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Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
The statistics show the number of resident immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents as of 1 January every year.
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- Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country background. 1 JanuaryDownload table as ...Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country background. 1 January
2025 Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents Immigrants in per cent of total population Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in per cent of total population Total 965 113 230 237 17.3 4.1 Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand 394 988 54 409 7.1 1.0 Europe except EU/EFTA and UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions 570 124 175 829 10.2 3.1 Nordic countries except Norway 69 979 7 577 1.3 0.1 EU/EFTA until 2004 except the Nordic countries 92 438 9 563 1.7 0.2 New EU countries after 2004 216 749 36 204 3.9 0.6 USA and Canada 13 214 973 0.2 0.0 Australia and New Zealand 2 608 92 0.0 0.0 Europe except for EU/EFTA/UK 148 071 25 252 2.6 0.5 Africa 110 488 47 517 2.0 0.8 Asia 282 408 98 804 5.0 1.8 America except USA og Canada 29 073 4 256 0.5 0.1 Oceania except Australia and New Zealand 84 0 0.0 0.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Population by immigrant category and country backgroundDownload table as ...Population by immigrant category and country background
2025 Born in Norway to Norwegian-born parents1 Immigrants Norwegian-born to immigrant parents Foreign-born with one Norwegian-born parent Norwegian-born with one foreign-born parent Foreign-born to Norwegian-born parents Total 4 007 857 965 113 230 237 41 355 310 588 39 190 Norway 3 782 958 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark 35 210 18 381 2 014 4 240 32 373 1 386 Greenland 146 200 14 52 224 30 Finland 6 599 6 844 795 509 7 285 60 Faroe Islands 1 643 618 100 104 1 227 15 Iceland 2 519 6 723 882 364 3 843 52 Sweden 38 606 37 213 3 772 7 111 46 499 5 245 Albania 44 3 882 863 3 365 7 Belgium 1 145 1 704 171 317 1 313 310 Bulgaria 176 8 033 1 087 30 993 50 Andorra 0 15 1 0 2 0 Estonia 159 4 615 604 65 856 2 France 2 346 7 372 723 838 4 410 331 Gibraltar 2 6 1 6 12 0 Greece 567 4 842 351 209 1 210 43 Belarus 17 1 779 324 13 417 3 Ireland 554 1 225 61 124 1 100 24 Croatia 540 5 911 1 262 29 1 097 7 Italy 1 535 6 460 471 391 2 531 106 Latvia 148 13 669 1 928 46 1 036 13 Malta 66 117 6 23 82 6 Netherlands 4 834 9 224 1 096 834 6 213 324 Liechtenstein 7 20 3 2 4 0 Luxembourg 71 70 1 39 68 71 Monaco 4 12 2 1 8 2 Poland 3 176 111 376 17 592 312 7 486 69 Portugal 369 4 543 491 115 1 022 18 Romania 309 18 222 3 243 45 1 854 143 San Marino 0 6 3 0 1 0 Lithuania 36 43 077 8 279 58 1 879 1 Spain 1 967 9 239 794 785 3 307 227 Moldova 3 2 814 440 3 190 0 United Kingdom 18 991 17 050 1 198 4 278 22 408 1 271 Russia 576 22 254 4 957 289 5 048 218 Switzerland 1 745 1 743 214 633 2 051 350 Türkiye 1 420 15 564 7 852 205 4 772 27 Germany 14 783 27 379 3 827 2 649 17 330 887 Slovenia 76 527 96 5 162 0 Ukraine 78 79 624 2 254 134 1 828 46 Hungary 2 179 4 463 942 107 1 737 348 Austria 1 636 1 508 148 254 1 620 100 Vatican City State 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 405 13 903 5 307 17 2 496 1 North Macedonia 298 3 371 1 694 22 878 1 Slovakia 105 4 003 718 13 480 0 Czech Republic 905 2 487 440 53 1 066 11 Serbia 