Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

6   Immigrant population1 and persons with other immigration background by sex, age and country background. 1 January 2006. Absolute figures and per cent
Sex, age and country background Absolute figures Per cent
Immigrant population Other immigration background Immigrant population Other immigration background
Total First generation immigrants without Norwegian background Persons born in Norway with to foreign born parents Total Foreign born with one parent born in Norway Born in Norway with one foreign born parent Foreign born with both parents born in Norway2 Total First generation immigrants without Norwegian background Persons born in Norway with to foreign born parents Total Foreign born with one parent born in Norway Born in Norway with one foreign born parent Foreign born with both parents born in Norway2
Both sexes                            
All ages  386 699    318 514    68 185    241 960    27 295    180 107 34 558  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 31 867 5 349 26 518 41 000 2 531 34 839 3 630 8.2 1.7 38.9 16.9 9.3 19.3 10.5
6 - 15 50 194 23 879 26 315 56 985 5 380 44 080 7 525 13.0 7.5 38.6 23.6 19.7 24.5 21.8
16 - 19 19 261 13 793 5 468 18 241 1 833 13 638 2 770 5.0 4.3 8.0 7.5 6.7 7.6 8.0
20 - 29 68 927 61 898 7 029 34 290 4 233 24 005 6 052 17.8 19.4 10.3 14.2 15.5 13.3 17.5
30 - 39 80 071 78 642 1 429 35 806 5 494 23 485 6 827 20.7 24.7 2.1 14.8 20.1 13.0 19.8
40 - 49 64 086 63 082 1 004 28 492 3 932 19 546 5 014 16.6 19.8 1.5 11.8 14.4 10.9 14.5
50 - 59 37 233 36 908  325 17 777 2 600 13 299 1 878 9.6 11.6 0.5 7.3 9.5 7.4 5.4
60 - 66 15 602 15 552 50 5 052  980 3 364  708 4.0 4.9 0.1 2.1 3.6 1.9 2.0
-67 19 458 19 411 47 4 317  312 3 851  154 5.0 6.1 0.1 1.8 1.1 2.1 0.4
                             
Men                            
All ages  190 679  155 757 34 922  123 376 13 765 93 196 16 415  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 16 202 2 677 13 525 20 575 1 228 17 894 1 453 8.5 1.7 38.7 16.7 8.9 19.2 8.9
6 - 15 25 755 12 253 13 502 29 216 2 695 22 795 3 726 13.5 7.9 38.7 23.7 19.6 24.5 22.7
16 - 19 9 941 7 181 2 760 9 483  955 7 076 1 452 5.2 4.6 7.9 7.7 6.9 7.6 8.8
20 - 29 31 194 27 528 3 666 17 438 2 098 12 556 2 784 16.4 17.7 10.5 14.1 15.2 13.5 17.0
30 - 39 39 162 38 428  734 17 814 2 777 12 002 3 035 20.5 24.7 2.1 14.4 20.2 12.9 18.5
40 - 49 33 736 33 237  499 14 390 1 952 9 968 2 470 17.7 21.3 1.4 11.7 14.2 10.7 15.0
50 - 59 19 561 19 382  179 9 447 1 361 7 093  993 10.3 12.4 0.5 7.7 9.9 7.6 6.0
60 - 66 7 744 7 716 28 2 880  548 1 922  410 4.1 5.0 0.1 2.3 4.0 2.1 2.5
-67 7 384 7 355 29 2 133  151 1 890 92 3.9 4.7 0.1 1.7 1.1 2.0 0.6
                             
Women                            
All ages  196 020  162 757 33 263  118 584 13 530 86 911 18 143  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 15 665 2 672 12 993 20 425 1 303 16 945 2 177 8.0 1.6 39.1 17.2 9.6 19.5 12.0
6 - 15 24 439 11 626 12 813 27 769 2 685 21 285 3 799 12.5 7.1 38.5 23.4 19.8 24.5 20.9
16 - 19 9 320 6 612 2 708 8 758  878 6 562 1 318 4.8 4.1 8.1 7.4 6.5 7.6 7.3
20 - 29 37 733 34 370 3 363 16 852 2 135 11 449 3 268 19.2 21.1 10.1 14.2 15.8 13.2 18.0
30 - 39 40 909 40 214  695 17 992 2 717 11 483 3 792 20.9 24.7 2.1 15.2 20.1 13.2 20.9
40 - 49 30 350 29 845  505 14 102 1 980 9 578 2 544 15.5 18.3 1.5 11.9 14.6 11.0 14.0
50 - 59 17 672 17 526  146 8 330 1 239 6 206  885 9.0 10.8 0.4 7.0 9.2 7.1 4.9
60 - 66 7 858 7 836 22 2 172  432 1 442  298 4.0 4.8 0.1 1.8 3.2 1.7 1.6
-67 12 074 12 056 18 2 184  161 1 961 62 6.2 7.4 0.1 1.8 1.2 2.3 0.3
                             
