Statistics Norway

Immigrant population by reason for immigration

7 Immigrations1 by reason for immigration, sex and age. 1990-2007
  Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other
Both sexes, total  328 225 68 056  134 911 87 541 35 991 1 726
0-17 78 132 2 45 866 28 711 3 333  220
18-29  131 125 28 160 46 764 28 279 27 461  461
30-59  112 293 39 556 38 822 28 065 5 175  675
60-79 6 314  336 3 267 2 392 22  297
80+  361 2  192 94 . 73
             
Males, total  166 729 53 507 46 290 51 455 14 635  842
0-17 40 299 2 23 519 15 520 1 160 98
18-29 59 715 19 647 12 244 17 684 9 924  216
30-59 64 089 33 599 9 391 17 217 3 534  348
60-79 2 485  258 1 056  997 17  157
80+  140 . 80 37 . 23
             
Females, total  161 496 14 549 88 621 36 086 21 356  884
0-17 37 833 . 22 347 13 191 2 173  122
18-29 71 410 8 513 34 520 10 595 17 537  245
30-59 48 204 5 957 29 431 10 848 1 641  327
60-79 3 829 78 2 211 1 395 5  140
80+  220 1  112 57 . 50
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.

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