Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

2 Five different delimitations of persons with immigration background/foreign background, by citizenship and immigrant category. 1 January 2012
Category and citizenship Persons with immigration background Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents1 Immigrants Foreign born5 Foreign citizens
Norwegian and foreign citizens, total  945 507  655 170  546 732  616 286  407 262
Born in Norway with Norwegian-born parents2 - - - - 1 855
Immigrants  546 732  546 732  546 732  546 732  367 107
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents3  108 438  108 438 - - 26 142
Foreign-born with one Norwegian-born parent4 32 233 - - 32 233 3 892
Norwegian-born with one foreign-born parent4  220 783 - - - 7 793
Foreign-born to Norwegian-born parents5 37 321 - - 37 321  473
           
Norwegian citizens, total  540 100  261 921  179 625  244 814 -
Immigrants  179 625  179 625  179 625  179 625 -
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents4 82 296 82 296 - - -
Foreign-born with one Norwegian-born parent4 28 341 - - 28 341 -
Norwegian-born with one foreign-born parent4  212 990 - - - -
Foreign-born to Norwegian-born parents5 36 848 - - 36 848 -
           
Foreign citizens, total  405 407  393 249  367 107  371 472  407 262
Born in Norway with Norwegian-born parents2 - - - - 1 855
Immigrants  367 107  367 107  367 107  367 107  367 107
Norwegian-born to immigrant parents3 26 142 26 142 - - 26 142
Foreign-born with one Norwegian-born parent4 3 892 - - 3 892 3 892
Norwegian-born with one foreign-born parent4 7 793 - - - 7 793
Foreign-born to Norwegian-born parents5  473 - -  473  473
1  Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents includes persons with two foreign-born parents and grandparents. More precisely: Persons with no parent or grandparents born in Norway.
2  This is among others, persons born in Norway to Norwegian-born parents who have migrated to a foreign country and got a citizenship of this country, and later returned to Norway.
3  Born in Norway with two foreign born parents/without parents or grandparents born in Norway.
4  Includes a smaller number persons with two foreign born parents, but with at least one grandparent born i Norway.
5  Inter-country adopted persons are included here.

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