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Migrations
The statistics show the extent of immigration to and emigration from Norway, as well as the numbers moving within and between Norwegian municipalities and counties. A person who moves several times during the calendar year is counted the corresponding number of times.
Selected figures from these statistics
- In-migration and out-migration, by citizenshipDownload table as ...In-migration and out-migration, by citizenship
2025 2024 Immigration Emigration Net immigration Net immigration Total 55 243 32 919 22 324 34 109 Norway 7 247 9 188 -1 941 -1 896 Foreign 47 996 23 731 24 265 36 005 EU27/EFTA 25 609 19 413 6 196 8 413 European countries outside EU27/EFTA 14 689 7 583 7 106 15 876 Africa 2 543 792 1 751 2 115 Asia 9 407 3 480 5 927 6 904 North America 1 321 819 502 168 Latin America and the Caribbean 1 337 631 706 427 Oceania 253 179 74 55 Selected citizenship Ukraine 12 770 6 707 6 063 14 802 Syria 1 726 100 1 626 2 399 Sweden 2 496 1 199 1 297 1 282 Spain 1 367 438 929 979 Germany 1 538 635 903 707 Romania 1 075 311 764 988 Afghanistan 781 76 705 773 Italy 954 321 633 641 United Kingdom 925 325 600 372 Pakistan 759 206 553 691 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - All migrations, internal and immigration/emigration, by countyDownload table as ...All migrations, internal and immigration/emigration, by county1
2025 In-migration Out-migration Net migration, total In-migration, domestic Out-migration, domestic Net migration, domestic Immigration Emmigration Net migration (not domestic) The whole country 309 125 286 801 22 324 253 882 253 882 0 55 243 32 919 22 324 Østfold 11 187 8 884 2 303 8 698 7 542 1 156 2 489 1 342 1 147 Akershus 36 596 30 353 6 243 30 984 25 862 5 122 5 612 4 491 1 121 Oslo - Oslove 41 017 41 896 -879 31 533 34 977 -3 444 9 484 6 919 2 565 Innlandet 13 263 10 485 2 778 9 705 8 768 937 3 558 1 717 1 841 Buskerud 10 855 9 103 1 752 8 560 7 816 744 2 295 1 287 1 008 Vestfold 9 491 8 107 1 384 7 327 6 976 351 2 164 1 131 1 033 Telemark 5 720 5 313 407 4 036 4 559 -523 1 684 754 930 Agder 9 804 8 571 1 233 6 970 7 134 -164 2 834 1 437 1 397 Rogaland 13 003 10 609 2 394 7 946 7 449 497 5 057 3 160 1 897 Vestland 16 211 14 521 1 690 10 347 11 060 -713 5 864 3 461 2 403 Møre og Romsdal 7 991 7 407 584 5 060 5 935 -875 2 931 1 472 1 459 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 14 384 12 819 1 565 9 842 10 043 -201 4 542 2 776 1 766 Nordland - Nordlánnda 8 182 8 165 17 5 297 6 760 -1 463 2 885 1 405 1 480 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 7 597 6 982 615 4 821 5 833 -1 012 2 776 1 149 1 627 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 3 449 3 211 238 2 381 2 793 -412 1 068 418 650 1Except migration between municipalities within the county Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Immigration and emigration. Total, Norwegian and foreign citizenship.Download table as ...Immigration and emigration. Total, Norwegian and foreign citizenship.