543 8 964 2 311 32 1 048 13 Montenegro 21 571 228 6 105 1 Kosovo 465 10 909 6 874 31 2 006 6 Guernsey 0 5 1 0 1 0 Jersey 0 11 0 1 0 0 Isle of Man 0 1 0 0 0 0 Algeria 377 1 458 663 19 700 3 Angola 25 581 94 25 228 2 Botswana 17 79 9 31 79 19 Saint Helena 21 2 0 2 15 0 British Indian Ocean Territory 2 1 0 0 2 0 Burundi 1 1 172 541 3 141 2 Comoros 3 6 2 0 1 0 Benin 0 38 8 2 10 0 Equatorial Guinea 0 25 0 0 2 0 Côte d'Ivore 51 336 112 9 201 33 Eritrea 342 25 523 9 666 23 460 101 Ethiopia 701 9 644 4 434 119 875 831 Egypt 340 1 752 356 47 664 11 Djibouti 7 67 59 0 5 0 Gabon 0 13 5 1 9 0 Gambia 302 1 343 675 14 829 0 Ghana 133 2 355 1 044 31 743 9 Guinea 11 360 151 0 59 0 Guinea-Bissau 6 117 18 1 34 0 Cameroon 345 718 247 8 292 128 Cape Verde 326 387 144 8 302 7 Kenya 398 2 597 468 211 1 222 206 Congo-Brazzaville 26 246 94 5 54 8 Congo 255 5 173 1 467 20 406 56 Lesotho 1 11 3 2 6 0 Liberia 87 880 398 18 191 34 Libya 20 1 114 233 8 109 4 Madagascar 1 129 197 54 56 504 239 Malawi 1 170 15 7 35 1 Mali 6 49 32 1 33 12 Morocco 1 307 6 732 4 969 81 2 799 10 Western Sahara 2 24 1 0 12 0 Mauritania 2 68 2 1 14 1 Mauritius 117 186 50 12 184 0 Namibia 19 102 2 21 77 4 Niger 2 66 18 1 40 0 Nigeria 181 2 526 789 24 885 18 Mozambique 43 196 24 17 122 9 Mayotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 Réunion 0 3 0 1 3 0 Zimbabwe 102 376 58 27 196 25 Rwanda 12 1 645 293 5 110 6 Sao Tome and Principe 0 10 0 0 0 0 Senegal 26 394 125 9 165 4 Central African Republic 0 68 5 0 1 0 Seychelles 7 17 4 4 19 0 Sierra Leone 82 490 227 5 217 2 Somalia 104 27 658 16 414 17 1 053 12 Spanish territories in Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Sudan 8 667 146 1 18 1 Sudan 37 5 606 1 996 5 183 6 Eswatini 21 9 0 4 19 6 South Africa 1 286 1 618 121 291 1 321 402 Tanzania 235 845 204 86 599 98 Chad 1 58 9 1 5 0 Togo 8 126 56 1 42 1 Tunisia 291 1 301 557 22 816 10 Uganda 129 2 743 388 57 593 13 Zambia 71 506 65 63 306 39 Burkina Faso 3 35 3 0 19 3 Afghanistan 19 20 256 6 579 6 535 3 Armenia 15 468 88 2 59 3 Azerbaijan 6 868 168 7 93 3 Bahrain 8 31 6 16 25 6 Bangladesh 226 2 127 587 14 179 129 Bhutan 6 361 91 1 22 7 Brunei 16 26 3 5 8 17 Myanmar 13 3 411 1 228 2 129 2 Sri Lanka 839 9 544 6 888 68 1 338 182 United Arab Emirates 16 719 199 98 88 92 Philippines 2 576 25 319 4 087 1 403 12 702 714 Georgia 0 527 80 23 81 11 Taiwan 176 394 43 28 199 107 Hong Kong 464 860 266 80 414 142 India 2 449 18 936 5 527 188 2 252 1 349 Indonesia 511 1 841 373 119 851 181 Iraq 199 23 776 12 710 32 2 171 14 Iran 748 20 520 5 676 42 3 541 34 Israel 351 785 119 167 798 33 Japan 907 1 360 118 205 974 302 Jordan 56 1 206 292 12 128 6 Cambodia 40 510 194 29 161 4 Kazakhstan 19 1 533 245 12 214 0 China 1 528 9 845 2 720 567 2 288 2 652 North Korea 17 24 8 1 6 10 South Korea 5 681 1 446 142 451 1 652 6 037 Kuwait 13 523 219 11 97 9 Cyprus 132 249 9 34 183 9 Kyrgyzstan 0 325 77 3 75 0 Laos 2 159 25 4 75 0 Lebanon 316 3 909 1 199 58 780 14 Macao 0 54 11 1 14 0 Malaysia 184 1 176 143 90 452 44 Maldives 3 6 0 0 4 0 Mongolia 0 185 41 5 49 8 Oman 4 47 2 13 19 12 Palestine 136 3 724 1 295 55 287 7 Nepal 63 3 439 605 17 163 78 Pakistan 2 968 24 244 18 971 281 8 396 26 Timor-Leste 0 9 0 0 6 0 Qatar 6 87 31 14 7 22 Saudi Arabia 14 1 241 396 23 111 32 Singapore 229 548 48 224 399 257 Tajikistan 0 199 45 0 45 0 Turkmenistan 20 169 30 0 17 0 Uzbekistan 6 943 189 3 82 0 Syria 116 40 774 7 822 11 642 4 Thailand 1 112 22 873 1 445 1 503 9 780 481 Vietnam 1 811 14 719 9 681 144 2 804 198 Yemen 