Table

Population by immigrant category and country background.
2017
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 043 939724 987158 76436 125255 81738 685
Norway3 862 69300000
Denmark31 26719 4941 9533 94030 6031 328
Greenland104200155619030
Finland5 5446 3336604676 76556
Faroe Islands1 516700941001 19017
Iceland1 9567 8838213473 15750
Sweden32 42936 3152 9516 66738 7155 334
Albania361 47925712175
Belgium9621 1961062721 097287
Bulgaria626 7265952679439
Andorra0140020
Estonia1554 944435496312
France1 8635 3075227503 647324
Gibraltar0305130
Greece3922 5861171881 01539
Belarus111 047169103093
Ireland4181 0275210893225
Croatia4474 124793258225
Italy1 2564 0692353342 098107
Latvia14110 0521 0203767511
Malta4779519753
Netherlands3 8277 7138827705 394317
Liechtenstein7213240
Luxembourg36440314369
Monaco4100062
Poland2 39497 19611 0592905 67467
Portugal2523 2112629576014
Romania21013 8891 775331 360147
San Marino053010
Lithuania3037 6384 853471 1361
Spain1 6466 0493706412 707182
Moldova098712711240
United Kingdom15 93214 3309913 81520 1581 242
Russia46117 2253 2192333 804216
Switzerland1 3871 3881625651 755344
Turkey65311 3306 8421243 69826
Germany12 89824 6012 9922 47414 928890
Slovenia614075661220
Ukraine694 881589661 1369
Hungary2 0123 863692751 543300
Austria1 4581 2871112461 48999
Vatican City State010000
Bosnia-Herzegovina19513 5914 093141 5241
Macedonia1702 6921 345146411
Slovakia1003 90243283150
Czech Republic8162 2013023991012
Serbia4205 3611 0352675513
Montenegro184431591621
Kosovo16910 0345 294201 2323
Guernsey040000
Jersey010000
Isle of Man000000
Algeria2561 240523136393
Angola1649074151913
Botswana11689316519
Saint Helena20202150
British Indian Ocean Territory220020
Burundi01 0753712922
Comoros352010
Benin0283240
Equatorial Guinea0111000
Côte d'Ivore2830461815233
Eritrea20519 9573 66123371102
Ethiopia4677 8882 499110656838
Egypt2521 1282103855512
Djibouti46250050
Gabon0112180
Gambia1211 202560117420
Ghana561 9207822357810
Guinea11283920420
Guinea-Bissau159131270
Cameroon2785991489226130
Cape Verde25938913562847
Kenya2831 790305175912199
Congo-Brazzaville25243604408
Congo2112 2546962025855
Lesotho080250
Liberia718933071313335
Libya116551378834
Madagascar9852023952467235
Malawi110547230
Mali3382302612
Morocco6775 7964 159512 36810
Western Sahara1350070
Mauritania05801131
Mauritius8618348131690
Namibia1171115564
Niger056163310
Nigeria981 8065422071715
Mozambique301671616999
Mayotte000000
Réunion030110
Zimbabwe63238362714027
Rwanda76241961677
Sao Tome and Principe040000
Senegal102758281234
Central African Republic0194010
Seychelles61012200
Sierra Leone5150417551922
Somalia3528 69612 767156959
Spanish territories in Africa000000
South Sudan6172751171
Sudan264 26473521167
Swaziland18704166
South Africa1 087989722351 082331
Tanzania1417551497544895
Chad0316150
Togo3111511291
Tunisia1721 021410257549
Uganda891 2272594341712
Zambia48437405722237
Burkina Faso03130180
Afghanistan715 9863 57432300
Armenia11316561313
Azerbaijan35251206653
Bahrain01759216
Bangladesh18694632513150130
Bhutan236540187
Brunei31234416
Myanmar123 1867521701
Sri Lanka3319 1096 199641 004186
United Arab Emirates4380118484482
Philippines1 27520 5372 3559909 188684
Georgia0321464490
Taiwan118274341913380
Hong Kong33681423962333143
India1 57311 0223 9111781 7741 360
Indonesia4401 26926692645183
Iraq6422 4939 811191 25312
Iran28217 1694 195362 67437
Israel2006728915271632
Japan73096272172763302
Jordan374932246993
Cambodia2241916314963
Kazakhstan1791115391500
China1 2718 4751 9915031 7302 677
North Korea1228101710
South Korea4 3501 079954161 2896 057
Kuwait540315112766
Cyprus831775281665
Kyrgyzstan0219352460
Laos0110172500
Lebanon1552 2169734164715
Macao079101100
Malaysia122751967234439
Maldives050040
Mongolia0139285398
Oman121113912
Palestine993 361780402178
Nepal341 7051701611979
Pakistan1 34219 97316 7271445 73421
Timor-Leste0100050
Qatar257166421
Saudi Arabia4780166193931
Singapore14739740165317228
Tajikistan0110250390
Turkmenistan1881190140
Uzbekistan6593872620
Syria4820 8231 46263254
Thailand50418 6348901 0487 659453
Vietnam70513 7508 9081002 029202
Yemen04831262101
United States Virgin Islands21001121
Barbados122102240
Antigua and Barbuda040080
Belize51300180
Bahamas121404104
Bermuda440473
British Virgin Islands210123
Canada3 3651 8551335942 802681
Cayman Islands052020
Costa Rica12214284914099
Cuba211 00495365854
Dominica023130170
Dominican Republic20838172473542
Franske Antiller000000
Grenada161533260
Guadeloupe020140
Guatemala1581912149184213
Haiti44017262
Honduras33107228995
Jamaica4015018131605
Martinique062090
Mexico1411 1929111687923
Montserrat020000
Aruba321202273
Sint Maarten020000
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba000100
Anguilla000000
Curaçao53278183813
Nicaragua15170132712912
Panama106946512
El Salvador82075241000
Saint Pierre and Miquelon000000
Saint Kitts and Nevis000201
Saint Lucia5112291
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines650070
Trinidad and Tobago346252126041230
Turks and Caicos Islands020000
United States26 7008 4466734 21517 3925 011
Puerto Rico22126290
Saint Martin000000
Saint Barthélemy000000
Argentina5929319613783970
Bolivia1113054057246185
Brazil4804 4032445502 719527
Guyana6382671161
Chile9936 1711 7891733 834299
Colombia1 4551 8911882941 0853 694
Ecuador1975086252374225
Falkland Islands012000
French Guiana030110
Paraguay501139218928
Peru1611 30614387929175
Suriname243751490
Uruguay6620824211808
Venezuela501 027995033318
American Samoa400141
Australia8721 543554891 630246
Solomon Islands152080
Christmas Island600001
Cocos (Keeling) Islands000000
Cook Islands510260
Fiji163607420
Vanuatu010020
Tonga850090
French Polynesia560280
Kiribati020120
Tuvalu010010
Guam000000
Nauru000000
United States Minor Outlying Islands000000
New Zealand2744871610658522
Niue000000
Norfolk Island000000
Territory of New Guinea000000
Micronesia, Federated States of1410070
Papua New Guinea281122
Pitcairn000000
Tokelau000000
Samoa030130
Wallis and Futuna Islands000000
New Caledonia750470
Marshall Islands010000
Palau020020
Northern Mariana Islands000000