Statistics Norway

Immigrant population by reason for immigration

2 First-time immigrations among first generation immigrants1 with non-Nordic citizenship, by first citizenship and reason for immigration. 1990-2006
  Total Labour Family Refugee Education Other
  Familie i alt Familyreunified with refugee
Total  283 713 45 736  122 494 32 790 81 988 31 906 1 589
Europe  131 930 37 565 44 165 4 821 34 126 15 102  972
Asia 87 064 2 597 46 997 18 227 29 188 8 088  194
Africa 38 589  689 16 396 8 404 17 067 4 380 57
North and Central America 15 693 3 768 8 971  175  127 2 517  310
South America 6 427  372 4 458  780  470 1 102 25
Oceania 2 380  734  976 13 8  633 29
Statsløse 1 630 11  531  370 1 002 84 2
               
Non-western countries  222 430 19 586 97 730 32 497 81 807 22 821  486
Western countries1 61 283 26 150 24 764  293  181 9 085 1 103
               
Utvalgte land              
Iraq 18 292 17 7 321 6 958 10 948 5 1
Serbia and Montenegro2 17 227  284 2 386 1 307 14 300  245 12
Poland 16 531 10 126 5 050  191  182 1 134 39
Somalia 15 626 3 6 409 5 815 9 211 2 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 710 79 1 203  944 13 357 64 7
Germany 14 269 7 138 4 082 48 19 2 763  267
Russia 12 749  778 6 411  585 3 443 2 055 62
Great Britain 12 648 6 398 5 472 44 30  522  226
USA 11 239 3 149 6 065 48 56 1 708  261
Iran 8 777 82 2 714 2 148 5 850  129 2
Thailand 8 162 39 7 702  101 95  309 17
Pakistan 7 433  101 6 596  697  386  278 72
Philippines 6 844  381 4 341 64  156 1 938 28
Afghanistan 6 424 2 2 212 2 094 4 204 5 1
Turkey 6 219  142 5 436  856  409  199 33
Vietnam 6 088 44 3 498 2 210 2 334  203 9
Sri Lanka 5 948 58 3 733 2 505 1 749  400 8
China 5 464  530 2 359  161  303 2 257 15
Netherlands 5 411 2 406 2 443 34 10  447  105
France 5 057 2 266 2 015 25 16  715 45
Lithuania 3 767 1 864 1 000 20 9  889 5
Ethiopia 3 539 30 1 219  831 1 640  646 4
India 3 433  606 2 136  193 86  588 17
Morocco 2 624 23 2 410  179 82 88 21
Romania 2 225  223 1 019 98  231  746 6
Croatia 2 082  109  472  202 1 434 65 2
Brazil 2 031  165 1 476 11 14  370 6
Italy 1 987  937  549 9 8  455 38
Canada 1 955  495 1 051 . 2  372 35
Ghana 1 909 29  978  243 35  863 4
Australia 1 844  625  728 13 4  460 27
Spain 1 800  634  522 10 11  604 29
1  Foreign born with two foreign born parents.
2  Serbia and Montenegro was divided 1 November 2006 but is together in this table.

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