5 797 238 2 21 1 United States Virgin Islands 20 2 0 1 11 1 Barbados 17 20 0 4 29 0 Antigua and Barbuda 0 6 0 0 7 0 Belize 5 13 0 0 19 0 Bahamas 15 19 0 4 14 4 Bermuda 4 5 0 4 6 2 British Virgin Islands 2 2 0 1 2 3 Canada 3 902 2 382 184 664 3 213 665 Cayman Islands 3 3 2 1 1 0 Costa Rica 164 201 11 56 185 98 Cuba 29 1 198 161 49 756 3 Dominica 1 29 10 0 17 0 Dominican Republic 44 1 030 229 58 504 2 Franske Antiller 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grenada 21 14 3 3 31 0 Guadeloupe 0 3 0 1 4 1 Guatemala 210 244 27 48 254 210 Haiti 6 41 4 5 39 2 Honduras 50 162 33 15 124 5 Jamaica 58 172 30 13 188 5 Martinique 2 5 0 0 11 0 Mexico 195 1 892 146 151 1 240 29 Montserrat 0 6 0 0 0 0 Aruba 40 11 0 2 23 3 Sint Maarten 0 2 0 1 0 0 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 0 0 2 0 0 Anguilla 0 1 0 0 0 0 Curaçao 66 22 4 18 36 12 Nicaragua 33 243 20 30 181 12 Panama 9 99 6 10 73 2 El Salvador 32 254 66 13 144 0 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 3 0 1 Saint Lucia 6 14 4 2 11 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 6 0 0 8 0 Trinidad and Tobago 426 276 16 61 438 31 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 2 0 0 2 0 United States 31 056 10 832 789 4 710 18 728 5 071 Puerto Rico 4 25 2 6 35 0 Saint Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saint Barthélemy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Argentina 705 2 097 152 153 1 025 69 Bolivia 199 413 58 61 300 185 Brazil 788 6 819 525 691 3 896 522 Guyana 87 85 8 8 120 1 Chile 1 973 6 149 1 899 194 4 376 300 Colombia 2 334 2 968 294 373 1 646 3 761 Ecuador 281 753 89 57 480 225 Falkland Islands 0 1 2 0 0 0 French Guiana 0 6 0 1 6 0 Paraguay 66 147 14 24 116 28 Peru 272 1 654 190 110 1 216 188 Suriname 33 41 9 1 57 0 Uruguay 104 258 36 20 213 8 Venezuela 70 1 658 208 52 470 17 American Samoa 7 2 0 1 4 1 Australia 1 053 2 036 75 630 2 138 253 Solomon Islands 5 4 0 0 8 0 Christmas Island 8 0 0 0 0 1 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cook Islands 7 0 0 2 6 0 Fiji 20 38 0 6 49 0 Vanuatu 0 1 0 0 2 0 Tonga 12 6 0 0 8 0 French Polynesia 7 10 0 2 11 0 Kiribati 0 2 0 1 3 0 Tuvalu 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nauru 0 0 0 0 0 0 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 341 572 17 127 693 23 Niue 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 Territory of New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 Micronesia, Federated States of 13 1 0 0 6 0 Papua New Guinea 3 9 0 2 2 2 Pitcairn 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tokelau 0 0 0 0 0 0 Samoa 0 5 0 1 6 0 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Caledonia 6 8 0 4 7 0 Marshall Islands 0 1 0 0 0 0 Palau 0 2 0 0 2 0 Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 1The foreign country background is related to grandparents’ country of birth. The person can have 1 to 4 grandparents born abroad. Grandmother / grandfather's country of birth is selected first if there are different countries of birth for grandparents. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 3 June 2021.
For more information (in Norwegian), see subchapter 1.4 in this report.
Immigrants
Persons born abroad of two foreign-born parents and four foreign-born grandparents.
Norwegian-born to Immigrant Parents are born in Norway of two parents born abroad and in addition have four grandparents born abroad.
Country of Birth
Mainly the mother's place of residence at the time she is giving birth.
