Table

Population by immigrant category and country background.
2021
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 031 194800 094197 84838 861284 17439 198
Norway3 829 58300000
Denmark33 18818 8332 0004 08131 5591 355
Greenland124198125521030
Finland6 0846 6417244937 02956
Faroe Islands1 573638981001 20115
Iceland2 2267 0628643563 50753
Sweden35 28735 5983 4336 86142 9635 317
Albania372 77250432885
Belgium1 0591 3601393011 209296
Bulgaria1067 5089242989649
Andorra0120020
Estonia1544 678569557532
France2 1125 9786397914 018327
Gibraltar1306130
Greece4773 5202142001 11742
Belarus141 286254133653
Ireland4931 064621151 02725
Croatia4955 3101 010289537
Italy1 3805 0343663592 310110
Latvia14111 3161 5483585912
Malta5790621796
Netherlands4 3398 1009978155 804323
Liechtenstein7213240
Luxembourg56531365671
Monaco4112282
Poland2 755102 14715 1843116 52269
Portugal3143 63038710588317
Romania24215 5932 698381 613146
San Marino063010
Lithuania3441 3227 242551 4741
Spain1 8007 0195867162 998212
Moldova11 56127531560
United Kingdom17 42315 4801 1034 06721 3661 271
Russia50318 3824 1792664 469220
Switzerland1 5631 5861905921 902346
Turkey96413 2937 3861554 27328
Germany13 82125 2313 4082 54716 092891
Slovenia684607761470
Ukraine706 2989421011 47035
Hungary2 1203 972825981 641337
Austria1 5481 4071312481 56899
Vatican City State010000
Bosnia-Herzegovina27313 9354 803161 9391
North Macedonia2313 0321 516177581
Slovakia993 726597133930
Czech Republic8502 2143754598212
Serbia4727 6321 6542789213
Montenegro185181953811
Kosovo27710 4536 162261 5855
Guernsey051000
Jersey040000
Isle of Man000000
Algeria3181 307596166763
Angola1948490222012
Botswana13738326418
Saint Helena21202150
British Indian Ocean Territory210020
Burundi01 12647521122
Comoros352010
Benin0305290
Equatorial Guinea0131000
Côte d'Ivore3832794818333
Eritrea26923 5236 69022406102
Ethiopia5738 7643 616116777836
Egypt2961 4182834360911
Djibouti56055050
Gabon0123170
Gambia1981 252623137900
Ghana832 099912276589
Guinea113141260500
Guinea-Bissau277151290
Cameroon3036802009262128
Cape Verde29338113982947
Kenya3322 0414021821 072210
Congo-Brazzaville26243805538
Congo2343 5589632032856
Lesotho090260
Liberia798883621815735
Libya149301788914
Madagascar1 0621984455486239
Malawi111587311
Mali5452813112
Morocco9406 2564 658632 62910
Western Sahara22700120
Mauritania17321161
Mauritius10018947131790
Namibia1383320684
Niger153181360
Nigeria1422 0426652280617
Mozambique3917623161139
Mayotte000000
Réunion040120
Zimbabwe81285432616825
Rwanda86622544867
Sao Tome and Principe080000
Senegal1631710881444
Central African Republic0483010
Seychelles61532200
Sierra Leone6749619952102
Somalia5828 40215 1911784711
Spanish territories in Africa000000
South Sudan8406981181
Sudan314 9071 43821487
Eswatini201104166
South Africa1 1941 291972711 223380
Tanzania1817681808151698
Chad0438150
Togo6123561361
Tunisia2291 134490267949
Uganda1112 1673105050613
Zambia58469526326938
Burkina Faso13550183
Afghanistan1117 3914 97053612
Armenia12336741413
Azerbaijan45941487773
Bahrain423611226
Bangladesh2021 31543313161130
Bhutan5364601167
Brunei91834815
Myanmar123 2081 0161931
Sri Lanka5129 2056 613611 151185
United Arab Emirates7546143705892
Philippines1 87923 0583 2791 20911 119710
Georgia03575611643
Taiwan1453343827168100
Hong Kong39386225272380139
India1 98914 6104 6721861 9961 356
Indonesia4721 554335105761183
Iraq9823 26511 406221 62714
Iran43418 7485 017383 08935
Israel26572510216176032
Japan8261 10599189873300
Jordan44709251101154
Cambodia29466182221363
Kazakhstan171 029204111790
China1 3539 3222 4525492 0322 678
North Korea1527101710
South Korea5 0231 3161284411 5206 077
Kuwait948818512838
Cyprus1071917301706
Kyrgyzstan0246573610
Laos0148234620
Lebanon2302 9421 0915572415
Macao064121130
Malaysia1488661248239940
Maldives240040
Mongolia0151365438
Oman2251121512
Palestine1153 3821 022512367
Nepal472 2723661513979
Pakistan2 06621 37217 8852027 10823
Timor-Leste0100060
Qatar463249621
Saudi Arabia71 018284207231
Singapore18946447190357249
Tajikistan0127320440
Turkmenistan1993190170
Uzbekistan66861372780
Syria7532 7914 790124414
Thailand76521 5281 1791 3308 861474
Vietnam1 17514 3739 4381222 467206
Yemen26721782151
United States Virgin Islands20001121
Barbados132203290
Antigua and Barbuda050090
Belize51600180
Bahamas122004144
Bermuda460472
British Virgin Islands210123
Canada3 5952 1181496333 007677
Cayman Islands042030
Costa Rica14519685416699
Cuba281 087137426884
Dominica022100160
Dominican Republic27939207514412
Franske Antiller000000
Grenada191433280
Guadeloupe020141
Guatemala1802212150226212
Haiti54135312
Honduras4013327111145
Jamaica4716924141765
Martinique0600100
Mexico1641 5511101451 09024
Montserrat050000
Aruba361202273
Sint Maarten020000
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba000100
Anguilla010000
Curaçao58214183613
Nicaragua21204172815912
Panama109157592
El Salvador1423756101250
Saint Pierre and Miquelon000000
Saint Kitts and Nevis000201
Saint Lucia51232111
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines660080
Trinidad and Tobago391276156042630
Turks and Caicos Islands030010
United States28 8239 6127294 45818 0775 075
Puerto Rico32426290
Saint Martin000000
Saint Barthélemy000000
Argentina6431 18912814694671
Bolivia1563465061274186
Brazil6305 7413716473 373527
Guyana7484781181
Chile1 4496 1451 8581804 151297
Colombia1 8552 2972453261 3973 744
Ecuador2335967051428224
Falkland Islands012000
French Guiana060160
Paraguay58136132310328
Peru2121 448165991 088188
Suriname294081500
Uruguay8822329211948
Venezuela561 3441505239318
American Samoa600141
Australia9671 869725751 889255
Solomon Islands340080
Christmas Island800001
Cocos (Keeling) Islands000000
Cook Islands700260
Fiji183715460
Vanuatu010020
Tonga1160090
French Polynesia670180
Kiribati020130
Tuvalu010010
Guam000000
Nauru000000
United States Minor Outlying Islands000000
New Zealand3055452211764524
Niue000000
Norfolk Island000000
Territory of New Guinea000000
Micronesia, Federated States of1410070
Papua New Guinea292222
Pitcairn000000
Tokelau000000
Samoa060140
Wallis and Futuna Islands000000
New Caledonia770470
Marshall Islands010000
Palau020020
Northern Mariana Islands000000