Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

6   Immigrant population1 and persons with other immigration background by sexs, age and country background.
1st January 2007. Absolute figures and per cent
Sex, age and country background Absolute numbers Per cernt
Immigrant population Other immigration background Immigrant population Other immigration background
Total First generation immigrants without Norwegian background Persons born in Norway with to foreign born parents Total Foreign born with one parent born in Norway Born in Norway with one foreign born parent Foreign born with both parents born in Norway2 Total First generation immigrants without Norwegian background Persons born in Norway with to foreign born parents Total Foreign born with one parent born in Norway Born in Norway with one foreign born parent Foreign born with both parents born in Norway2
Both sexes                            
All ages  415 318  341 830 73 488  249 431 28 092  186 152 35 187  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 34 110 5 882 28 228 42 200 2 799 36 000 3 401 8.2 1.7 38.4 10.0 19.3 9.7 9.7
6-15 52 952 24 949 28 003 58 300 5 413 45 279 7 608 12.7 7.3 38.1 19.3 24.3 21.6 21.6
16-19 20 368 14 019 6 349 19 723 2 022 14 761 2 940 4.9 4.1 8.6 7.2 7.9 8.4 8.4
20-29 74 880 67 246 7 634 35 016 4 174 24 707 6 135 18.0 19.7 10.4 14.9 13.3 17.4 17.4
30-39 86 710 84 963 1 747 35 402 5 412 23 296 6 694 20.9 24.9 2.4 19.3 12.5 19.0 19.0
40-49 69 297 68 263 1 034 29 628 4 103 20 148 5 377 16.7 20.0 1.4 14.6 10.8 15.3 15.3
50-59 39 943 39 564  379 18 679 2 687 13 898 2 094 9.6 11.6 0.5 9.6 7.5 6.0 6.0
60-66 16 706 16 642 64 6 003 1 165 4 065  773 4.0 4.9 0.1 4.1 2.2 2.2 2.2
67- 20 352 20 302 50 4 480  317 3 998  165 4.9 5.9 0.1 1.1 2.1 0.5 0.5
                             
Men                            
All ages  206 770  169 121 37 649  127 171 14 160 96 337 16 674  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 17 408 2 961 14 447 21 242 1 347 18 544 1 351 8.4 1.8 38.4 16.7 9.5 19.2 8.1
6-15 27 176 12 851 14 325 29 747 2 714 23 340 3 693 13.1 7.6 38.0 23.4 19.2 24.2 22.1
16-19 10 349 7 136 3 213 10 307 1 048 7 715 1 544 5.0 4.2 8.5 8.1 7.4 8.0 9.3
20-29 34 681 30 700 3 981 17 846 2 094 12 904 2 848 16.8 18.2 10.6 14.0 14.8 13.4 17.1
30-39 42 741 41 841  900 17 617 2 729 11 913 2 975 20.7 24.7 2.4 13.9 19.3 12.4 17.8
40-49 37 090 36 579  511 14 965 2 050 10 300 2 615 17.9 21.6 1.4 11.8 14.5 10.7 15.7
50-59 21 112 20 909  203 9 780 1 374 7 305 1 101 10.2 12.4 0.5 7.7 9.7 7.6 6.6
60-66 8 370 8 332 38 3 417  650 2 318  449 4.0 4.9 0.1 2.7 4.6 2.4 2.7
67- 7 843 7 812 31 2 250  154 1 998 98 3.8 4.6 0.1 1.8 1.1 2.1 0.6
                             
Women                            
All ages  208 548  172 709 35 839  122 260 13 932 89 815 18 513  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 16 702 2 921 13 781 20 958 1 452 17 456 2 050 8.0 1.7 38.5 17.1 10.4 19.4 11.1
6-15 25 776 12 098 13 678 28 553 2 699 21 939 3 915 12.4 7.0 38.2 23.4 19.4 24.4 21.1
16-19 10 019 6 883 3 136 9 416  974 7 046 1 396 4.8 4.0 8.8 7.7 7.0 7.8 7.5
20-29 40 199 36 546 3 653 17 170 2 080 11 803 3 287 19.3 21.2 10.2 14.0 14.9 13.1 17.8
30-39 43 969 43 122  847 17 785 2 683 11 383 3 719 21.1 25.0 2.4 14.5 19.3 12.7 20.1
40-49 32 207 31 684  523 14 663 2 053 9 848 2 762 15.4 18.3 1.5 12.0 14.7 11.0 14.9
50-59 18 831 18 655  176 8 899 1 313 6 593  993 9.0 10.8 0.5 7.3 9.4 7.3 5.4
60-66 8 336 8 310 26 2 586  515 1 747  324 4.0 4.8 0.1 2.1 3.7 1.9 1.8
67- 12 509 12 490 19 2 230  163 2 000 67 6.0 7.2 0.1 1.8 1.2 2.2 0.4
                             
