Immigration to Norway

Foreign citizens immigrating to Norway annually, 1967-2019^[1]

In 2023, Norway's immigrant population consisted of almost 1.2 million people, making up 20,8% of the country's total population^[2] (this includes both foreign-born and Norwegian-born with two foreign-born parents, and four foreign-born grandparents). Of this number, 931.000 are foreign-born, while 220,000 are Norwegian-born with 2 foreign-born parents. This number increases to 1.5 million when counting one foreign born parent.^[3] The ten most common countries of origin of immigrants residing in Norway are (Old Numbers, not including children born to foreign born parents)Poland (97,197), Lithuania (37,638), Sweden (36,315), Somalia (28,696), Germany (24,601), Iraq (22,493), Syria (20,823), Philippines (20,537), Pakistan (19,973) and Eritrea (19,957).^[4] The immigrant population comprises people from a total of 221 countries and autonomous regions,^[5] but 25% of the immigrants are from one of four migrant groups: Polish, Lithuanians, Swedes and Somalis.^[6]

Immigration to Norway has increased over the last decades, beginning in the early 1990s. In 1992, the immigrant population in Norway was 183,000 individuals, representing 4.3% of the total population, and net migration that year was 9,105 people. In 2012, net migration peaked, as 48,714 people came to the country. Since 2013, net migration has decreased. In 2016, net migration was 27,778.^[7]

^ "05869: Flyttinger fra og til utlandet 1958 - 2019". PX-Web SSB (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 1 January 2016" Archived 18 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Norway. Accessed 1 May 2016.
^ "Flest nye bosatte fra Syria". ssb.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "Population by immigrant category and country background". Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ Sandnes, Toril (2017). Innvandrere i Norge, 2017. Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Innvandrere etter land. Antall og andel". Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ "05394: Innvandring, utvandring og nettoinnvandring, etter norsk/utenlandsk statsborgerskap 1958 – 2016-PX-Web SSB". PX-Web SSB. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[1] "05869: Flyttinger fra og til utlandet 1958 - 2019". PX-Web SSB (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[ssb-2] "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 1 January 2016" Archived 18 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Norway. Accessed 1 May 2016.

[3] "Flest nye bosatte fra Syria". ssb.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[Popt-4] "Population by immigrant category and country background". Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[:0-5] Sandnes, Toril (2017). Innvandrere i Norge, 2017. Oslo-Kongsvinger: Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[6] "Innvandrere etter land. Antall og andel". Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[7] "05394: Innvandring, utvandring og nettoinnvandring, etter norsk/utenlandsk statsborgerskap 1958 – 2016-PX-Web SSB". PX-Web SSB. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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