Immigrant population

1   Five different delimitations of persons with immigration background/foreign background, by citizenship and immigrant category. 1. January 2000
Citizenship
Immigrant category		 Persons with immigration background Immigrant population1 First-generation
immigrants without Norwegian background2		 Foreign born Foreign citizens
Norwegian and foreign citizens,total 484 270 282 487 238 462 292 440 178 686
Without immigration background3 - - - - 2 024
First- generation immigrants without Norwegian background 238 462 238 462 238 462 238 462 151 422
Second- generation immigrants4 44 025 44 025 - - 11 062
Adopted abroad5 13 596 - - 13 596 474
Foreign- born with one parent born in Norwey6 22 791 - - 22 791 3 927
Born in Norway with one foreign-born parent6 147 805 - - - 9 294
Born abroad with both parents born in Norway5 17 591 - - 17 591 483
           
Norwegian citizens, total 307 608 120 003 87 040 136 134 -
Without immigration background3 - - - - -
First- generation immmigrants without Norwegian background 87 040 87 040 87 040 87 040 -
Second- generation immigrants4 32 963 32 963 - - -
Adopted abroad5 13 122 - - 13 122 -
Foreign- born with one parent born in Norwey6 18 864 - - 18 864 -
Born in Norway with one foreign-born parent6 138 511 - - - -
Born abroad with both parents born in Norway5 17 108 - - 17 108 -
           
Foreign citizens, total 176 662 162 484 151 422 156 306 178 686
Without immigration background3 - - - - 2 024
First- generation immigrants without Norwegian background 151 422 151 422 151 422 151 422 151 422
Second- generation immigrants4 11 062 11 062 - - 11 062
Adopted abroad5 474 - - 474 474
Foreign- born with one parent born in Norwey6 3 927 - - 3 927 3 927
Born in Norway with one foreign-born parent6 9 294 - - - 9 294
Born abroad with both parents born in Norway5 483 - - 483 483
1  The immigrant population includes persons with two foreign-born parents. More precisily:Persons with no parents or grandparents born in Norway.
2  ' without Norwegian background ' is simplification of ' without parents or grandparents born in Norway'.
3  This is among others persons born in Norway (with parents born there too)who have migrated to a foreign country and got a citizenship of this country , and later returned to Norway.
4  Born in Norway with two foreign- born parents/without parents or grandparents born in Norway.
5  Some of the persons in the category ' born abroad with to parents born in Norway ' have been placed in 'adopted abroad ' og vice versa. Adopted abroad with to foreign- born adoptive parents are counted as first- generation immigrants without Norwegian background.
6  Includes a smaller number persons with to foreign- born parents, but with at least one grandparent born i Norway.

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