Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

1 Population 1 January 2009 and 2010 and changes in 2009, by immigration category and country background. Absolute figures
Country background Population 1.1.2009 Livebirths Deaths Excess of births Immigrations Emigrations Net migrations Increase in population1 Population 1.1.2010
Population, total 4 799 252 61 807 41 449 20 358 65 186 26 549 38 637 58 995 4 858 199
Without immigrant background 4 025 208 46 186 39 488 6 698 4 879 4 970 -91 6 607 4 031 805
                   
With immigration background, total  774 044 15 621 1 961 13 660 60 307 21 579 38 728 52 388  826 394
Immigrants  422 595 23 1 387 -1 384 57 024 18 856 38 168 36 784  459 346
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents 85 604 8 012 63 7 949  522 1 134 -612 7 337 92 967
Foreign born with one parent born in Norway 29 882 - 53 -53 1 386  433  953  900 30 766
Born in Norway with one foreign born parent  199 687 7 602  423 7 179  800 1 030 -230 6 949  206 627
Born abroad with both parents born in Norway3 36 276 - 35 -35  575  126  449  414 36 688
                   
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents  508 199 8 015 1 450 6 565 57 546 19 990 37 556 44 121  552 313
                   
Rest of the population 4 291 053 53 792 39 999 13 793 7 640 6 559 1 081 14 874 4 305 886
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents by country background                  
Total  508 199 8 015 1 450 6 565 57 546 19 990 37 556 44 121  552 313
Nordic countries 59 308  365  407 -42 8 284 4 517 3 767 3 725 63 040
Western Europe without the Nordic countries 52 356  466  256  210 6 495 2 623 3 872 4 082 56 425
Eastern Europe  121 151 2 196  242 1 954 20 413 5 953 14 460 16 414  137 572
Asia with Turkey  186 355 2 965  301 2 664 13 640 3 911 9 729 12 393  198 722
Afrika 61 191 1 846 84 1 762 5 740 1 534 4 206 5 968 67 169
South and Central America 17 292  128 28  100 1 535  574  961 1 061 18 355
North America 8 943 42  129 -87 1 119  672  447  360 9 309
Oceania 1 603 7 3 4  320  206  114  118 1 721
                   
Selected groups                  
Poland 44 482  833 75  758 10 511 3 618 6 893 7 651 52 125
Pakistan 30 161  399 69  330  949  374  575  905 31 061
Sweden 28 730  217  147 70 5 101 2 720 2 381 2 451 31 193
Iraq 24 505  646 32  614 1 627  363 1 264 1 878 26 374
Somalia 23 633  919 27  892 1 471  504  967 1 859 25 496
Germany 20 916  229 78  151 2 750  951 1 799 1 950 22 859
Vietnam 19 726  284 45  239  276  140  136  375 20 100
Denmark 19 284 59  211 -152 1 083  915  168 16 19 298
Bosnia-Herzegovina 15 683  190 61  129  222  113  109  238 15 918
Iran 15 666  160 17  143  706  191  515  658 16 321
Turkey 15 436  238 18  220  527  181  346  566 15 998
Sri Lanka 13 436  201 14  187  302  150  152  339 13 772
Russia 13 914  257 22  235 1 107  389  718  953 14 873
1  The difference in population size is different from birth excess.
2  These persons have re-registrered. They should only have been birth-registrered.
3  Foreign adopted persons are included here.

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