The number of people immigrating to Norway deceased from 2011 to 2020, before increasing in 2021 and 2022. The high number of immigrants arriving in 2022 must be seen in relation with the high number of refugees from Ukraine arriving after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war that year.
A high number of immigrants from Poland
Most of the people immigrating to Norway come from other European countries as Norway is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA. It is not a full EU-member). With the exception of Ukrainian refugees and immigrants with an unknown origin, the highest number of immigrants came from Poland in 2022. Poles are also the biggest group of immigrants living in Norway.
Most emigrants move to Sweden
The number of people emigrating from Norway was at its higest in 2016, when 40,000 people left the country. It then decreased until 2019, before increasing again in 2021, reaching 34,000 emigrants. In 2021, the highest numbr of emigrants moved to Sweden.
Number of immigrants to Norway from 2000 to 2022
Characteristic
Number of immigrants
2022
90,475
2021
53,947
2020
38,075
2019
52,153
2018
52,485
2017
58,192
2016
66,800
2015
67,276
2014
70,030
2013
75,789
2012
78,570
2011
79,498
2010
73,852
2009
65,186
2008
66,961
2007
61,774
2006
45,776
2005
40,148
2004
36,482
2003
35,957
2002
40,122
2001
34,264
2000
36,542
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Statistics Norway. (March 20, 2023). Number of immigrants to Norway from 2000 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/586665/immigration-in-norway/
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