Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

1   Population 1 January 2005 and 2006 and changes in 2005, by immigrant category and country background. Absolute figures
Country background Population 1 January 2005 Livebirths Deaths Excess of births Immigrations Emigrations Net migrations Increase in population1 Population 1 January 2006
Befolkningen, i alt 4 606 363 56 756     41 232 15 524 40 148 21 709 18 439 33 963 4 640 219
                   
Without immigrant background 4 007 543 44 994 39 499 5 495 5 328 6 143 -815 4 680 4 011 560
                   
With immigration background, total  598 820 11 762 1 733 10 029 34 820 15 566 19 254 29 283  628 659
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background  301 045 216 1 202 -1 186 31 660 12 847 18 813 17 627  318 514
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents 63 936 4 943 35 4 908  382 1 017 -635 4 273 68 185
Foreign born with one parent born in Norway 26 468 5 42 -37 1 224  438  786  749 27 295
Born in Norway with one foreign born parent  173 741 6 798  409 6 389  760 1 129 -369 6 020  180 107
Born abroad with both parents born in Norway3 33 630 - 45 -45  794  135  659  614 34 558
                   
Immigrant population4  364 981 4 959 1 237 3 722 32 042 13 864 18 178 21 900  386 699
                   
Non immigrant population 4 241 382 51 797 39 995 11 802 8 106 7 845  261 12 063 4 253 520
                   
Immigrant population by country background5                  
Total  364 981 4 959 1 237 3 722 32 042 13 864 18 178 21 900  386 699
Nordic countries 53 201  217  375 -158 4 584 4 040  544  386 53 551
Eastern Europe 61 342  814  239  575 7 940 1 713 6 227 6 802 68 210
Western Europe 36 960  220  191 29 4 123 2 335 1 788 1 817 38 635
Asia with Turkey  146 851 2 555  208 2 347 9 149 3 014 6 135 8 482  155 264
Africa 43 794 1 082 57 1 025 4 142 1 493 2 649 3 674 47 532
South and Central America 13 657 12 28 -16 1 078  446  632  616 14 293
Northern America 8 092 58  134 -76  822  649  173 97 8 117
Oceania 1 084 1 5 -4  204  174 30 26 1 097
                   
Selected groups within the immigrant population                  
Pakistan 26 950  431 52  379  755  426  329  708 27 675
Sweden 22 859 88  148 -60 2 408 1 698  710  650 23 489
Denmark 19 197 47  178 -131 1 338 1 215  123 -8 19 179
Iraq 18 369  572 16  556 1 480  308 1 172 1 728 20 076
Vietnam 17 864  268 35  233  355  125  230  463 18 333
Somalia 16 765  553 20  533 1 240  549  691 1 224 18 015
Bosnia-Herzegovina 14 641  154 63 91  208  118 90  181 14 822
Iran 13 983  193 15  178  420  224  196  374 14 362
Turkey 13 504  283 12  271  503  198  305  576 14 084
Serbia and Montenegro 12 455  263 16  247  565  128  437  684 12 905
Sri Lanka 12 288  270 16  254  329  310 19  273 12 560
Germany 11 879  109 83 26 1 695  667 1 028 1 054 12 900
United Kingdom 11 069 30 87 -57  777  735 42 -15 11 031
Russia 8 993  164 4  160 1 423  235 1 188 1 348 10 351
Poland 8 933 87 46 41 3 299  416 2 883 2 924 11 864
1  The population increase is different if you take the difference between 1 January 2005 and 1 January 2004, or using births - deaths + immigration - emigration. This is due to data technical issues.
2  These persons have re-registrered. They should only have been birth-registrered.
3  Foreign adopted persons are included here.
4  Sum of the categories 'First generation immigrants' and *Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents'.
5  Due to changes in the variable country background, there can occur deviation for the population growth.

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