Statistics Norway

Immigrant population by reason for immigration

2 Immigrations1 by reason for immigration and citizenship. 1990-2007
  Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other
  Familie i alt Familyreunified
with refugee
Total  328 225      68 056      134 911     34 819     87 541     35 991     1 726
Europe  154 143 57 651 44 512 4 197 34 623 16 297 1 060
Asia with Turkey  102 747 3 880 56 512 19 943 32 043 10 080  232
Africa 42 770  903 17 813 9 324 19 102 4 888 64
North and Central America 16 905 4 161 9 542  196  157 2 735  310
South America 7 261  516 4 984  806  483 1 247 31
Oceania 2 680  930 1 052 12 14  657 27
Stateless 1 719 15  496  341 1 119 87 2
               
First citizenship from Africa, Asia with Turkey, South and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand and stateless  211 142 7 633 95 662 34 072 86 673 20 744  430
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  117 083 60 423 39 249  747  868 15 247 1 296
               
Utvalgte statsborgerskap              
Poland 30 497 21 521 7 525  199  193 1 220 38
Iraq 19 244 21 7 569 7 113 11 635 10 9
Germany 17 851 9 420 5 025 50 30 3 054  322
Serbia and Montenegro 17 234  283 2 410 1 316 14 283  247 11
Somalia 17 212 4 7 071 6 472 10 126 2 9
Bosnia-Herzegovina 14 846  105 1 290 1 027 13 371 72 8
Russia 14 126  942 6 845  582 4 046 2 249 44
United Kingdom 13 592 7 222 5 528 45 40  547  255
USA 11 964 3 411 6 368 51 76 1 848  261
Thailand 9 266 51 8 707 99  101  395 12
Iran 9 141  119 2 855 2 239 6 019  143 5
Philippines 8 404  518 4 837 69  184 2 838 27
Pakistan 7 946  139 7 004  738  405  328 70
Afghanistan 6 967 6 2 450 2 303 4 503 6 2
Turkey 6 528  183 5 642  872  439  231 33
Vietnam 6 315 62 3 679 2 299 2 338  223 13
Netherlands 6 259 2 863 2 788 35 11  472  125
Sri Lanka 6 184 67 3 867 2 584 1 816  427 7
China 6 180  669 2 558  175  366 2 572 15
Lithuania 6 059 3 699 1 427 19 14  912 7
France 5 638 2 614 2 106 22 24  839 55
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.

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