Over the past 10 years, the number of people with an immigrant background living in Norway increased. Whereas around 946,000 people with an immigrant background lived in Norway in 2012, this number had increased to nearly 1.4 million as of 2022. Of these, first generation immigrants was, by far, the largest group, counting nearly 820,000 people. The second largest group was people born in Norway with one parent born abroad, followed by inhabitants born in Norway with two parents born abroad.
Foreign population in Norway from 2012 to 2022, by immigration background
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Statistics Norway. (March 7, 2022). Foreign population in Norway from 2012 to 2022, by immigration background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/586719/foreign-population-in-norway-by-immigration-category/
Statistics Norway. "Foreign population in Norway from 2012 to 2022, by immigration background." Chart. March 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/586719/foreign-population-in-norway-by-immigration-category/
Statistics Norway. (2022). Foreign population in Norway from 2012 to 2022, by immigration background. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/586719/foreign-population-in-norway-by-immigration-category/
Statistics Norway. "Foreign Population in Norway from 2012 to 2022, by Immigration Background." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/586719/foreign-population-in-norway-by-immigration-category/
Statistics Norway, Foreign population in Norway from 2012 to 2022, by immigration background Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/586719/foreign-population-in-norway-by-immigration-category/ (last visited August 12, 2022)