Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

7 Immigrations1 by reason for immigration, sex and age. 1990-2009
  Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other Unknown reason for immigration2
Both sexes, total  420 387  107 767  165 003 98 185 44 284 1 958 3 190
0-17 95 016  271 57 938 32 262 3 648  246  651
18-29  168 346 45 234 55 299 31 714 34 431  515 1 153
30-59  149 392 61 796 47 821 31 465 6 181  763 1 366
60-79 7 227  465 3 732 2 638 24  350 18
80+  406 1  213  106 - 84 2
               
               
Males, total  218 169 83 929 56 032 57 862 17 607  957 1 782
0-17 49 314  138 29 738 17 709 1 272  112  345
18-29 78 180 31 389 13 963 19 817 12 214  234  563
30-59 87 642 52 046 11 050 19 191 4 103  391  861
60-79 2 876  356 1 196 1 103 18  191 12
80+  157 - 85 42 - 29 1
               
               
Females, total  202 218 23 838  108 971 40 323 26 677 1 001 1 408
0-17 45 702  133 28 200 14 553 2 376  134  306
18-29 90 166 13 845 41 336 11 897 22 217  281  590
30-59 61 750 9 750 36 771 12 274 2 078  372  505
60-79 4 351  109 2 536 1 535 6  159 6
80+  249 1  128 64 - 55 1
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  Unknown reason for immigration is a result of the new registration rule for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals. For mor information about right of residence in Norway for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals: http://www.udi.no/.

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