6   Persons 20 years and older in private households, by age, immigrant population's country1 and living/not living as couples. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent
  Total Age
  20-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-64 years 65 years and older
  Numbers
Total 3 321 580  272 258  665 106  657 189 1 072 909  654 118
             
As couples, total 2 075 360 46 161  384 114  481 047  809 730  354 308
Married2 1 668 977 12 773  211 482  367 839  730 727  346 156
Cohabiting  406 383 33 388  172 632  113 208 79 003 8 152
Not as couples 1 246 220  226 097  280 992  176 142  263 179  299 810
             
Norway 3 095 514  248 691  602 708  596 654 1 012 464  634 997
As couples, total 1 933 635 39 663  346 284  437 215  766 103  344 370
Married2 1 545 004 7 726  180 553  329 442  690 751  336 532
Cohabiting  388 631 31 937  165 731  107 773 75 352 7 838
Not as couples 1 161 879  209 028  256 424  159 439  246 361  290 627
             
Foreign countries, total  226 066 23 567 62 398 60 535 60 445 19 121
As couples, total  141 725 6 498 37 830 43 832 43 627 9 938
Married2  123 973 5 047 30 929 38 397 39 976 9 624
Cohabiting 17 752 1 451 6 901 5 435 3 651  314
Not as couples 84 341 17 069 24 568 16 703 16 818 9 183
             
Western countries 86 035 5 383 18 246 19 468 29 715 13 223
As couples, total 54 534 1 195 10 771 14 241 21 292 7 035
Married2 42 543  306 6 046 10 820 18 600 6 771
Cohabiting 11 991  889 4 725 3 421 2 692  264
Not as couples 31 501 4 188 7 475 5 227 8 423 6 188
             
Non-western countries  140 031 18 184 44 152 41 067 30 730 5 898
As couples, total 87 191 5 303 27 059 29 591 22 335 2 903
Married2 81 430 4 741 24 883 27 577 21 376 2 853
Cohabiting 5 761  562 2 176 2 014  959 50
Not as couples 52 840 12 881 17 093 11 476 8 395 2 995
             
  Per cent
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
             
As couples, total 62.5 17.0 57.8 73.2 75.5 54.2
Married2 50.2 4.7 31.8 56.0 68.1 52.9
Cohabiting 12.2 12.3 26.0 17.2 7.4 1.2
Not as couples 37.5 83.0 42.2 26.8 24.5 45.8
             
Norway  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
As couples, total 62.5 15.9 57.5 73.3 75.7 54.2
Married2 49.9 3.1 30.0 55.2 68.2 53.0
Cohabiting 12.6 12.8 27.5 18.1 7.4 1.2
Not as couples 37.5 84.1 42.5 26.7 24.3 45.8
             
Foreign countries, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
As couples, total 62.7 27.6 60.6 72.4 72.2 52.0
Married2 54.8 21.4 49.6 63.4 66.1 50.3
Cohabiting 7.9 6.2 11.1 9.0 6.0 1.6
Not as couples 37.3 72.4 39.4 27.6 27.8 48.0
             
Western countries  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
As couples, total 63.4 22.2 59.0 73.2 71.7 53.2
Married2 49.4 5.7 33.1 55.6 62.6 51.2
Cohabiting 13.9 16.5 25.9 17.6 9.1 2.0
Not as couples 36.6 77.8 41.0 26.8 28.3 46.8
             
Non-western countries  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
As couples, total 62.3 29.2 61.3 72.1 72.7 49.2
Married2 58.2 26.1 56.4 67.2 69.6 48.4
Cohabiting 4.1 3.1 4.9 4.9 3.1 0.8
Not as couples 37.7 70.8 38.7 27.9 27.3 50.8
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
2  Registered partners included.

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