Country Background
Constructed on the basis of information about the country of birth for three generations and refers to private, or mother's, or father's, or grandparents' foreign country of birth. For people born abroad this is (with few exceptions) their own native land. For people born in Norway this is their parents' country of birth. In cases where the parents have different countries of birth, the mother's country of birth is chosen.
Age, Citizenship and Period of Residence takes values the date on which the statistics are extracted. Period of Residence is stated in whole years.
Statistics Norway's use of terms in immigrant-related statistics is taken from The Statistical Standard for Classification of Persons by Immigration Background.
The following headings are used for grouping of persons with different immigrant background:
Born in Norway to Norwegian-born Parents
Immigrants
Name: Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
Topic: Population
Division for Population Statistics
The nation, county, municipality and urban districts of Oslo.
Annual
Files with data at the individual level are processed and stored long term.
Together with population statistics in other subject areas, the statistics helps showing changes taking place that affect the composition of the population.
In 1991 the former Ministry of Local Government and Labour (KAD) and Statistics Norway joined forces to prepare statistics on immigrants, giving rise to the Immigrant Statistics Project. Until 1996 the project was headed by a steering committee with participants from KAD, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration and Statistics Norway.
The statistics have a broad range of users and applications such as research institutes, public administration, press, broadcasting, and private persons.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 08 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Statistics on the immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents show population numbers. The area is clearly connected with migration statistics. Immigration and emigration numbers can be found in the Migration Statistics for each calendar year.
The Quarterly Migration Statistics should also be mentioned. These numbers are provisional, but provide a picture of the changes taking place.
People immigrate on different bases, some are refugees and others have immigrated because of work, education, family
Statistics Act § 10
Covers all persons who neither have parents nor grandparents born in Norway registered as a resident of Norway on 1 January (for more about the definition resident, read below the point “Definitions”, here).
Asylum seekers and persons on short-term stays (less than six months) are not registered as residents in the population register and thus not included in the statistics.
The statistics are based on population register data.
Since 1946 each municipality has had a local population registry that registers all residents in the municipality pursuant to the Population Registration Act and its regulations. The population registries receive reports of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, migration etc. from various sources.
The National Population Register was built up from 1964 to 1966 on the basis of the 1960 census, at the same time as the 11-digit national identity number was introduced as identification. The register contained everyone included in the population census and subsequently everyone who has lived in Norway since 1 October 1964. In 1995 the Central Population Register (CPR) at the Directorate of Taxes took over as the official register. The Central Office of the National Registry was transferred from Statistics Norway (SSB) to the Directorate of Taxes in 1991.
The updates in the CPR are done by the local population registry offices and the Tax Administration, and updates SSB’s own population database daily. Before January 1998, updates were done monthly. Before May 1995 SSB received messages on tape.
In addition to the checks made by the CPR, Statistics Norway performs checks for statistical purposes.
The numbers in this production are not seasonally adjusted.
If a number in a table consists of three or fewer units and disclosing these units can lead to identification of individuals, the number is rounded up or the table cell left empty.
Time: The numbers are comparable from 1995, the first year the statistics were released.
Place: Statistics Norway provides statistics for each municipality. Because the mass is small, numbers are less useful in analyses of the smallest geographical levels.
In many municipalities, particularly the small, numbers can vary widely from year to year, often due to the localization of the reception centers.
Some errors made during the collecting and processing of the data are unavoidable and include coding, data processing errors etc. Extensive efforts have been made to minimize these errors and we regard these types of errors to be relatively insignificant.
Persons without legal residence in Norway are omitted. Estimates of this group's size are very uncertain. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration and Oxford Research AS estimated in 2014 that between 18,100 and 56,000 people are staying illegally in Norway. More on this (in Norwegian) in Chap. 6 in the report A Marginal Problem?
The quality of the data from the National Population Register is generally very good for statistical purposes. Two objections are nevertheless delayed messages and registration of residence. Delayed messages cause events to be recorded and counted in the wrong calendar year. This becomes less problematic when one adds numbers over several years.
When a person who is registered as resident in Norway will move abroad, he must report the move to the Population Register. Some people fail to do that.
Contact
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Analyses, articles and publications
Article / 9 March 2021Immigrants and Norwegian-born to Immigrant Parents at the beginning of 2021At the beginning of 2021, there were 800,000 immigrants in Norway. This is about 10,000 more than the year before. In table 09817 it is possible to see the number of immigrants and their percentage of the total population in Norway by year from 2010-2021.
Reports 2013/10Norway's population groups of developing countries' originA Nordic cooperation has made it possible to compare on a very detailed level integration of immigrants and descendants originating from Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Turkey and Vietnam.
