Immigration to Norway

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

As of 1 January 2024^[update], Norway's immigrant population consisted of 931,081 people, making up 16.8% of the country's total population, with an additional 221,459 people, or 4.0% of the population born in Norway to two foreign-born parents. The most common countries of birth of immigrants living in Norway were Poland (109,654), Ukraine (65,566), Lithuania (42,733), Syria (38,708), Sweden (36,612), Somalia (27,665), Germany (26,860), Eritrea (25,137), the Philippines (24,718) and Iraq (23,603).^[2]

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.^[3]

^ "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". Statistics Norway. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "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.

[2] "Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents". Statistics Norway. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

[3] "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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