Immigrant population

18   First generation immigrants1 by lenght of stay /first immigrations year and country background2. 1 January 2001
Country background Total Length of stay, in years
20 19 18 17 16 15
First immigration year
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
First-generation immigrants, total 249 904   55 975   3 729   3 825   3 851   3 762   4 649
Europe,total 131 890 37 242 1 739 2 025 1 681 1 669 1 958
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 775 64 1 1 1 1 6
Denmark 17 728 9 325 336 358 271 275 347
Finland 6 434 2 087 114 135 120 105 87
France 2 241 629 22 34 22 36 37
Faroe Islands 707 315 3 4 3 4 4
Iceland 3 441 761 64 62 49 61 94
Italy 1 193 463 20 14 14 26 16
Yugoslavia 13 001 1 103 30 32 32 23 41
Netherlands 3 388 1 362 77 48 40 54 70
Poland 5 698 1 045 88 289 211 223 226
Portugal 637 231 12 15 18 10 20
Romania 987 88 6 - 18 12 7
Russia 3 662 85 3 4 8 5 3
Spain 1 293 504 25 25 19 14 32
United Kingdom 10 342 4 609 221 254 216 214 224
Switzerland 851 418 14 13 16 20 23
Sweden 22 100 5 706 269 332 262 242 310
Turkey 7 507 1 637 208 179 106 114 139
Germany 8 923 3 876 119 111 117 124 158
Hungary 1 306 875 18 15 29 11 15
Austria 736 424 12 15 12 7 9
Rest of Europe 7 940 1 635 77 85 97 88 90
Africa, total 23 118 2 473 220 250 239 244 367
Algeria 740 112 11 9 8 13 8
Ethiopia 2 285 143 15 24 28 19 52
Gambia 826 107 15 32 27 27 33
Ghana 1 040 25 4 6 12 12 23
Morocco 3 870 940 111 85 71 64 78
Somalia 7 905 43 - 4 10 5 8
Rest of Africa 6 452 1 103 64 90 83 104 165
Asia, total 76 187 10 764 1 488 1 304 1 692 1 612 1 964
Philippines 5 105 658 147 114 132 147 231
India 4 103 1 355 127 163 185 151 129
Iraq 11 212 58 4 3 10 9 11
Iran 9 645 110 13 13 10 49 144
Japan 532 230 9 8 9 9 7
China 3 043 443 54 28 62 47 68
Lebanon 1 188 69 7 7 12 13 18
Pakistan 13 554 4 980 291 302 403 431 539
Sri Lanka 7 292 194 55 70 85 149 217
Thailand 3 586 144 47 55 61 56 57
Vietnam 11 231 1 765 650 478 647 461 442
Rest of Asia 5 696 758 84 63 76 90 101
North- and Central-America, total 9 715 3 995 128 126 143 130 164
Canada 1 076 402 14 14 15 18 23
USA 7 014 3 311 94 95 101 89 114
Central-America 1 625 282 20 17 27 23 27
South-America,total 8 127 1 232 138 112 89 98 188
Brasil 791 92 14 4 7 17 22
Chile 5 300 699 49 62 58 60 130
rest of South-America 2 036 441 75 46 24 21 36
Oceania, total 867 269 17 8 7 9 8
  Lenght of stay in years
  14 13 12 11 10 9 8
  First immigration year
  1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
First generation immigrants, total 5 763 11 177 10 534 9 090 7 739 7 586 8 743
 
Europe,total 2 362 3 285 3 118 2 714 2 521 2 699 3 952
Bosnia-Herzegovina 6 3 5 3 3 5 180
Denmark 406 471 433 361 312 302 293
Finland 136 117 111 57 55 69 78
France 41 38 26 34 32 42 48
Faroe Islands 7 6 13 7 5 10 9
Iceland 100 94 57 44 51 48 60
Italy 23 22 11 18 12 15 14
Yugoslavia 77 457 538 448 344 503 1 472
Netherlands 65 62 71 64 58 45 72
Poland 262 333 288 325 274 266 265
Portugal 19 20 24 25 12 16 8
Romania 7 23 16 44 63 45 33
Russia 3 4 6 6 17 26 110
Spain 33 53 24 21 20 21 17
United Kingdom 231 233 163 155 149 172 212
Switzerland 7 18 10 18 11 8 10
Sweden 421 535 495 308 338 415 476
Turkey 232 474 523 509 398 325 235
Germany 150 165 111 106 117 107 137
Hungary 11 15 22 19 19 7 14
Austria 11 15 13 10 6 11 11
Rest of Europe 114 127 158 132 225 241 198
 
