Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

1 Population 1 January 2011 and 2012 and changes in 2011, by immigration category and country background. Absolute numbers
Immigrant category / country background Population 1.1.2011 Livebirths Deaths Excess of births Immigrations Emigrations Net migrations Increase in population1 Population 1.1.2012
Population, total 4 920 305 60 220 41 393 18 827 79 498 32 466 47 032 65 859 4 985 870
Born in Norway with two Norwegian-born parents 4 037 301 42 670 39 294 3 376 5 097 5 799 -702 2 674 4 040 363
                   
Immigrants  500 500 - 1 500 -1 500 70 984 23 239 47 745 46 245  546 732
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents  100 422 9 482 49 9 433  870 1 650 -780 8 653  108 438
Foreign-born with one Norwegian-born parent 31 540 212 61 -49 1 230  464  766  717 32 233
Norwegian-born with one foreign-born parent  213 486 8 040  440 7 600  877 1 169 -292 7 308  220 783
Foreign-born to Norwegian-born parents3 37 056 216 49 -33  440  145  295  262 37 321
                   
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents  600 922 9 482 1 549 7 933 71 854 24 889 46 965 54 898  655 170
                   
Rest of the population 4 319 383 50 738 39 844 10 894 7 644 7 577 67 10 961 4 330 700
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents by country background                  
Total  600 922 9 482 1 549 7 933 71 854 24 889 46 965 54 898  655 170
Europe  287 433 4 028 1 020 3 008 48 150 14 954 33 196 36 204  323 284
EU/EEA  227 607 3 070  890 2 180 44 970 13 800 31 170 33 350  260 692
Countries not in EU/EEA 59 826  958  130  828 3 180 1 154 2 026 2 854 62 592
Africa 73 480 2 040 81 1 959 6 738 2 317 4 421 6 380 79 714
Asia included Turkey  209 467 3 210  304 2 906 13 641 5 553 8 088 10 994  220 328
North America 9 533 33  105 -72 1 195  970  225  153 9 679
South and Central America 19 193  161 32  129 1 780  829  951 1 080 20 261
Oceania 1 816 10 7 3  350  266 84 87 1 904
                   
Selected groups                  
Poland 60 610 1 160 80 1 080 12 885 2 352 10 533 11 613 72 103
Sweden 34 108  274  178 96 7 177 4 777 2 400 2 496 36 578
Pakistan 31 884  434 63  371  878  381  497  868 32 737
Somalia 27 523  928 24  904 1 934  892 1 042 1 946 29 395
Iraq 27 827  693 27  666  954  487  467 1 133 28 935
Germany 24 394  257 93  164 2 228 1 089 1 139 1 303 25 683
Lithuania 16 309  500 16  484 7 634  461 7 173 7 657 23 941
Vietnam 20 452  240 25  215  392  183  209  424 20 871
Denmark 19 522 65  223 -158 1 381  918  463  305 19 823
Iran 16 957  178 25  153 1 081  272  809  962 17 913
Russia 15 879  285 21  264 1 211  474  737 1 001 16 833
Turkey 16 430  235 31  204  405  283  122  326 16 742
Philippines 14 797  124 13  111 2 611 1 072 1 539 1 650 16 431
Bosnia-Herzegovina 16 125  190 66  124  234  133  101  225 16 338
Thailand 13 293 90 12 78 1 311  276 1 035 1 113 14 398
Sri Lanka 14 017  162 18  144  309  172  137  281 14 293
United Kingdom 13 395 55 89 -34 1 257  649  608  574 13 959
Kosovo 13 303  262 20  242  310  141  169  411 13 700
Afghanistan 12 043  290 11  279  998 95  903 1 182 13 219
1  The difference in population the two subsequent years as a rule will deviate from the total of birth surplus and net migration. The deviation in the population accounts is due to belated reports, annulments, corrections etc.
2  These are children who were registered with a birth report, but they are actually born abroad.
3  Inter-country adopted persons are included here.

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