Statistics Norway

Immigrant population by reason for immigration

6 Immigrants 1 with family as reason for immigration, by family unification and year of immigration.
Year of immigration Family immigration in total Family reunification and accompanying person Family establishment Immigrant category for reference person
Immigrant Norwegian born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
I alt  134 911 76 643 58 268 21 983 1 922 34 363
1990 4 692 2 979 1 713  614 2 1 097
1991 4 372 2 671 1 701  608 4 1 089
1992 4 870 2 844 2 026  776 9 1 241
1993 4 756 2 834 1 922  720 16 1 186
1994 4 255 2 127 2 128  918 22 1 188
1995 4 366 2 154 2 212  997 34 1 181
1996 4 656 2 453 2 203  969 52 1 182
1997 5 946 3 172 2 774 1 201 83 1 490
1998 6 862 3 676 3 186 1 410  111 1 665
1999 7 504 4 160 3 344 1 337  127 1 880
2000 7 616 4 217 3 399 1 148  133 2 118
2001 8 392 4 474 3 918 1 321  160 2 437
2002 12 838 7 906 4 932 1 868  176 2 888
2003 9 178 4 727 4 451 1 446  206 2 799
2004 9 189 4 344 4 845 1 685  224 2 936
2005 10 425 5 698 4 727 1 699  226 2 802
2006 11 286 6 788 4 498 1 654  186 2 658
2007 13 708 9 419 4 289 1 612  151 2 526
             
Selected citizenships            
Poland Family immigration in total Family reunification and accompanying person Family establishment Immigrant category for reference person
        Immigrant Norwegian born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
I alt 7 525 5 646 1 879  404 13 1 462
1990  264  106  158 19 .  139
1991  269  107  162 13 .  149
1992  282  115  167 25 .  142
1993  202 77  125 9 1  115
1994  183 64  119 21 1 97
1995  171 72 99 13 . 86
1996  146 83 63 12 . 51
1997  163 75 88 21 . 67
1998  136 75 61 10 1 50
1999  146 61 85 25 . 60
2000  142 62 80 12 1 67
2001  178 78  100 27 1 72
2002  260  138  122 31 2 89
2003  225  121  104 20 . 84
2004  312  219 93 24 1 68
2005  548  471 77 25 2 50
2006 1 346 1 272 74 38 2 34
2007 2 552 2 450  102 59 1 42
             
Pakistan Family immigration in total Family reunification and accompanying person Family establishment Immigrant category for reference person    
        Immigrant Norwegian born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
I alt 7 004 2 625 4 379 3 042 1 164  173
1990  405  233  172  166 1 5
1991  295  145  150  141 . 9
1992  304  119  185  172 3 10
1993  301  149  152  147 5 .
1994  302  115  187  175 7 5
1995  370  153  217  195 18 4
1996  289  100  189  149 34 6
1997  401  156  245  183 54 8
1998  483  180  303  221 68 14
1999  423  137  286  183 82 21
2000  359 95  264  155 84 25
2001  430  154  276  168 89 19
2002  542  229  313  194  111 8
2003  453  163  290  155  130 5
2004  446  126  320  169  137 14
2005  433  140  293  155  131 7
2006  358 92  266  151  111 4
2007  410  139  271  163 99 9
             
Russia Family immigration in total Family reunification and accompanying person Family establishment Immigrant category for reference person
        Immigrant Norwegian born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
I alt 6 845 3 552 3 293  292 . 3 001
1990 83 60 23 3 . 20
1991 88 58 30 2 . 28
1992  109 65 44 5 . 39
1993  166  101 65 7 . 58
1994  200  101 99 7 . 92
1995  209  115 94 7 . 87
1996  252  162 90 11 . 79
1997  315  197  118 7 .  111
1998  373  216  157 9 .  148
1999  513  288  225 10 .  215
2000  580  310  270 29 .  241
2001  538  229  309 20 .  289
2002  823  472  351 30 .  321
2003  729  381  348 29 .  319
2004  521  213  308 36 .  272
2005  511  216  295 27 .  268
2006  405  175  230 23 .  207
2007  430  193  237 30 .  207
             
Germany Family immigration in total Family reunification and accompanying person Family establishment Immigrant category for reference person
        Immigrant Norwegian born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
I alt 5 025 4 195  830  131 7  692
1990  128 74 54 3 . 51
1991 81 37 44 4 . 40
1992  120 64 56 3 . 53
1993  101 55 46 4 1 41
1994 98 64 34 4 2 28
1995 96 59 37 1 . 36
1996  120 89 31 5 . 26
1997  166  114 52 6 . 46
1998  285  232 53 5 . 48
1999  301  258 43 7 . 36
2000  243  212 31 7 . 24
2001  258  220 38 3 . 35
2002  323  278 45 9 . 36
2003  262  218 44 5 1 38
2004  338  282 56 17 1 38
2005  383  325 58 17 1 40
2006  550  491 59 15 . 44
2007 1 172 1 123 49 16 1 32
             
Thailand Family immigration in total Family reunification and accompanying person Family establishment Immigrant category for reference person
        Immigrant Norwegian born to immigrant parents The rest of the population
I alt 8 516 2 564 5 952  247 2 5 703
1990  191 55  136 5 .  131
1991  107 27 80 8 . 72
1992  208 81  127 6 .  121
1993  188 78  110 6 .  104
1994  198 63  135 8 .  127
1995  190 58  132 6 .  126
1996  237 71  166 7 .  159
1997  226 71  155 10 .  145
1998  261 93  168 9 .  159
1999  366 93  273 6 .  267
2000  448  100  348 10 1  337
2001  553  118  435 14 .  421
2002  868  249  619 21 .  598
2003  796  204  592 27 .  565
2004  962  304  658 24 1  633
2005  995  305  690 32 .  658
2006  908  297  611 21 .  590
2007 1 005  352  653 32 .  621
1  Born abroad to foreign-born parents and non-Nordic citizenship.

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