700,000 immigrants in Norway – Altaposten

Of the 850,000 have 380,000 people from Asia and Africa, while 373,000 are from EU and European Economic Area and other western countries.

The number increased by 43,200 in 2015, according to latest figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). This corresponds to an increase of 5.3 percent. The population as a whole increased by 0.9 per cent in 2015.

Asylum seekers without a residence permit in Norway are not included in these numbers.

Norwegian-born to immigrant parents constituted with its 149,700 people close to 3 per cent of Norway’s population. In this group there are still as many whose parents are from Pakistan, totaling 16,500. Norwegian-born children of immigrants from Somalia constituted the second largest group with 11,800 people. Among these, almost half of preschool age, and nine out of ten are under 16 years old.

There are persons of immigrant background in all the country’s 428 municipalities, but clearly most of the capital. In total there were 163,300 immigrants and 50,900 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents in Oslo at the beginning of 2016. This group represents 33 percent of the population in the capital. (© NTB)