Observatório da Emigração

Norway

29/11/2024

A. Annual series

A.1 Foreign-born population, 2000-2024

(Individuals)

Years	Total Population		Foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Born in Portugal
	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in	N	% of total	As a % of all foreign-born	Change in
2024	5 550 207	1.1	1 011 212	18.2	5.7	4 410	0.1	0.4	4.9
2023	5 488 985	1.2	956 816	17.4	6.5	4 203	0.1	0.4	6.0
2022	5 425 271	0.6	898 218	16.6	2.3	3 967	0.1	0.4	5.7
2021	5 391 372	0.4	878 153	16.3	1.2	3 752	0.1	0.4	2.4
2020	5 367 583	0.7	867 777	16.2	3.1	3 664	0.1	0.4	4.9
2019	5 328 213	0.6	841 581	15.8	2.3	3 493	0.1	0.4	5.0
2018	5 295 620	0.7	822 361	15.5	2.8	3 328	0.1	0.4	0.2
2017	5 258 320	0.8	799 797	15.2	3.5	3 320	0.1	0.4	4.9
2016	5 213 985	0.9	772 478	14.8	4.1	3 166	0.1	0.4	8.2
2015	5 165 802	1.1	741 813	14.4	5.3	2 925	0.1	0.4	15.9
2014	5 109 056	1.1	704 511	13.8	6.1	2 523	0.0	0.4	28.6
2013	5 051 275	1.3	663 870	13.2	7.7	1 962	0.0	0.3	24.9
2012	4 985 870	1.3	616 286	12.4	8.3	1 571	0.0	0.3	25.6
2011	4 920 305	1.3	569 096	11.6	8.0	1 251	0.0	0.2	13.0
2010	4 858 199	1.2	526 799	10.8	7.8	1 107	0.0	0.2	13.1
2009	4 799 252	1.3	488 753	10.2	9.7	979	0.0	0.2	20.3
2008	4 737 171	1.2	445 359	9.4	9.9	814	0.0	0.2	12.4
2007	4 681 134	0.9	405 108	8.7	6.5	724	0.0	0.2	-8.8
2006	4 640 219	0.7	380 368	8.2	5.3	794	0.0	0.2	6.2
2005	4 606 363	0.6	361 144	7.8	4.0	748	0.0	0.2	2.8
2004	4 577 457	0.6	347 279	7.6	4.0	728	0.0	0.2	-1.0
2003	4 552 252	0.6	333 854	7.3	5.9	735	0.0	0.2	1.9
2002	4 524 066	0.5	315 146	7.0	3.3	721	0.0	0.2	1.7
2001	4 503 436	0.6	305 036	6.8	4.3	709	0.0	0.2	0.1
2000	4 478 497	--	292 440	6.5	--	708	0.0	0.2	--

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Note The values of the foreigners and of Portuguese nationality report the 1 of January of the year indicated by the statistical institute.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Population by sex, marital status and citizenship; Foreign born by sex and country background.

A.1.1 Residents born in Portugal by sex, 2000-2024

(indivíduos)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2024	4 410	1 751	39.7	2 659	60.3
2023	4 203	1 683	40.0	2 520	60.0
2022	3 967	1 565	39.5	2 402	60.6
2021	3 752	1 510	40.2	2 242	59.8
2020	3 664	1 487	40.6	2 177	59.4
2019	3 493	1 433	41.0	2 060	59.0
2018	3 328	1 376	41.4	1 952	58.7
2017	3 320	1 383	41.7	1 937	58.4
2016	3 166	1 352	42.7	1 814	57.3
2015	2 925	1 232	42.1	1 693	57.9
2014	2 523	1 037	41.1	1 486	58.9
2013	1 962	812	41.4	1 150	58.6
2012	1 571	677	43.1	894	56.9
2011	1 251	550	44.0	701	56.0
2010	1 107	487	44.0	620	56.0
2009	979	429	43.8	550	56.2
2008	814	378	46.4	436	53.6
2007	724	336	46.4	388	53.6
2006	794	354	44.6	440	55.4
2005	748	336	44.9	412	55.1
2004	728	332	45.6	396	54.4
2003	735	332	45.2	403	54.8
2002	721	324	44.9	397	55.1
2001	709	316	44.6	393	55.4
2000	708	317	44.8	391	55.2

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Note The values of the foreigners and of Portuguese nationality report the 1 of January of the year indicated by the statistical institute.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Foreign born by sex and country background.

A.1.2 Residents born in Portugal by age group, 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	< 15		15-64		> 65
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total
2023	4 203	440	10.5	3 651	86.9	112	2.7
2022	3 967	407	10.3	3 455	87.1	105	2.6
2021	3 752	390	10.4	3 262	87.0	100	2.7
2020	3 664	403	11.0	3 175	86.7	86	2.4
2019	3 493	395	11.3	3 017	86.4	81	2.3
2018	3 328	386	11.6	2 869	86.2	73	2.2
2017	3 320	418	12.6	2 832	85.3	70	2.1
2016	3 166	424	13.4	2 679	84.6	63	2.0
2015	2 925	376	12.9	2 493	85.2	56	1.9
2014	2 523	312	12.4	2 161	85.7	50	2.0
2013	1 962	217	11.1	1 697	86.5	48	2.4
2012	1 571	175	11.1	1 353	86.1	43	2.7
2011	1 251	135	10.8	1 077	86.1	39	3.1
2010	1 107	106	9.6	966	87.3	35	3.2
2009	979	79	8.1	868	88.7	32	3.3
2008	814	73	9.0	715	87.8	26	3.2
2007	724	56	7.7	645	89.1	23	3.2
2006	794	49	6.2	700	88.2	45	5.7
2005	748	43	5.8	662	88.5	43	5.8
2004	728	41	5.6	649	89.2	38	5.2
2003	735	45	6.1	650	88.4	40	5.4
2002	721	44	6.1	640	88.8	37	5.1
2001	709	46	6.5	630	88.9	33	4.7
2000	708	53	7.5	624	88.1	31	4.4

