Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

2 Immigrations1 by reason for immigration and citizenship. 1990-2010 (Corrected 7 October 2011)
Citizenship Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other Unknown reason for immigration2
Familie i alt Familyreunified
with refugee
Total  470 638  131 540  179 765 42 184  104 357 49 556 2 081 3 339
Europe  242 116  114 894 66 584 4 799 35 518 20 535 1 246 3 339
Asia with Turkey  133 582 7 336 69 869 22 793 39 266 16 791  320 -
Africa 56 767 1 440 22 535 12 162 26 407 6 265  120 -
North America 17 250 5 148 8 845  141  101 2 847  309 -
South and Central America 13 231 1 322 9 007  950  595 2 254 53 -
Oceania 3 462 1 361 1 291 19 16  765 29 -
Stateless 4 230 39 1 634 1 320 2 454 99 4 -
                 
First citizenship from Africa, Asia, South and Central America,
Europe except EU/EEA and Oceania except
Australia og New Zealand		  267 150 13 200  119 628 41 299  103 355 30 389  578 -
First citizenship from EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia og New Zealand  203 488  118 340 60 137  885 1 002 19 167 1 503 3 339
                 
Selected countries                
Poland 64 655 45 595 15 967  209  215 1 430 44 1 404
Germany 26 981 14 790 7 570 64 50 3 776  369  426
Iraq 22 248 49 8 838 8 158 13 326 16 19 -
Somalia 21 132 10 8 820 8 028 12 280 3 19 -
Lithuania 18 105 12 771 3 850 19 18 1 012 23  431
Serbia and Montenegro3 17 228  290 2 488 1 331 14 186  250 14 -
Serbia4 1 403  314  580  203  373  135 1 -
Kosovo5  418 28  330  183 41 18 1 -
Montenegro4 66 19 33 12 5 9 - -
Russia 16 984 1 463 8 077  665 4 601 2 799 44 -
United Kingdom 16 932 9 531 6 251 53 62  654  282  152
Bosnia Herzegovina 15 255  215 1 419 1 066 13 518 97 6 -
USA 14 323 4 241 7 426 84 91 2 292  273 -
Philippines 13 767 1 091 6 356 74  199 6 062 59 -
Thailand 12 894  183 11 933  103  136  612 30 -
Iran 10 537  293 3 250 2 378 6 674  313 7 -
Afghanistan 10 490 11 3 245 3 018 7 223 6 5 -
Pakistan 9 462  277 8 101  820  437  574 73 -
China 8 690 1 177 3 373  222  530 3 595 15 -
Netherlands 8 340 3 929 3 555 49 19  548  164  125
France 7 688 3 679 2 490 30 30 1 309 64  116
Turkey 7 486  271 6 411  909  450  321 33 -
Vietnam 7 055  116 4 147 2 377 2 390  379 23 -
India 6 819 2 261 3 548  208  105  883 22 -
Sri Lanka 6 796 96 4 187 2 752 2 018  489 6 -
Romania 6 159 2 980 1 990  107  234  941 14 -
Eritrea 5 982 1  876  741 5 059 44 2 -
Latvia 5 825 3 412 1 289 9 8  875 4  237
Ethiopia 5 313 63 1 806 1 229 2 468  973 3 -
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  3 339 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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