Africa, total 470 1 013 1 161 1 245 957 1 255 985
Algeria 24 53 57 52 34 65 20
Ethiopia 59 158 232 174 175 184 67
Gambia 40 40 54 44 34 35 43
Ghana 26 89 82 65 54 59 64
Morocco 124 186 226 228 166 171 184
Somalia 17 218 253 443 310 496 430
Rest of Africa 180 269 257 239 184 245 177
 
Asia, total 2 374 5 413 4 562 4 438 3 783 3 257 3 441
Philippines 276 357 344 304 239 158 182
India 149 188 168 165 126 89 100
Iraq 14 160 183 166 134 260 580
Iran 293 1 573 1 408 780 600 586 437
Japan 5 10 2 10 7 9 11
China 104 136 135 268 203 202 176
Lebanon 8 104 109 113 159 141 40
Pakistan 582 657 604 596 405 304 310
Sri Lanka 311 1 381 397 644 446 405 407
Thailand 94 117 149 182 192 105 199
Vietnam 345 444 774 962 969 772 772
Rest of Asia 193 286 289 248 303 226 227
 
North- and Central-America, total 179 178 176 169 161 173 213
Canada 18 22 15 13 13 15 12
USA 125 115 114 106 108 120 138
Central-America 36 41 47 50 40 38 63
 
South-America,total 364 1 272 1 504 505 307 185 139
Brasil 24 36 25 26 36 25 19
Chile 274 1 157 1 412 409 200 106 55
Rest of South-America 66 79 67 70 71 54 65
 
Oceania, total 14 16 13 19 10 17 13
Country background Lenght of stay in years
  7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
  First immigration year
  1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
First generation immigrants, total 12 576 9 338 8 644 8 558 11 711 15 685 23 306 23 663
 
Europe,total 8 641 6 301 5 376 4 976 6 402 8 376 13 989 10 864
Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 198 2 633 1 471 840 376 296 408 274
Denmark 280 328 288 357 424 621 700 1 240
Finland 95 164 169 198 395 524 695 923
France 36 48 63 104 156 217 295 281
Faroe Islands 30 73 40 28 51 32 29 34
Iceland 66 188 222 269 318 336 180 317
Italy 20 28 46 42 63 91 84 151
Yugoslavia 895 566 517 112 144 271 4 806 590
Netherlands 80 110 123 150 173 207 202 255
Poland 216 205 176 164 181 191 237 233
Portugal 15 16 25 17 46 25 29 34
Romania 71 61 65 61 73 95 96 103
Russia 180 228 244 326 425 480 692 807
Spain 28 43 40 54 63 66 97 94
United Kingdom 238 242 292 312 434 575 586 610
Switzerland 25 19 24 16 26 45 51 59
Sweden 604 688 797 1 075 1 859 2 457 2 112 2 399
Turkey 206 227 224 262 302 408 443 356
Germany 146 199 208 252 415 699 737 869
Hungary 6 9 21 27 31 34 43 65
Austria 5 8 11 13 23 37 46 37
Rest of Europe 201 218 310 297 424 669 1 421 1 133
 
Africa, total 935 702 791 860 1 228 2 135 2 633 2 955
Algeria 17 20 15 23 40 54 62 43
Ethiopia 65 30 44 57 92 141 220 306
Gambia 44 32 29 23 43 30 47 47
Ghana 56 34 30 43 66 78 113 99
Morocco 114 91 99 109 158 220 233 212
Somalia 473 343 357 335 481 1 008 1 148 1 523
Rest of Africa 166 152 217 270 348 604 810 725
 
Asia, total 2 623 1 918 2 063 2 162 3 269 4 220 5 629 8 211
Philippines 159 150 160 151 234 311 290 361
India 98 85 96 92 120 164 166 187
Iraq 414 195 352 389 698 1 086 2 069 4 417
Iran 343 263 211 264 598 692 686 572
Japan 8 5 8 36 28 23 43 55
China 86 126 82 88 132 159 203 241
Lebanon 48 39 24 27 47 70 72 61
Pakistan 300 300 372 301 412 518 499 448
Sri Lanka 343 214 246 321 338 420 396 253
Thailand 175 194 182 234 219 263 374 487
Vietnam 490 228 210 102 185 138 203 194
Rest of Asia 159 119 120 157 258 376 628 935
 
North- and Central-America, total 217 252 246 378 520 596 647 924
Canada 33 43 34 62 52 72 75 111
USA 133 157 154 221 340 393 406 580
Central-America 51 52 58 95 128 131 166 233
 
South-America,total 140 145 144 151 252 270 328 564
Brasil 30 22 33 38 58 57 60 146
Chile 49 76 54 46 84 86 114 120
Rest of South-America 61 47 57 67 110 127 154 298
 
Oceania, total 140 145 144 151 252 270 328 564
1  Foreign born persons with two foreign born parents.
2  Mainly own country of birth, but parents country of birth if both parents have same country of birth which is different from persons country of birth.

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