Immigration, total Emigration, total Net migration, total Norwegian citizens, immigration Norwegian citizens, emigration Foreign citizens, immigration Foreign citizens, emigration 1973 17 383 13 939 3 444 7 490 8 223 9 893 5 716 1974 19 209 14 287 4 922 7 691 8 238 11 518 6 049 1975 19 551 14 782 4 769 7 631 7 971 11 920 6 811 1976 18 955 14 066 4 889 6 946 7 242 12 009 6 824 1977 19 403 14 369 5 034 7 574 7 289 11 829 7 080 1978 18 825 14 851 3 974 6 642 7 227 12 183 7 624 1979 17 831 15 085 2 746 6 618 7 466 11 213 7 619 1980 18 776 14 705 4 071 6 943 7 417 11 833 7 288 1981 19 698 14 522 5 176 6 637 7 270 13 061 7 252 1982 20 468 14 728 5 740 6 478 7 510 13 990 7 218 1983 20 063 15 778 4 285 6 973 7 823 13 090 7 955 1984 19 688 15 927 3 761 6 851 8 310 12 837 7 617 1985 21 858 15 630 6 228 6 952 8 108 14 906 7 522 1986 24 196 16 745 7 451 7 662 8 321 16 534 8 424 1987 31 149 17 380 13 769 7 356 8 789 23 793 8 591 1988 29 964 19 821 10 143 6 923 10 501 23 041 9 320 1989 25 847 27 300 -1 453 7 463 16 737 18 384 10 563 1990 25 494 23 784 1 710 9 800 14 016 15 694 9 768 1991 26 283 18 238 8 045 10 209 9 881 16 074 8 357 1992 26 743 16 801 9 942 9 581 8 744 17 162 8 057 1993 31 711 18 903 12 808 9 416 8 452 22 295 10 451 1994 26 911 19 475 7 436 9 044 9 892 17 867 9 583 1995 25 678 19 312 6 366 9 196 10 320 16 482 8 992 1996 26 407 20 590 5 817 9 211 10 558 17 196 10 032 1997 31 957 21 257 10 700 9 931 11 223 22 026 10 034 1998 36 704 22 881 13 823 9 957 10 876 26 747 12 005 1999 41 841 22 842 18 999 9 611 10 152 32 230 12 690 2000 36 542 26 854 9 688 8 757 11 923 27 785 14 931 2001 34 264 26 309 7 955 8 852 11 093 25 412 15 216 2002 40 122 22 948 17 174 9 334 10 675 30 788 12 273 2003 35 957 24 672 11 285 9 170 10 327 26 787 14 345 2004 36 482 23 271 13 211 8 618 9 415 27 864 13 856 2005 40 148 21 709 18 439 8 793 9 081 31 355 12 628 2006 45 776 22 053 23 723 8 351 9 563 37 425 12 490 2007 61 774 22 122 39 652 8 276 8 798 53 498 13 324 2008 66 961 23 615 43 346 8 140 8 457 58 821 15 158 2009 65 186 26 549 38 637 8 504 8 168 56 682 18 381 2010 73 852 31 506 42 346 8 787 9 010 65 065 22 496 2011 79 498 32 466 47 032 8 739 9 583 70 759 22 883 2012 78 570 31 227 47 343 8 558 9 929 70 012 21 298 2013 75 789 35 716 40 073 8 855 10 680 66 934 25 036 2014 70 030 31 875 38 155 8 601 8 555 61 429 23 320 2015 67 276 37 474 29 802 8 208 10 090 59 068 25 844 2016 66 800 40 724 26 076 8 292 9 994 58 508 30 730 2017 58 192 36 843 21 349 8 418 10 220 49 774 26 623 2018 52 485 34 382 18 103 8 079 9 856 44 406 24 526 2019 52 153 26 826 25 327 7 583 9 256 44 570 17 570 2020 38 075 26 744 11 331 7 257 6 884 30 818 19 860 2021 53 947 34 297 19 650 7 343 8 288 46 604 26 009 2022 90 475 32 536 57 939 7 194 9 414 83 281 23 122 2023 86 589 34 011 52 578 7 096 10 180 79 493 23 831 2024 66 077 31 968 34 109 7 263 9 159 58 814 22 809 2025 55 243 32 919 22 324 7 247 9 188 47 996 23 731 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Internal migration. Total between municipalitiesDownload table as ...Internal migration. Total between municipalities
Total Per 1000 mean population 2016 241 362 46.1 2017 248 527 47.1 2018 244 353 46.0 2019 245 467 45.9 2020 247 257 46.0 2021 260 345 48.1 2022 254 854 46.7 2023 264 149 47.9 2024 253 292 45.5 2025 253 882 45.2 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 3 June 2021.
Resident
Who is regarded as a resident of Norway and where in Norway a person shall be counted as a resident, is stipulated in the Population Registration Act of January 16th 1970. The regulations to the act were amended effective February 1st 1980.
The following main points from the registration rules decide who is regarded as a resident of Norway
Persons from countries outside the Nordic countries are regarded as residents of Norway when they have lived here or intend to live here at least 6 months, even though the stay is temporary. The same six-month rule applies to migration from Norway to a country outside the Nordic countries.
