MigrantoMigration trends in Norway
Europe
1M people from around the world have made Norway their home. That's 18.0% of the country population, arriving from 211 different countries
5.6M
Population
1M
Immigrants
120.9K
Emigrants
+882.4K
Inflow
Every 6th person in Norway was born abroad
The #61 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Norway
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
188.9K immigrants · 88.5K emigrants
1995
- Sweden overtook Denmark as the largest source of new arrivals
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
2010
- Poland overtook Sweden as the largest source of new arrivals
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 47%
- Roughly 1 in 10 residents was now foreign-born
- The foreign-born population passed 500K residents
2015
- The diaspora abroad passed 100K people
Today
- Migration accounted for 83% of the country's population growth
- The foreign-born population passed 1M residents
- Since 1990: 814.4K more foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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