Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

6 Immigrant population1 and persons with other immigration background by sexs, age and country background. 1 January 2008. Absolute numbers and per cent
Sex, age and country background Absolute numbers Per cent
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  459 614  380 644 78 970  257 353 28 968  192 637 35 748  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 37 190 7 216 29 974 43 805 2 966 37 732 3 107 8.1 1.9 38.0 17.04 10.24 19.64 8.7
6 - 15 56 543 26 877 29 666 59 467 5 482 46 328 7 657 12.3 7.1 37.6 23.14 18.94 24.04 21.4
16 - 19 21 902 14 672 7 230 21 072 2 258 15 744 3 070 4.8 3.9 9.2 8.24 7.84 8.24 8.6
20 - 29 85 912 77 588 8 324 36 077 4 184 25 697 6 196 18.7 20.4 10.5 14.04 14.44 13.34 17.3
30 - 39 98 379 96 232 2 147 34 990 5 265 23 119 6 606 21.4 25.3 2.7 13.64 18.24 12.04 18.5
40 - 49 77 015 75 976 1 039 30 537 4 377 20 511 5 649 16.8 20.0 1.3 11.94 15.14 10.64 15.8
50 - 59 43 443 42 982  461 19 770 2 762 14 591 2 417 9.5 11.3 0.6 7.74 9.54 7.64 6.8
60 - 66 17 918 17 839 79 6 945 1 332 4 748  865 3.9 4.7 0.1 2.74 4.64 2.54 2.4
-67 21 312 21 262 50 4 690  342 4 167  181 4.6 5.6 0.1 1.84 1.24 2.24 0.5
                             
Men                            
All ages  233 416  192 964 40 452  131 194 14 580 99 659 16 955  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 18 889 3 600 15 289 22 130 1 463 19 420 1 247 8.1 1.9 37.8 16.9 10.0 19.5 7.4
6 - 15 29 075 13 829 15 246 30 238 2 729 23 861 3 648 12.5 7.2 37.7 23.0 18.7 23.9 21.5
16 - 19 11 189 7 509 3 680 10 996 1 123 8 235 1 638 4.8 3.9 9.1 8.4 7.7 8.3 9.7
20 - 29 41 240 36 959 4 281 18 424 2 118 13 374 2 932 17.7 19.2 10.6 14.0 14.5 13.4 17.3
30 - 39 50 093 48 980 1 113 17 401 2 615 11 894 2 892 21.5 25.4 2.8 13.3 17.9 11.9 17.1
40 - 49 42 177 41 656  521 15 428 2 223 10 470 2 735 18.1 21.6 1.3 11.8 15.2 10.5 16.1
50 - 59 23 325 23 078  247 10 282 1 403 7 626 1 253 10.0 12.0 0.6 7.8 9.6 7.7 7.4
60 - 66 9 153 9 108 45 3 901  737 2 665  499 3.9 4.7 0.1 3.0 5.1 2.7 2.9
-67 8 275 8 245 30 2 394  169 2 114  111 3.5 4.3 0.1 1.8 1.2 2.1 0.7
                             
Women                            
All ages  226 198  187 680 38 518  126 159 14 388 92 978 18 793  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 18 301 3 616 14 685 21 675 1 503 18 312 1 860 8.1 1.9 38.1 17.2 10.4 19.7 9.9
6 - 15 27 468 13 048 14 420 29 229 2 753 22 467 4 009 12.1 7.0 37.4 23.2 19.1 24.2 21.3
16 - 19 10 713 7 163 3 550 10 076 1 135 7 509 1 432 4.7 3.8 9.2 8.0 7.9 8.1 7.6
20 - 29 44 672 40 629 4 043 17 653 2 066 12 323 3 264 19.7 21.6 10.5 14.0 14.4 13.3 17.4
30 - 39 48 286 47 252 1 034 17 589 2 650 11 225 3 714 21.3 25.2 2.7 13.9 18.4 12.1 19.8
40 - 49 34 838 34 320  518 15 109 2 154 10 041 2 914 15.4 18.3 1.3 12.0 15.0 10.8 15.5
50 - 59 20 118 19 904  214 9 488 1 359 6 965 1 164 8.9 10.6 0.6 7.5 9.4 7.5 6.2
60 - 66 8 765 8 731 34 3 044  595 2 083  366 3.9 4.7 0.1 2.4 4.1 2.2 1.9
-67 13 037 13 017 20 2 296  173 2 053 70 5.8 6.9 0.1 1.8 1.2 2.2 0.4
                             