Country background, both sexes                            
The Nordic countrties 53 551 50 287 3 264 81 780 9 979 65 269 6 532  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 1 454  489  965 10 337  496 9 631  210 2.7 1.0 29.6 12.6 5.0 14.8 3.2
6 - 15 2 387 1 653  734 16 939 2 008 13 888 1 043 4.5 3.3 22.5 20.7 20.1 21.3 16.0
16 - 19 1 051  854  197 5 308  658 4 341  309 2.0 1.7 6.0 6.5 6.6 6.7 4.7
20 - 29 7 512 7 126  386 10 506 1 401 8 516  589 14.0 14.2 11.8 12.8 14.0 13.0 9.0
30 - 39 11 242 10 871  371 14 219 2 082 10 452 1 685 21.0 21.6 11.4 17.4 20.9 16.0 25.8
40 - 49 9 983 9 552  431 12 804 1 552 9 692 1 560 18.6 19.0 13.2 15.7 15.6 14.8 23.9
50 - 59 8 278 8 144  134 7 528 1 254 5 615  659 15.5 16.2 4.1 9.2 12.6 8.6 10.1
60 - 66 4 836 4 815 21 2 189  466 1 259  464 9.0 9.6 0.6 2.7 4.7 1.9 7.1
-67 6 808 6 783 25 1 950 62 1 875 13 12.7 13.5 0.8 2.4 0.6 2.9 0.2
                             
Western Europe 38 635 35 979 2 656 55 163 8 039 43 687 3 437  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 1 550  620  930 7 133  747 6 078  308 4.0 1.7 35.0 12.9 9.3 13.9 9.0
6 - 15 2 085 1 519  566 11 097 1 360 9 206  531 5.4 4.2 21.3 20.1 16.9 21.1 15.4
16 - 19  734  543  191 4 269  513 3 606  150 1.9 1.5 7.2 7.7 6.4 8.3 4.4
20 - 29 4 032 3 692  340 9 474 1 291 7 754  429 10.4 10.3 12.8 17.2 16.1 17.7 12.5
30 - 39 8 281 7 990  291 10 915 1 784 8 228  903 21.4 22.2 11.0 19.8 22.2 18.8 26.3
40 - 49 7 652 7 427  225 6 509 1 067 4 842  600 19.8 20.6 8.5 11.8 13.3 11.1 17.5
50 - 59 6 363 6 274 89 4 088  804 2 941  343 16.5 17.4 3.4 7.4 10.0 6.7 10.0
60 - 66 3 715 3 702 13 1 171  401  614  156 9.6 10.3 0.5 2.1 5.0 1.4 4.5
-67 4 223 4 212 11  507 72  418 17 10.9 11.7 0.4 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5
                             
Eastern Europe 68 210 59 500 8 710 13 536  539 12 359  638  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 5 050 1 080 3 970 3 897  112 3 698 87 7.4 1.8 45.6 28.8 20.8 29.9 13.6
6 - 15 8 762 5 559 3 203 4 098  192 3 445  461 12.8 9.3 36.8 30.3 35.6 27.9 72.3
16 - 19 3 776 3 421  355  815 47  719 49 5.5 5.7 4.1 6.0 8.7 5.8 7.7
20 - 29 14 106 13 595  511 1 320 71 1 234 15 20.7 22.8 5.9 9.8 13.2 10.0 2.4
30 - 39 13 785 13 482  303 1 255 29 1 219 7 20.2 22.7 3.5 9.3 5.4 9.9 1.1
40 - 49 11 483 11 187  296 1 213 31 1 178 4 16.8 18.8 3.4 9.0 5.8 9.5 0.6
50 - 59 6 477 6 418 59  783 41  733 9 9.5 10.8 0.7 5.8 7.6 5.9 1.4
60 - 66 1 989 1 981 8 94 7 83 4 2.9 3.3 0.1 0.7 1.3 0.7 0.6
-67 2 782 2 777 5 61 9 50 2 4.1 4.7 0.1 0.5 1.7 0.4 0.3
                             
Africa 47 532 36 768 10 764 11 702  860 8 987 1 855  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 6 827 1 231 5 596 2 802 86 2 495  221 14.4 3.3 52.0 23.9 10.0 27.8 11.9
6 - 15 8 518 4 523 3 995 3 874  176 3 289  409 17.9 12.3 37.1 33.1 20.5 36.6 22.0
16 - 19 2 807 2 271  536 1 093 66  928 99 5.9 6.2 5.0 9.3 7.7 10.3 5.3
20 - 29 9 135 8 531  604 1 449  164 1 055  230 19.2 23.2 5.6 12.4 19.1 11.7 12.4
30 - 39 10 439 10 409 30 1 235  170  633  432 22.0 28.3 0.3 10.6 19.8 7.0 23.3
40 - 49 6 498 6 495 3  715 98  356  261 13.7 17.7 0.0 6.1 11.4 4.0 14.1
50 - 59 2 140 2 140 0  408 65  164  179 4.5 5.8 0.0 3.5 7.6 1.8 9.6
60 - 66  630  630 0 68 16 36 16 1.3 1.7 0.0 0.6 1.9 0.4 0.9
-67  538  538 0 58 19 31 8 1.1 1.5 0.0 0.5 2.2 0.3 0.4
                             
