Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

2 Immigrations1 by reason for immigration and citizenship. 1990-2009
Citizenship Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other Unknown reason for immigration2
Familie i alt Familyreunified with refugee
Total  420 387  107 767  165 003 40 227 98 185 44 284 1 958 3 190
Europe  210 271 93 284 58 566 4 649 35 360 18 659 1 212 3 190
Asia with Turkey  123 453 6 197 65 900 22 124 36 825 14 262  269 -
Africa 51 355 1 211 21 074 11 312 23 139 5 831  100 -
North America 16 213 4 725 8 445  134  101 2 641  301 -
South and Central America 12 294 1 094 8 488  949  586 2 079 47 -
Oceania 3 204 1 232 1 212 19 16  717 27 -
Stateless 3 597 24 1 318 1 040 2 158 95 : -
                 
First citizenship from Africa, Asia, South-and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA and Oseania except Australia and New Zealand  248 137 11 153  112 454 39 360 97 188 26 853  489 -
First citizenship from EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  172 250 96 614 52 549  867  997 17 431 1 469 3 190
                 
Selected countries                
Poland 54 315 38 021 13 329  209  214 1 330 42 1 379
Germany 24 552 13 290 7 023 62 50 3 436  366  387
Iraq 21 468 34 8 507 7 879 12 899 13 15 -
Somalia 19 561 8 8 407 7 662 11 125 3 18 -
Serbia and Montenegro3 17 228  290 2 488 1 331 14 186  250 14 -
Serbia4 1 195  236  498  187  356  104 : -
Kosovo5  292 10  226  136 38 18 - -
Montenegro4 51 14 26 10 5 6 - -
Russia 16 132 1 304 7 705  647 4 469 2 615 39 -
United Kingdom 15 669 8 596 5 982 51 62  606  281  142
Bosnia Herzegovina 15 152  195 1 341 1 029 13 518 92 6 -
USA 13 527 3 936 7 097 78 91 2 137  266 -
Lithuania 11 825 8 021 2 407 19 17  960 16  404
Thailand 11 777  112 10 964  101  136  542 23 -
Philippines 11 719  913 5 782 72  199 4 794 31 -
Iran 10 009  237 3 144 2 343 6 376  245 7 -
Afghanistan 9 110 9 3 014 2 805 6 078 6 3 -
Pakistan 8 998  224 7 774  798  426  501 73 -
China 7 763  984 3 096  215  425 3 243 15 -
Netherlands 7 710 3 559 3 352 47 18  503  163  115
Turkey 7 206  240 6 196  899  445  292 33 -
France 6 933 3 300 2 339 30 30 1 084 64  116
Vietnam 6 800  104 3 976 2 363 2 387  311 22 -
Sri Lanka 6 646 89 4 116 2 736 1 968  467 6 -
India 6 103 1 943 3 239  206  104  800 17 -
Romania 4 918 2 158 1 632  107  234  882 12 -
Ethiopia 4 875 53 1 639 1 119 2 296  884 3 -
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  3 190 persons from an EU/EEA/EFTA country have a unknown reason for immigration due to the new registration rule. For more information about right of residence in Norway for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals: http://www.udi.no/.
3  For the years 1996-2006 this figure also includes citizens from the Montenegro.For 1990-2007 it includes Kosovo.
4  From 2007. Serbia and Montenegro was 1 November 2006 separated in two parts, in Serbia and in Montenegro.
5  From 2008.

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