Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

2 Immigrations1, by reason for immigration and citizenship. 1990-2008
  Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other
  Familie i alt Familyreunified
with refugee
Total  376 625 91 254  151 325 37 681 92 006 40 203 1 837
Europe  192 190 78 897 58 718 5 294 35 601 17 810 1 164
Asia with Turkey  106 170 4 959 55 435 20 282 33 699 11 859  218
Africa 46 529 1 048 19 432 10 357 20 556 5 408 85
North and Central- America 18 230 4 569 10 199  227  184 2 968  310
South America 8 161  695 5 560  839  494 1 381 31
Oceania 2 934 1 066 1 138 16 16  687 27
Stateless 2 411 20  843  666 1 456 90 2
               
First citizenship from Africa, Asia with Turkey, South and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand and stateless  229 545 9 843  104 301 36 857 91 027 23 906  468
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia og New Zealand  147 080 81 411 47 024  824  979 16 297 1 369
               
Utvalgte statsborgerskap              
Poland 44 617 31 923 11 169  208  214 1 274 37
Germany 21 969 11 929 6 369 59 50 3 283  338
Iraq 20 377 27 7 952 7 413 12 373 12 13
Somalia 18 344 8 7 825 7 154 10 490 3 18
Russia 15 215 1 155 7 283  619 4 299 2 439 39
Bosnia Herzegovina 15 032  170 1 253  974 13 518 85 6
United Kingdom 14 655 7 970 5 775 49 62  577  271
USA 12 772 3 679 6 748 70 91 1 992  262
Thailand 10 520 62 9 859  101  107  477 15
Philippines 10 101  738 5 338 72  199 3 797 29
Iran 9 528  185 2 995 2 296 6 159  182 7
Lithuania 8 832 5 923 1 951 19 17  931 10
Pakistan 8 433  189 7 342  781  419  411 72
Afghanistan 7 733 7 2 726 2 547 4 991 6 3
Netherlands 7 113 3 288 3 171 42 17  490  147
China 6 978  820 2 845  207  386 2 912 15
Turkey 6 818  212 5 874  884  443  256 33
Vietnam 6 612 85 3 858 2 357 2 385  265 19
Sri Lanka 6 452 77 4 029 2 417 1 891  449 6
France 6 336 3 032 2 237 28 30  976 61
India 5 395 1 658 2 905  206 98  718 16
Ethiopia 4 330 45 1 456  996 2 012  815 2
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.

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