The aforementioned six-month rule does not always apply to migration between Norway and another Nordic country. In Denmark, for example, a person is registered as a resident if the person intends to stay in the country at least 3 months. The same limit is used for out-migration. In Sweden and Finland the limit is one year. For persons who come/move to Norway from another Nordic country, the six-month rule is still valid, as residence is decided by the country of immigration's rules, cf. the Nordic agreement on inter-Nordic migration dated 8 May 1989. This agreement replaced a similar agreement from December 5th 1968.
People living in Svalbard, on Jan Mayen or in Norwegian dependencies who on departure were registered in the population register of a Norwegian municipality shall still be counted as residents of that municipality. The same rules apply to people on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Norwegian foreign and consular service staff and Norwegian military personnel posted for duty abroad are counted as residents of Norway. The same applies to their families.
Foreign staff at foreign embassies and consular services and foreign personnel attached to NATO are not counted as residents of Norway. The same applies to their families.
The main rule for where in Norway a person is regarded as a resident is that the person resides where he/she has their regular daily rest (night's sleep). If the daily rest is taken in shifts at one or more places, the person is regarded as residing where, overall, they can be said to live on a regular basis. Spouses with a joint home and persons sharing a joint home with their children are regarded as residing in this home without regard to where they have their daily rest.
Single persons who attend school in another municipality are as a main rule still regarded as resident of the place they lived before starting school (the residence of their parents). Similar registration principles also apply to conscripts serving their initial military service, alternative national service conscripts, prisoners, and people admitted to hospitals. Persons admitted to or placed in other institutions or private care are as a main rule regarded as residents when the stay is intended to last, or turns out to last, at least 6 months.
From March 1987 to January 1994 asylum seekers were usually counted as immigrants and hence also as residents even though the processing of their application for residence had not been completed. Before and after this period, only asylum seekers with residence permits have been registered.
In-migration, out-migration
Migration is when one person moves from one Norwegian municipality to another or between a Norwegian municipality and abroad. If a person moves several times during the same calendar year, each move counts. In the migration figures for counties and regions moves between the municipalities in the county/region are not counted.
Net migration
The difference between in-migration and out-migration.
Rate: Events in a period divided by population. The period is often 1 year. For five year periods the tables are published with the average for the five-year period, e.g. internal migration broken down by five age groups per 1 000 mean population in the same age group.
Centralisation
Centralisation is the geographical location of a municipality compared to an urban settlements of a particular size. The level of centralisation is classified in 4 main categories, coded 3 – 0. Code 3 centralisation is achieved when the physical centre of the population of a municipality is within 75 minutes of travel from an urban settlement with a population of minimum of 50 000 inhabitants (90 minutes from Oslo). To achieve code 3, an additional requirement is that the urban settlement in question acts as a regional centre. Code 2 means a maximum travel of 60 minutes to an urban settlement with the minimum of 15 000 inhabitants. Code 1 means a maximum travel of 45 minutes to an urban settlement with the minimum of 5 000 inhabitants. The municipalities that do not fulfil any of these requirements get the code 0.
“Central municipalities” is coded 3, “Fairly central municipalities” is coded 2, “Fairly remote municipalities” is coded 1, and “Remote municipalities” is coded 0.
Name: Migrations
Topic: Population
Division for Population Statistics
Country, county and municipality.
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Eurostat and UN
Data files at the individual level that are processed and stored long-term.
The historical data on migration only cover emigration to other parts of the world (overseas countries) for the years 1825-1965. Annual total figures for emigrants are given in Historical Statistics. Norway has kept more comprehensive statistics on migration since 1951. The establishment of the population registries made it possible for Statistics Norway to prepare statistics on migration, both between Norwegian municipalities and to and from abroad. Migration is defined as change of residence. Migration within municipalities was included in the statistics for the first time in 1999. Intramunicipal migration was not included before. Statistics on migration is generally somewhat less reliable than statistics on other population changes. Due to a lack of reporting, emigration figures in particular are too low.
Public administration, politicians, the press and electronic media, schools and institutions involved in research on demographics and living standards, and private persons.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 08 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given inthe Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Migration is included in the population accounts as one of the components for understanding the changes in the Population.
The statistics Population and population changes cover the quarterly figures for migrations, but with fewer variables. Country background, country of emigration/immigration, gender, age, marital status of migrants, are only available in the Statbanktables produced for the yearly migration statistics you’re now looking at.
