093 -2 241
Abroad, total 25 412 15 216 10 196 22 944 11 399 11 545 2 468 3 817 -1 349
                   
Europe 14 146 11 990 2 156 13 055 9 663 3 392 1 091 2 327 -1 236
Denmark 2 012 1 704  308 1 832 1 487  345  180  217 -37
Finland 1 231 1 166 65 1 144 1 017  127 87  149 -62
Iceland  502  467 35  475  417 58 27 50 -23
Sweden 3 069 3 226 -157 2 931 3 060 -129  138  166 -28
Albania 42 22 20 36 4 32 6 18 -12
Belgium 46 47 -1 40 26 14 6 21 -15
Bulgaria  104 28 76  100 15 85 4 13 -9
Estonia  131 43 88  127 32 95 4 11 -7
France  395  359 36  348  203  145 47  156 -109
Greece 39 29 10 31 16 15 8 13 -5
Belarus 61 8 53 58 7 51 3 1 2
Ireland 77 48 29 59 15 44 18 33 -15
Croatia  149 18  131  101 5 96 48 13 35
Italy  153  153 -  137  101 36 16 52 -36
Latvia  116 58 58  113 38 75 3 20 -17
Yugoslavia  582 1 874 -1 292  527 1 490 -963 55  384 -329
Malta 3 - 3 2 - 2 1 - 1
Netherlands  378  252  126  304  164  140 74 88 -14
Luxembourg 1 1 - 1 1 - - - -
Poland  440  108  332  431 78  353 9 30 -21
Portugal 67 41 26 49 29 20 18 12 6
Romania  180 36  144  171 22  149 9 14 -5
USSR 1 5 -4 - - - 1 5 -4
Lithuania  207 42  165  203 32  171 4 10 -6
Spain  146  105 41  132 73 59 14 32 -18
Moldova 41 - 41 41 - 41 - - -
United Kingdom  862  941 -79  697  466  231  165  475 -310
Russia  921  169  752  898  105  793 23 64 -41
Switzerland 54 54 - 50 42 8 4 12 -8
Czechoslovakia - 2 -2 - - - - 2 -2
Turkey  408 79  329  399 39  360 9 40 -31
Germany 1 083  619  464 1 019  471  548 64  148 -84
Slovenia 3 3 - 2 3 -1 1 - 1
Ukraine  148 16  132  143 9  134 5 7 -2
Hungary 51 37 14 44 20 24 7 17 -10
Austria 43 45 -2 42 34 8 1 11 -10
Bosnia-Herzegovina  247  106  141  220 80  140 27 26 1
Macedonia 46 2 44 43 2 41 3 - 3
Slovakia 58 29 29 58 19 39 - 10 -10
Czech Republic 49 48 1 47 41 6 2 7 -5
                   
Africa 2 629  728 1 901 2 367  316 2 051  262  412 -150
Algeria 55 7 48 54 2 52 1 5 -4
Angola 15 6 9 11 3 8 4 3 1
Botswana 14 7 7 14 3 11 - 4 -4
Burundi 14 - 14 10 - 10 4 - 4
Ivory Coast 6 3 3 6 1 5 - 2 -2
Eritrea 61 10 51 52 4 48 9 6 3
Ethiopia  419 71  348  319 54  265  100 17 83
Egypt 33 8 25 27 3 24 6 5 1
Djibouti 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
Gabon 1 3 -2 - - - 1 3 -2
Gambia 35 23 12 33 3 30 2 20 -18
Ghana  117  118 -1  114 39 75 3 79 -76
Guinea 2 - 2 2 - 2 - - -
Cameroon 39 4 35 35 2 33 4 2 2
Kapp Verde 4 1 3 4 1 3 - - -
Kenya 44 14 30 42 11 31 2 3 -1
Congo Brazzaville 21 1 20 20 - 20 1 1 -
Congo former Zaire 48 2 46 48 2 46 - - -
Liberia 3 - 3 3 - 3 - - -
Libya 3 1 2 3 - 3 - 1 -1
Madagascar 5 5 - 5 3 2 - 2 -2
Malawi 7 - 7 7 - 7 - - -
Morocco  203 47  156  197 19  178 6 28 -22
Mauritius 2 3 -1 2 1 1 - 2 -2
Namibia 14 9 5 14 7 7 - 2 -2
Niger 2 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 1
Nigeria 41 12 29 37 6 31 4 6 -2
Mozambique 9 4 5 9 4 5 - - -
Zimbabwe 14 14 - 11 9 2 3 5 -2
Rwanda 18 1 17 10 - 10 8 1 7
Senegal 13 3 10 11 2 9 2 1 1
Sierra Leone 27 1 26 27 - 27 - 1 -1
Somalia 1 055  211  844  971 36  935 84  175 -91
Sudan 60 26 34 51 17 34 9 9 -
Swaziland 2 1 1 2 1 1 - - -
South Africa 37 17 20 33 7 26 4 10 -6
Tanzania 69 52 17 68 43 25 1 9 -8
Togo 2 - 2 2 - 2 - - -
Tunisia 39 11 28 37 5 32 2 6 -4
Uganda 48 23 25 47 20 27 1 3 -2
Zambia 27 9 18 27 8 19 - 1 -1
                   