Asia includes Turkey  155 264  114 668 40 596 36 429 2 483 22 305 11 641  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 16 267 1 729 14 538 10 802  587 8 211 2 004 10.5 1.5 35.8 29.7 23.6 36.8 17.2
6 - 15 26 589 9 762 16 827 11 422  577 7 920 2 925 17.1 8.5 41.4 31.4 23.2 35.5 25.1
16 - 19 9 846 6 021 3 825 3 330  204 2 088 1 038 6.3 5.3 9.4 9.1 8.2 9.4 8.9
20 - 29 30 172 25 178 4 994 6 078  522 2 373 3 183 19.4 22.0 12.3 16.7 21.0 10.6 27.3
30 - 39 31 553 31 162  391 3 303  382  931 1 990 20.3 27.2 1.0 9.1 15.4 4.2 17.1
40 - 49 23 768 23 754 14  956  142  456  358 15.3 20.7 0.0 2.6 5.7 2.0 3.1
50 - 59 10 999 10 992 7  415 41  262  112 7.1 9.6 0.0 1.1 1.7 1.2 1.0
60 - 66 3 355 3 355 0 81 15 47 19 2.2 2.9 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2
-67 2 715 2 715 0 42 13 17 12 1.7 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1
                             
North America3 8 117 7 834  283 28 025 3 816 18 932 5 277  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5  133 88 45 2 506  297 2 041  168 1.6 1.1 15.9 8.9 7.8 10.8 3.2
6 - 15  310  241 69 4 557  686 3 477  394 3.8 3.1 24.4 16.3 18.0 18.4 7.5
16 - 19  172  140 32 1 551  192 1 216  143 2.1 1.8 11.3 5.5 5.0 6.4 2.7
20 - 29  784  749 35 2 832  449 2 006  377 9.7 9.6 12.4 10.1 11.8 10.6 7.1
30 - 39 1 366 1 342 24 3 654  805 1 395 1 454 16.8 17.1 8.5 13.0 21.1 7.4 27.6
40 - 49 1 628 1 597 31 5 673  888 2 698 2 087 20.1 20.4 11.0 20.2 23.3 14.3 39.5
50 - 59 1 233 1 198 35 4 221  312 3 397  512 15.2 15.3 12.4 15.1 8.2 17.9 9.7
60 - 66  553  547 6 1 379 57 1 279 43 6.8 7.0 2.1 4.9 1.5 6.8 0.8
-67 1 938 1 932 6 1 652  130 1 423 99 23.9 24.7 2.1 5.9 3.4 7.5 1.9
                             
South and Central America 14 293 12 405 1 888 13 438 1 226 7 272 4 940  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5  574  106  468 3 142  165 2 386  591 4.0 0.9 24.8 23.4 13.5 32.8 12.0
6 - 15 1 512  598  914 4 577  288 2 542 1 747 10.6 4.8 48.4 34.1 23.5 35.0 35.4
16 - 19  868  538  330 1 745  133  636  976 6.1 4.3 17.5 13.0 10.8 8.7 19.8
20 - 29 2 933 2 779  154 2 349  271  869 1 209 20.5 22.4 8.2 17.5 22.1 11.9 24.5
30 - 39 3 073 3 056 17  929  175  475  279 21.5 24.6 0.9 6.9 14.3 6.5 5.6
40 - 49 2 886 2 884 2  421  116  216 89 20.2 23.2 0.1 3.1 9.5 3.0 1.8
50 - 59 1 602 1 601 1  221 61  115 45 11.2 12.9 0.1 1.6 5.0 1.6 0.9
60 - 66  465  463 2 40 11 26 3 3.3 3.7 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.1
-67  380  380 0 14 6 7 1 2.7 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0
                             
Oceania 1 097 1 073 24 1 887  353 1 296  238  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
0 - 5 12 6 6  381 41  299 41 1.1 0.6 25.0 20.2 11.6 23.1 17.2
6 - 15 31 24 7  421 93  313 15 2.8 2.2 29.2 22.3 26.3 24.2 6.3
16 - 19 7 5 2  130 20  104 6 0.6 0.5 8.3 6.9 5.7 8.0 2.5
20 - 29  253  248 5  282 64  198 20 23.1 23.1 20.8 14.9 18.1 15.3 8.4
30 - 39  332  330 2  296 67  152 77 30.3 30.8 8.3 15.7 19.0 11.7 32.4
40 - 49  188  186 2  201 38  108 55 17.1 17.3 8.3 10.7 10.8 8.3 23.1
50 - 59  141  141 0  113 22 72 19 12.9 13.1 0.0 6.0 6.2 5.6 8.0
60 - 66 59 59 0 30 7 20 3 5.4 5.5 0.0 1.6 2.0 1.5 1.3
-67 74 74 0 33 1 30 2 6.7 6.9 0.0 1.7 0.3 2.3 0.8
1  Persons with two foreign born parents.
2  Category contains also those who were 'adopted abroad '. For more information about those who are 'adopted abroad', see our last publication about immigrants with figures per 1 January 2002.
3  USA and Canada.

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