Country background, both sexes                            
The Nordic countrties 54 467 51 066 3 401 83 515 10 155 66 744 6 616  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 1 510  519  991 10 513  572 9 702  239 2.8 1.0 29.1 12.6 5.6 14.5 3.6
6-15 2 352 1 567  785 16 920 1 876 14 165  879 4.3 3.1 23.1 20.3 18.5 21.2 13.3
16-19 1 105  887  218 5 859  765 4 613  481 2.0 1.7 6.4 7.0 7.5 6.9 7.3
20-29 7 698 7 305  393 10 558 1 387 8 614  557 14.1 14.3 11.6 12.6 13.7 12.9 8.4
30-39 11 161 10 807  354 13 741 2 030 10 183 1 528 20.5 21.2 10.4 16.5 20.0 15.3 23.1
40-49 10 225 9 781  444 13 296 1 631 9 974 1 691 18.8 19.2 13.1 15.9 16.1 14.9 25.6
50-59 8 337 8 173  164 8 122 1 301 6 103  718 15.3 16.0 4.8 9.7 12.8 9.1 10.9
60-66 5 094 5 069 25 2 488  530 1 453  505 9.4 9.9 0.7 3.0 5.2 2.2 7.6
67- 6 985 6 958 27 2 018 63 1 937 18 12.8 13.6 0.8 2.4 0.6 2.9 0.3
                             
Western Europe 41 464 38 642 2 822 56 419 8 280 44 650 3 489  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 1 799  768 1 031 7 313  824 6 211  278 4.3 2.0 36.5 13.0 10.0 13.9 8.0
6-15 2 397 1 786  611 11 259 1 411 9 276  572 5.8 4.6 21.7 20.0 17.0 20.8 16.4
16-19  819  609  210 4 454  548 3 736  170 2.0 1.6 7.4 7.9 6.6 8.4 4.9
20-29 4 479 4 161  318 9 417 1 238 7 775  404 10.8 10.8 11.3 16.7 15.0 17.4 11.6
30-39 8 964 8 681  283 10 798 1 777 8 129  892 21.6 22.5 10.0 19.1 21.5 18.2 25.6
40-49 8 269 8 029  240 7 015 1 139 5 248  628 19.9 20.8 8.5 12.4 13.8 11.8 18.0
50-59 6 387 6 290 97 4 092  747 2 991  354 15.4 16.3 3.4 7.3 9.0 6.7 10.1
60-66 3 961 3 941 20 1 523  518  836  169 9.6 10.2 0.7 2.7 6.3 1.9 4.8
67- 4 389 4 377 12  548 78  448 22 10.6 11.3 0.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.6
                             
Eastern Europe 79 622 69 847 9 775 14 398  594 13 136  668  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 5 821 1 339 4 482 4 192  131 3 972 89 7.3 1.9 45.9 29.1 22.1 30.2 13.3
6-15 9 313 5 716 3 597 4 404  213 3 731  460 11.7 8.2 36.8 30.6 35.9 28.4 68.9
16-19 4 075 3 620  455  923 55  799 69 5.1 5.2 4.7 6.4 9.3 6.1 10.3
20-29 16 938 16 405  533 1 348 72 1 254 22 21.3 23.5 5.5 9.4 12.1 9.5 3.3
30-39 17 328 17 003  325 1 273 34 1 231 8 21.8 24.3 3.3 8.8 5.7 9.4 1.2
40-49 13 636 13 337  299 1 228 30 1 194 4 17.1 19.1 3.1 8.5 5.1 9.1 0.6
50-59 7 491 7 420 71  820 38  773 9 9.4 10.6 0.7 5.7 6.4 5.9 1.3
60-66 2 057 2 049 8  147 11  131 5 2.6 2.9 0.1 1.0 1.9 1.0 0.7
67- 2 963 2 958 5 63 10 51 2 3.7 4.2 0.1 0.4 1.7 0.4 0.3
                             
Africa 51 598 39 496 12 102 12 181  892 9 385 1 904  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 7 554 1 273 6 281 2 768 91 2 449  228 14.6 3.2 51.9 22.7 10.2 26.1 12.0
6-15 9 355 4 953 4 402 3 926  194 3 302  430 18.1 12.5 36.4 32.2 21.7 35.2 22.6
16-19 2 976 2 324  652 1 272 67 1 115 90 5.8 5.9 5.4 10.4 7.5 11.9 4.7
20-29 9 774 9 073  701 1 579  165 1 181  233 18.9 23.0 5.8 13.0 18.5 12.6 12.2
30-39 11 055 10 993 62 1 284  161  694  429 21.4 27.8 0.5 10.5 18.0 7.4 22.5
40-49 7 114 7 110 4  753  108  384  261 13.8 18.0 - 6.2 12.1 4.1 13.7
50-59 2 430 2 430 -  462 73  182  207 4.7 6.2 - 3.8 8.2 1.9 10.9
60-66  713  713 - 75 13 46 16 1.4 1.8 - 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.8
67-  627  627 - 62 20 32 10 1.2 1.6 - 0.5 2.2 0.3 0.5
                             