Country background, both sexes                            
The Nordic countrties 56 483 52 972 3 511 85 155 10 297 68 173 6 685  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 1 566  590  976 10 608  598 9 759  251 2.8 1.1 27.8 12.5 5.8 14.3 3.8
6 - 15 2 348 1 508  840 16 866 1 723 14 422  721 4.2 2.8 23.9 19.8 16.7 21.2 10.8
16 - 19 1 208  975  233 6 443  914 4 886  643 2.1 1.8 6.6 7.6 8.9 7.2 9.6
20 - 29 8 338 7 927  411 10 764 1 368 8 865  531 14.8 15.0 11.7 12.6 13.3 13.0 7.9
30 - 39 11 521 11 172  349 13 181 1 914 9 881 1 386 20.4 21.1 9.9 15.5 18.6 14.5 20.7
40 - 49 10 611 10 165  446 13 702 1 785 10 119 1 798 18.8 19.2 12.7 16.1 17.3 14.8 26.9
50 - 59 8 371 8 172  199 8 665 1 313 6 564  788 14.8 15.4 5.7 10.2 12.8 9.6 11.8
60 - 66 5 398 5 367 31 2 847  605 1 700  542 9.6 10.1 0.9 3.3 5.9 2.5 8.1
-67 7 122 7 096 26 2 079 77 1 977 25 12.6 13.4 0.7 2.4 0.7 2.9 0.4
                             
Western Europe 46 555 43 523 3 032 57 878 8 588 45 744 3 546  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 2 193 1 045 1 148 7 567  883 6 420  264 4.7 2.4 37.9 13.1 10.3 14.0 7.4
6 - 15 3 023 2 351  672 11 418 1 495 9 326  597 6.5 5.4 22.2 19.7 17.4 20.4 16.8
16 - 19  907  698  209 4 550  577 3 777  196 1.9 1.6 6.9 7.9 6.7 8.3 5.5
20 - 29 5 429 5 103  326 9 498 1 220 7 894  384 11.7 11.7 10.8 16.4 14.2 17.3 10.8
30 - 39 10 172 9 895  277 10 689 1 757 8 085  847 21.8 22.7 9.1 18.5 20.5 17.7 23.9
40 - 49 9 440 9 187  253 7 511 1 246 5 601  664 20.3 21.1 8.3 13.0 14.5 12.2 18.7
50 - 59 6 579 6 469  110 4 212  722 3 117  373 14.1 14.9 3.6 7.3 8.4 6.8 10.5
60 - 66 4 152 4 128 24 1 825  602 1 026  197 8.9 9.5 0.8 3.2 7.0 2.2 5.6
-67 4 660 4 647 13  608 86  498 24 10.0 10.7 0.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.7
                             
Eastern Europe  100 060 89 022 11 038 15 309  646 13 977  686  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 7 209 2 022 5 187 4 554  146 4 343 65 7.2 2.3 47.0 29.7 22.6 31.1 9.5
6 - 15 10 313 6 309 4 004 4 623  229 3 913  481 10.3 7.1 36.3 30.2 35.4 28.0 70.1
16 - 19 4 589 4 048  541 1 083 62  943 78 4.6 4.5 4.9 7.1 9.6 6.7 11.4
20 - 29 22 609 22 060  549 1 383 81 1 270 32 22.6 24.8 5.0 9.0 12.5 9.1 4.7
30 - 39 23 722 23 366  356 1 289 38 1 242 9 23.7 26.2 3.2 8.4 5.9 8.9 1.3
40 - 49 17 135 16 854  281 1 251 29 1 218 4 17.1 18.9 2.5 8.2 4.5 8.7 0.6
50 - 59 9 084 8 980  104  862 38  817 7 9.1 10.1 0.9 5.6 5.9 5.8 1.0
60 - 66 2 281 2 270 11  196 13  175 8 2.3 2.5 0.1 1.3 2.0 1.3 1.2
-67 3 118 3 113 5 68 10 56 2 3.1 3.5 0.0 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.3
                             
Africa 56 376 43 036 13 340 12 760  920 9 878 1 962  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 8 169 1 344 6 825 2 956 93 2 623  240 14.5 3.1 51.2 23.2 10.1 26.6 12.2
6 - 15 10 311 5 461 4 850 3 967  194 3 322  451 18.3 12.7 36.4 31.1 21.1 33.6 23.0
16 - 19 3 190 2 404  786 1 407 72 1 242 93 5.7 5.6 5.9 11.0 7.8 12.6 4.7
20 - 29 10 667 9 877  790 1 672  177 1 271  224 18.9 23.0 5.9 13.1 19.2 12.9 11.4
30 - 39 11 979 11 895 84 1 323  158  743  422 21.2 27.6 0.6 10.4 17.2 7.5 21.5
40 - 49 7 872 7 867 5  784  112  398  274 14.0 18.3 0.0 6.1 12.2 4.0 14.0
50 - 59 2 717 2 717 -  503 79  199  225 4.8 6.3 0.0 3.9 8.6 2.0 11.5
60 - 66  744  744 - 75 12 43 20 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.6 1.3 0.4 1.0
-67  727  727 - 73 23 37 13 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.6 2.5 0.4 0.7
                             
