Table

Population by immigrant category and country background.
2015
Born in Norway to Norwegian-born parents1ImmigrantsNorwegian-born to immigrant parentsForeign-born with one Norwegian-born parentNorwegian-born with one foreign-born parentForeign-born to Norwegian-born parents
1The foreign country background is related to grandparents’ country of birth. The person can have 1 to 4 grandparents born abroad. Grandmother / grandfather's country of birth is selected first if there are different countries of birth for grandparents.
Total4 046 190669 380135 58334 513242 21737 919
Norway3 874 28100000
Denmark30 48219 9731 7633 89630 4171 293
Greenland96194105818330
Finland5 2496 3365584426 71853
Faroe Islands1 467764801031 18119
Iceland1 8427 9247363222 96951
Sweden31 89836 8872 2296 55236 9095 417
Albania3694817011775
Belgium9121 125872541 051273
Bulgaria555 6813972471430
Andorra0110030
Estonia1525 067351385622
France1 7455 2284287203 452317
Gibraltar2105130
Greece3602 0607817293738
Belarus1198312852683
Ireland386990439586125
Croatia4093 348718217715
Italy1 2023 5251743131 974104
Latvia1409 6027303156111
Malta4076517712
Netherlands3 5647 5898297585 180311
Liechtenstein7213240
Luxembourg31400294266
Monaco4100162
Poland2 25090 9628 4622555 15965
Portugal2282 8101749171015
Romania20211 9231 233271 162146
San Marino043010
Lithuania2835 9013 404408571
Spain1 4895 3612645982 515168
Moldova07697311000
United Kingdom14 98114 2948293 74819 5771 229
Russia45616 8032 6111903 351212
Switzerland1 2841 3261425311 698334
Turkey53711 0496 5591023 27924
Germany12 41624 6112 5542 47114 377868
Slovenia583713651080
Ukraine664 181442559012
Hungary1 9603 600592721 496269
Austria1 4391 211712451 464103
Vatican City State000000
Bosnia-Herzegovina17213 4533 70881 3061
Macedonia1452 5031 226125891
Slovakia973 83433592680
Czech Republic7822 1022533987113
Serbia3904 0128412270013
Montenegro163891211491
Kosovo12410 0164 699181 1055
Guernsey030000
Jersey010000
Isle of Man000000
Algeria2231 198489146253
Angola1447264121623
Botswana9705306119
Saint Helena20202160
British Indian Ocean Territory210020
Burundi01 0813112642
Comoros341020
Benin0272150
Equatorial Guinea0121000
Côte d'Ivore2326551815033
Eritrea16914 7412 39320311103
Ethiopia4196 7161 839105571819
Egypt2151 0381803750111
Djibouti45442070
Gabon080170
Gambia961 15350197270
Ghana351 8556881852310
Guinea10234620380
Guinea-Bissau15481280
Cameroon24255012110194130
Cape Verde23039512662767
Kenya2371 521246153791194
Congo-Brazzaville24221566398
Congo1822 2305232122357
Lesotho090270
Liberia669592741411034
Libya104981045694
Madagascar9241983151463225
Malawi18337180
Mali1361712513
Morocco5465 5173 879452 22310
Western Sahara0410060
Mauritania0560191
Mauritius6817548121650
Namibia970410474
Niger047103280
Nigeria761 7174471861715
Mozambique271641516899
Mayotte000000
Réunion040110
Zimbabwe39235342812327
Rwanda76231681557
Sao Tome and Principe030000
Senegal32376881014
Central African Republic0194000
Seychelles61012190
Sierra Leone4050715761852
Somalia2727 33310 298107387
Spanish territories in Africa000000
South Sudan217614121
Sudan253 12355621157
Swaziland16504166
South Africa1 033926602271 014299
Tanzania1097081436937795
Chad0204120
Togo3114461251
Tunisia151979357247189
Uganda801 0522113836910
Zambia43353405619137
Burkina Faso03220170
Afghanistan713 4402 88011330
Armenia11316451273
Azerbaijan25071036592
Bahrain014410186
Bangladesh1728602929149130
Bhutan036021197
Brunei21433516
Myanmar93 4026411491
Sri Lanka2429 1115 92156943183
United Arab Emirates325585413375
Philippines97519 0762 0228268 000633
Georgia0317393460
Taiwan92238311911573
Hong Kong29168019856290144
India1 28110 5063 5811851 7191 296
Indonesia3941 27823180598182
Iraq4921 9658 695201 08912
Iran20516 6083 712372 40235
Israel1716427513868735
Japan65291260164731303
Jordan333911926962
Cambodia1742317011823
Kazakhstan1989912271220
China1 2248 2521 7324861 5862 589
North Korea1328111410
South Korea3 6161 037843951 4386 036
Kuwait335513013595
Cyprus671635241615
Kyrgyzstan0185262400
Laos099141410
Lebanon1221 8059093861314
Macao08010190
Malaysia95652756332735
Maldives051050
Mongolia0129234318
Oman029013912
Palestine773 337610342038
Nepal271 4651091410678
Pakistan1 07819 21915 9731185 03520
Timor-Leste0150040
Qatar132115420
Saudi Arabia4407102213628
Singapore13139739136286209
Tajikistan0104170350
Turkmenistan1874160120
Uzbekistan5474611520
Syria375 45098662263
Thailand37616 5557598446 796390
Vietnam53613 7018 360811 953201
Yemen0337892131
United States Virgin Islands28101141
Barbados112002230
Antigua and Barbuda040060
Belize51200150
Bahamas11100484
Bermuda440473
British Virgin Islands110133
Canada3 3341 751775782 777680
Cayman Islands052020
Costa Rica10213874312597
Cuba1992986314974
Dominica01890200
Dominican Republic18751132433092
Franske Antiller000000
Grenada151523230
Guadeloupe030140
Guatemala1281801851173214
Haiti53315202
Honduras301011810985
Jamaica3813816131485
Martinique071090
Mexico1331 1046810177721
Montserrat011000
Aruba261002263
Sint Maarten020000
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba000000
Anguilla000000
Curaçao48265203714
Nicaragua16156142210912
Panama95434452
El Salvador7199524800
Saint Pierre and Miquelon000000
Saint Kitts and Nevis000201
Saint Lucia41222101
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines650060
Trinidad and Tobago310262115740731
Turks and Caicos Islands010000
United States26 4188 3793534 10418 0234 916
Puerto Rico12325261
Saint Martin010000
Saint Barthélemy000000
Argentina5588728112976671
Bolivia872923256232186
Brazil3784 1692094842 313515
Guyana5478671121
Chile7736 2411 7151613 607269
Colombia1 0091 8201572891 0763 576
Ecuador1494885545354225
Falkland Islands012000
French Guiana040010
Paraguay371036227927
Peru1331 23714382820167
Suriname183641430
Uruguay5421224191758
Venezuela45997784928618
American Samoa400141
Australia8391 489464351 481241
Solomon Islands161060
Christmas Island500001
Cocos (Keeling) Islands000000
Cook Islands410260
Fiji123407370
Vanuatu010020
Tonga750090
French Polynesia560270
Kiribati010110
Tuvalu010010
Guam000000
Nauru000000
United States Minor Outlying Islands000000
New Zealand251512169853223
Niue000000
Norfolk Island000000
Territory of New Guinea000000
Micronesia, Federated States of1410070
Papua New Guinea140222
Pitcairn000000
Tokelau000000
Samoa030130
Wallis and Futuna Islands000000
New Caledonia740460
Marshall Islands010000
Palau020020
Northern Mariana Islands000000