Asia includes Turkey  163 536  120 476 43 060 38 448 2 643 23 937 11 868  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 16 609 1 744 14 865 11 189  631 8 745 1 813 10.2 1.4 34.5 29.1 23.9 36.5 15.3
6-15 27 689 10 025 17 664 12 116  637 8 337 3 142 16.9 8.3 41.0 31.5 24.1 34.8 26.5
16-19 10 322 5 956 4 366 3 533  211 2 372  950 6.3 4.9 10.1 9.2 8.0 9.9 8.0
20-29 31 734 26 270 5 464 6 361  533 2 600 3 228 19.4 21.8 12.7 16.5 20.2 10.9 27.2
30-39 33 102 32 424  678 3 591  398 1 047 2 146 20.2 26.9 1.6 9.3 15.1 4.4 18.1
40-49 25 211 25 199 12 1 061  159  467  435 15.4 20.9 - 2.8 6.0 2.0 3.7
50-59 12 167 12 157 10  451 46  284  121 7.4 10.1 - 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.0
60-66 3 685 3 684 1 97 14 65 18 2.3 3.1 - 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2
67- 3 017 3 017 - 49 14 20 15 1.8 2.5 - 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1
                             
North-America3 8 284 7 988  296 28 339 3 873 19 124 5 342  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5  163  109 54 2 492  311 2 001  180 2.0 1.4 18.2 8.8 8.0 10.5 3.4
6-15  306  242 64 4 609  689 3 507  413 3.7 3.0 21.6 16.3 17.8 18.3 7.7
16-19  186  151 35 1 649  216 1 267  166 2.2 1.9 11.8 5.8 5.6 6.6 3.1
20-29  802  761 41 2 932  447 2 131  354 9.7 9.5 13.9 10.3 11.5 11.1 6.6
30-39 1 424 1 403 21 3 372  753 1 357 1 262 17.2 17.6 7.1 11.9 19.4 7.1 23.6
40-49 1 639 1 608 31 5 635  888 2 542 2 205 19.8 20.1 10.5 19.9 22.9 13.3 41.3
50-59 1 274 1 238 36 4 374  385 3 373  616 15.4 15.5 12.2 15.4 9.9 17.6 11.5
60-66  608  600 8 1 584 59 1 473 52 7.3 7.5 2.7 5.6 1.5 7.7 1.0
67- 1 882 1 876 6 1 692  125 1 473 94 22.7 23.5 2.0 6.0 3.2 7.7 1.8
                             
South- and Central-America 15 094 13 093 2 001 14 150 1 293 7 803 5 054  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5  628  117  511 3 308  186 2 590  532 4.2 0.9 25.5 23.4 14.4 33.2 10.5
6-15 1 504  630  874 4 626  306 2 629 1 691 10.0 4.8 43.7 32.7 23.7 33.7 33.5
16-19  870  460  410 1 903  136  758 1 009 5.8 3.5 20.5 13.4 10.5 9.7 20.0
20-29 3 141 2 961  180 2 527  275  936 1 316 20.8 22.6 9.0 17.9 21.3 12.0 26.0
30-39 3 307 3 286 21 1 046  191  497  358 21.9 25.1 1.0 7.4 14.8 6.4 7.1
40-49 2 994 2 992 2  435  110  230 95 19.8 22.9 0.1 3.1 8.5 2.9 1.9
50-59 1 722 1 721 1  241 72  122 47 11.4 13.1 - 1.7 5.6 1.6 0.9
60-66  515  513 2 47 11 32 4 3.4 3.9 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.1
67-  413  413 - 17 6 9 2 2.7 3.2 - 0.1 0.5 0.1 -
                             
Oceania 1 253 1 222 31 1 981  362 1 373  246  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0-5 26 13 13  425 53  330 42 2.1 1.1 41.9 21.5 14.6 24.0 17.1
6-15 36 30 6  440 87  332 21 2.9 2.5 19.4 22.2 24.0 24.2 8.5
16-19 15 12 3  130 24  101 5 1.2 1.0 9.7 6.6 6.6 7.4 2.0
20-29  314  310 4  294 57  216 21 25.1 25.4 12.9 14.8 15.7 15.7 8.5
30-39  369  366 3  297 68  158 71 29.4 30.0 9.7 15.0 18.8 11.5 28.9
40-49  209  207 2  205 38  109 58 16.7 16.9 6.5 10.3 10.5 7.9 23.6
50-59  135  135 -  117 25 70 22 10.8 11.0 - 5.9 6.9 5.1 8.9
60-66 73 73 - 42 9 29 4 5.8 6.0 - 2.1 2.5 2.1 1.6
67- 76 76 - 31 1 28 2 6.1 6.2 - 1.6 0.3 2.0 0.8
1  Persons with two foreign born parents.
2  Category contains also those who were 'adopted abroad '. For more information about those who are 'adopted abroad', see our last publication about immigrants with figures per 1.1.2002.
3  USA and Canada.

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