Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

7 Immigrations1, by reason for immigration, sex and age. 1990-2011
  Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other Unknown reason for immigration2
Both sexes, total  524 957  157 934  196 283  109 578 55 368 2 455 3 339
0-17  112 887  125 71 817 35 976 4 052  265  652
18-29  213 185 68 161 63 187 35 937 43 896  767 1 237
30-59  190 218 88 930 56 757 34 765 7 392  945 1 429
60-79 8 206  707 4 276 2 789 28  388 18
80+  461 11  246  111 - 90 3
               
Males, total  276 250  120 610 66 365 64 496 21 742 1 170 1 867
0-17 58 924 65 36 859 20 106 1 426  122  346
18-29  100 415 46 498 15 314 22 136 15 536  328  603
30-59  113 422 73 505 12 741 21 032 4 761  478  905
60-79 3 315  538 1 358 1 177 19  211 12
80+  174 4 93 45 - 31 1
               
Females, total  248 707 37 324  129 918 45 082 33 626 1 285 1 472
0-17 53 963 60 34 958 15 870 2 626  143  306
18-29  112 770 21 663 47 873 13 801 28 360  439  634
30-59 76 796 15 425 44 016 13 733 2 631  467  524
60-79 4 891  169 2 918 1 612 9  177 6
80+  287 7  153 66 - 59 2
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  Unknown reason for immigration is a result of the new registration rule for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals. For more information about right of residence in Norway for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals: http://www.udi.no/

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