Asia includes Turkey  174 040  128 409 45 631 40 661 2 799 25 785 12 077  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 17 154 1 899 15 255 11 725  640 9 454 1 631 9.9 1.5 33.4 28.8 22.9 36.7 13.5
6 - 15 28 663 10 276 18 387 12 817  720 8 774 3 323 16.5 8.0 40.3 31.5 25.7 34.0 27.5
16 - 19 10 933 5 965 4 968 3 680  213 2 585  882 6.3 4.6 10.9 9.1 7.6 10.0 7.3
20 - 29 34 282 28 315 5 967 6 673  542 2 928 3 203 19.7 22.1 13.1 16.4 19.4 11.4 26.5
30 - 39 35 382 34 357 1 025 3 930  429 1 142 2 359 20.3 26.8 2.2 9.7 15.3 4.4 19.5
40 - 49 26 937 26 919 18 1 162  170  490  502 15.5 21.0 0.0 2.9 6.1 1.9 4.2
50 - 59 13 317 13 306 11  499 55  307  137 7.7 10.4 0.0 1.2 2.0 1.2 1.1
60 - 66 4 045 4 045 -  117 14 79 24 2.3 3.2 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2
-67 3 327 3 327 - 58 16 26 16 1.9 2.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.1
                             
North-America3 8 533 8 240  293 28 627 3 938 19 279 5 410  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5  187  136 51 2 503  320 2 016  167 2.2 1.7 17.4 8.7 8.1 10.5 3.1
6 - 15  299  236 63 4 554  705 3 416  433 3.5 2.9 21.5 15.9 17.9 17.7 8.0
16 - 19  184  153 31 1 763  249 1 345  169 2.2 1.9 10.6 6.2 6.3 7.0 3.1
20 - 29  879  833 46 3 057  452 2 265  340 10.3 10.1 15.7 10.7 11.5 11.7 6.3
30 - 39 1 487 1 468 19 3 122  696 1 345 1 081 17.4 17.8 6.5 10.9 17.7 7.0 20.0
40 - 49 1 646 1 616 30 5 457  881 2 321 2 255 19.3 19.6 10.2 19.1 22.4 12.0 41.7
50 - 59 1 372 1 336 36 4 643  448 3 392  803 16.1 16.2 12.3 16.2 11.4 17.6 14.8
60 - 66  647  636 11 1 775 65 1 645 65 7.6 7.7 3.8 6.2 1.7 8.5 1.2
-67 1 832 1 826 6 1 753  122 1 534 97 21.5 22.2 2.0 6.1 3.1 8.0 1.8
                0.0            
South- and Central-America 16 118 14 027 2 091 14 897 1 390 8 372 5 135  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5  672  156  516 3 444  218 2 772  454 4.2 1.1 24.7 23.1 15.7 33.1 8.8
6 - 15 1 544  700  844 4 757  335 2 800 1 622 9.6 5.0 40.4 31.9 24.1 33.4 31.6
16 - 19  879  419  460 1 993  132  859 1 002 5.5 3.0 22.0 13.4 9.5 10.3 19.5
20 - 29 3 337 3 107  230 2 739  291  983 1 465 20.7 22.2 11.0 18.4 20.9 11.7 28.5
30 - 39 3 657 3 623 34 1 165  206  528  431 22.7 25.8 1.6 7.8 14.8 6.3 8.4
40 - 49 3 143 3 139 4  459  112  250 97 19.5 22.4 0.2 3.1 8.1 3.0 1.9
50 - 59 1 868 1 867 1  260 77  126 57 11.6 13.3 0.0 1.7 5.5 1.5 1.1
60 - 66  571  569 2 58 13 40 5 3.5 4.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.1
-67  447  447 - 22 6 14 2 2.8 3.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0
                             
Oseania 1 449 1 415 34 2 066  390 1 429  247  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 40 24 16  448 68  345 35 2.8 1.7 47.1 21.7 17.4 24.1 14.2
6 - 15 42 36 6  465 81  355 29 2.9 2.5 17.6 22.5 20.8 24.8 11.7
16 - 19 12 10 2  153 39  107 7 0.8 0.7 5.9 7.4 10.0 7.5 2.8
20 - 29  371  366 5  291 53  221 17 25.6 25.9 14.7 14.1 13.6 15.5 6.9
30 - 39  459  456 3  291 67  153 71 31.7 32.2 8.8 14.1 17.2 10.7 28.7
40 - 49  231  229 2  211 42  114 55 15.9 16.2 5.9 10.2 10.8 8.0 22.3
50 - 59  135  135 -  126 30 69 27 9.3 9.5 0.0 6.1 7.7 4.8 10.9
60 - 66 80 80 - 52 8 40 4 5.5 5.7 0.0 2.5 2.1 2.8 1.6
-67 79 79 - 29 2 25 2 5.5 5.6 0.0 1.4 0.5 1.7 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.
4  Corrected 16.10.2008 at 13:55.

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