Asia 6 809 1 240 5 569 5 971  636 5 335  838  604  234
Afghanistan  888 6  882  616 -  616  272 6  266
Armenia 43 - 43 42 - 42 1 - 1
Azerbaijan 31 - 31 25 - 25 6 - 6
Bangladesh 46 44 2 45 41 4 1 3 -2
Bhutan 3 4 -1 3 3 - - 1 -1
Burma 18 4 14 3 1 2 15 3 12
Sri Lanka  382  106  276  362 51  311 20 55 -35
United Arab Emirates 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
Philippines  487 86  401  467 36  431 20 50 -30
Georgia 45 - 45 45 - 45 - - -
Hong Kong 6 2 4 4 - 4 2 2 -
Taiwan 2 - 2 2 - 2 - - -
India  315  103  212  309 50  259 6 53 -47
Indonesia 55 9 46 53 7 46 2 2 -
Iraq 1 169  167 1 002 1 013 59  954  156  108 48
Iran  848 89  759  601 26  575  247 63  184
Israel 39 20 19 33 8 25 6 12 -6
Japan 82 80 2 79 68 11 3 12 -9
Jordan 13 6 7 11 3 8 2 3 -1
Cambodia 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 - 1
Kazakhstan 73 2 71 71 1 70 2 1 1
China  333  148  185  313 92  221 20 56 -36
North Korea 1 3 -2 - - - 1 3 -2
Republic of Korea  155 22  133  151 7  144 4 15 -11
Kyrgyzstan - 1 -1 - - - - 1 -1
Kuwait - 3 -3 - 2 -2 - 1 -1
Cyprus 2 - 2 2 - 2 - - -
Laos 5 3 2 4 - 4 1 3 -2
Lebanon 63 14 49 62 3 59 1 11 -10
Malaysia 12 10 2 12 5 7 - 5 -5
Maldives 5 - 5 5 - 5 - - -
Mongolia 2 - 2 2 - 2 - - -
Nepal 85 53 32 80 53 27 5 - 5
Pakistan  609  152  457  584 57  527 25 95 -70
Singapore 15 8 7 13 3 10 2 5 -3
Tajikistan 16 - 16 16 - 16 - - -
Turkmenistan 4 - 4 4 - 4 - - -
Uzbekistan 4 - 4 4 - 4 - - -
Syria 61 6 55 59 - 59 2 6 -4
Thailand  606 57  549  599 38  561 7 19 -12
Vietnam  274 30  244  267 20  247 7 10 -3
Yemen 6 - 6 5 - 5 1 - 1
                   
North and Central America 1 034  920  114  946  576  370 88  344 -256
Antigua og Barbuda 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
Belize - 1 -1 - - - - 1 -1
Canada  132  134 -2  109 70 39 23 64 -41
Costa Rica 10 8 2 10 8 2 - - -
Cuba 63 9 54 61 2 59 2 7 -5
Dominican Republic 16 10 6 15 7 8 1 3 -2
Grenada 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Guatemala 12 3 9 12 2 10 - 1 -1
Haiti 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
Honduras 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -1
Jamaica 8 1 7 8 1 7 - - -
Mexico 42 28 14 42 14 28 - 14 -14
Nicaragua 5 5 - 5 5 - - - -
Panama 6 - 6 5 - 5 1 - 1
El Salvador 5 1 4 5 - 5 - 1 -1
St. Lucia 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Trinidad and Tobago 12 2 10 11 - 11 1 2 -1
USA  718  717 1  660  467  193 58  250 -192
                   
South America  491  193  298  457  130  327 34 63 -29
Argentina 24 26 -2 22 13 9 2 13 -11
Bolivia 13 4 9 11 3 8 2 1 1
Brazil  143 70 73  138 51 87 5 19 -14
Guyana 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Chile  140 42 98  135 33  102 5 9 -4
Colombia 77 12 65 67 8 59 10 4 6
Ecuador 22 11 11 21 7 14 1 4 -3
Paraguay 3 4 -1 3 2 1 - 2 -2
Peru 35 10 25 32 5 27 3 5 -2
Uruguay 4 1 3 4 1 3 - - -
Venezuela 29 13 16 24 7 17 5 6 -1
                   
Oceania  181  135 46  147 77 70 34 58 -24
Australia  148  103 45  116 64 52 32 39 -7
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Fiji 2 1 1 2 - 2 - 1 -1
Vanuatu 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - -
New Zealand 29 31 -2 28 13 15 1 18 -17
                   
Stateless  113 8  105 - - -  113 8  105
Unknown 9 2 7 1 1 - 8 1 7
1  Soviet citizenship is here regarded as 'the same as' all the countries in the former USSR. Yugoslavian citizenship is treated similarly. Countries without own citizenship (Faeroe Islands, Greenland and others) are accepted as 'the same as' the dominating citizenship in these countries.

Explanation of symbols