Statistics Norway

Immigrant population by reason for immigration

3   First-time immigrations among first generation immigrants1 with non-Nordic citizenship, by first citizenship and reason for immigration. 1990-2005
  Total Labour Family Flight Education Unknown Other
Total  254 281 34 398  109 878 79 227 27 248 1 333 2 197
               
Non-western countries  197 405 11 421 87 089 78 054 19 050  835  956
Iraq 17 558 15 6 687 10 791 11 42 12
Serbia and Montenegro 16 927  238 2 390 14 035  200 51 13
Bosnia-Herzegovina 14 586 41 1 322 13 155 51 9 8
Somalia 14 491 3 5 517 8 941 3 11 16
Russia 11 730  788 5 777 3 293 1 654 83  135
Rest of non-western countries  122 113 10 336 65 396 27 839 17 131  639  772
               
Western countries1 55 348 22 964 22 341  186 8 130  491 1 236
Germany 12 145 5 802 3 422 21 2 427  150  323
United Kingdom 11 864 5 959 5 027 34  507 74  263
USA 10 632 2 981 5 742 59 1 551 41  258
Netherlands 4 679 2 041 2 034 12  422 55  115
France 4 621 2 051 1 828 14  618 51 59
Rest of western countries 11 407 4 130 4 288 46 2 605  120  218
               
Stateless and unknown 1 528 13  448  987 68 7 5
1  Foreign born with two foreign born parents.

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