The migration statistics that show migration to/from Norway by foreign nationals over the course of one year can have an impact on the number of the naturalisations in Norway seven years later.
Statistics Act § 10
The statistics cover all migration registered in the course of the year between Norwegian municipalities and between a Norwegian municipality and abroad. A person who moves several times during the calendar year is counted the corresponding number of times. Migration within the municipalities was included in the statistics for the first time in 1999. From 1998 the statistics mainly cover migration that actually took place in the course of the year. Migration from the years before 1998 is included in the 1998 figures if the report was made from 1 March 1998 to 29 February 2000, i.e. too late to be included in the 1997 statistics or earlier editions.
From 1985 to 1997 the statistics covered migration that actually had taken place that year and in addition only migration from the previous year, i.e. those who were too late to be included in the statistics.
Migration statistics are based on population register data. The figures from 1995 and later are based on the Central Population Register (DSF) at the Directorate of Taxes, while the figures for 1968-1994 are taken from its predecessor, the National Population Register (DSP). The register was built up from 1964 to 1966 on the basis of the 1960 census, at the same time as the 11-digit national identity number was introduced as identification. The Office of the National Registrar, which administrates the register, was transferred in 1991 from Statistics Norway to the Directorate of Taxes.
Since 1946 each municipality has had a local population registry that registers all residents in the municipality, pursuant to the Population Registration Act and its regulations. The population registries receive reports of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, migration etc. from various sources.
Reports of internal migration are based on reporting obligations to the population registry and to the post, immigration and emigration are based on reporting obligations to the population registry of the in-migration municipality, and to the out-migration municipality in cases of emigration. Migration reports shall be given by the person who is moving within 8 days of the move. This also applies to migration from abroad to a Norwegian municipality. Persons who leave the country are obligated to notify the out-migration municipality. Immigration and emigration shall be reported if the person intends to stay at least 6 months.
Updating of the Central Population Register is done in part by the local population registries, which are connected to the DSF via terminals, and in part by the Directorate of Taxes. The basis of the statistics on changes in the population is electronic copies to Statistics Norway of all such register updates. The reports are also used to update a separate Statistics Norway population database kept for statistical purposes, which forms the basis for the statistics on the composition of the population.
In addition to checks made by the DSF, Statistics Norway performs checks for statistical purposes.
If a number in a table consists of three or fewer units and disclosing these units can lead to identification of individuals, the number is rounded up or the table cell left empty.
Because of migration surges in 1960, 1970 and 1980 the comparability is not as good for these years as for other years. In 1998 the scope of the migration that is included was changed, leading to an increase in emigration which could impact comparability.
Mergers, divisions and redrawing of the borders of regional units need to be taken into consideration if the statistics are to be compared at regional levels over time.
The migration figures for the first years the reporting routines were in use are the most uncertain. The figures for 1960 and 1970 cover a number of moves across municipal borders that took place during the preceding 10-year period, but were not discovered and registered before the population registers were checked against the 1960 and 1970 censuses. Moreover, it turned out that a number of persons registered as residing in Norway at the time of the censuses had actually moved abroad. This explains the pronounced increase in migration these two years. A somewhat similar but smaller surge in internal migration seems to apply to 1980. The higher figure this year is probably ascribable to the fact that moves that took place earlier were reported/registered in 1980 even though the population was the control source.
From March 1987 to January 1994 asylum seekers as a rule were counted as immigrants - and therefore also as residents of Norway - even though their application for a residence permit had not been completely processed. Before and after this period only asylum seekers with a residence permit were registered. Persons who leave the country without reporting that they have moved have also been a major source of error in recent years. As a result of surveys conducted in 1993, the population registries registered as having migrated abroad nearly 3 000 foreigners who had previously left Norway without reporting the move. Oslo was the most affected by the out-registration (1 600 persons). Some of this out-migration should have been spread over several years. Out-registrations were also done in 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998. In 1998 nearly 1 100 persons who had left Norway before 1997 were registered as having migrated abroad. They are included in the emigration figures for 1998. Since 2012 there has been out-registrations of persons who migrated earlier years without reporting the move.
Register errors: The quality of the reports is generally very good, although the emigration figures have been somewhat low due to reporting failures.