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Note The values of the foreigners and of Portuguese nationality report the 1 of January of the year indicated by the statistical institute.
In the Norwegian case the age groups in the table do not correspond to the statistical information provided. The group "< 15" contains information from persons aged 15, the group "15 to 64" includes information from persons aged 16 to 66 and the age group "> 65" actually refers to all those aged over 67.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, data granted upon request.

A.2 Foreign population, 2000-2024

(Individuals)

Years	Total Population		All foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Foreigners with Portuguese citizenship
	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in	N	% of total	As a % of all foreigners	Change in
2024	5 550 207	1.1	633 402	11.4	3.7	6 331	0.1	0.6	6.0
2023	5 488 985	1.2	610 883	11.1	4.2	5 970	0.1	0.6	7.3
2022	5 425 271	0.6	586 009	10.8	-2.6	5 565	0.1	0.6	6.0
2021	5 391 372	0.4	601 564	11.2	-0.5	5 249	0.1	0.6	3.9
2020	5 367 583	0.7	604 513	11.3	3.5	5 050	0.1	0.6	7.5
2019	5 328 213	0.6	584 232	11.0	2.9	4 699	0.1	0.6	5.6
2018	5 295 620	0.7	567 768	10.7	1.5	4 452	0.1	0.6	2.1
2017	5 258 320	0.8	559 215	10.6	3.9	4 360	0.1	0.6	6.5
2016	5 213 985	0.9	538 222	10.3	5.1	4 094	0.1	0.5	9.8
2015	5 165 802	1.1	512 155	9.9	6.0	3 730	0.1	0.5	18.0
2014	5 109 056	1.1	483 177	9.5	7.7	3 161	0.1	0.4	30.0
2013	5 051 275	1.3	448 765	8.9	10.2	2 431	0.0	0.4	27.9
2012	4 985 870	1.3	407 261	8.2	10.3	1 901	0.0	0.3	28.3
2011	4 920 305	1.3	369 228	7.5	10.6	1 482	0.0	0.3	18.6
2010	4 858 199	1.2	333 873	6.9	10.2	1 250	0.0	0.2	20.0
2009	4 799 252	1.3	302 978	6.3	13.8	1 042	0.0	0.2	29.0
2008	4 737 171	1.2	266 260	5.6	11.7	808	0.0	0.2	12.5
2007	4 681 134	0.9	238 305	5.1	7.2	718	0.0	0.2	4.7
2006	4 640 219	0.7	222 276	4.8	4.2	686	0.0	0.2	7.9
2005	4 606 363	0.6	213 304	4.6	4.2	636	0.0	0.2	1.9
2004	4 577 457	0.6	204 732	4.5	3.6	624	0.0	0.2	1.5
2003	4 552 252	0.6	197 668	4.4	6.4	615	0.0	0.2	5.5
2002	4 524 066	0.5	185 864	4.1	0.8	583	0.0	0.2	3.7
2001	4 503 436	0.6	184 336	4.1	3.2	562	0.0	0.2	1.8
2000	4 478 497	--	178 687	4.0	--	552	0.0	0.2	--

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Note The values of the foreigners and of Portuguese nationality report the 1 of January of the year indicated by the statistical institute.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Population by sex, marital status and citizenship; Foreign born by sex and country background.

A.2.1 Resident population with Portuguese citizenship by sex, 2000-2024

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	Female		Male
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total
2024	6 331	2 259	35.7	4 072	64.3
2023	5 970	2 187	36.6	3 783	63.4
2022	5 565	2 066	37.1	3 499	62.9
2021	5 249	1 973	37.6	3 276	62.4
2020	5 050	1 922	38.1	3 128	62.0
2019	4 699	1 809	38.5	2 890	61.5
2018	4 452	1 715	38.5	2 737	61.5
2017	4 360	1 691	38.8	2 669	61.2
2016	4 094	1 616	39.5	2 478	60.5
2015	3 730	1 448	38.8	2 282	61.2
2014	3 161	1 207	38.2	1 954	61.8
2013	2 431	912	37.5	1 519	62.5
2012	1 901	755	39.7	1 146	60.3
2011	1 482	603	40.7	879	59.3
2010	1 250	517	41.4	733	58.6
2009	1 042	434	41.7	608	58.4
2008	808	357	44.2	451	55.8
2007	718	314	43.7	404	56.3
2006	686	299	43.6	387	56.4
2005	636	289	45.4	347	54.6
2004	624	291	46.6	333	53.4
2003	615	284	46.2	331	53.8
2002	583	284	48.7	299	51.3
2001	562	274	48.8	288	51.2
2000	552	273	49.5	279	50.6

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Note The values of the foreigners and of Portuguese nationality report the 1 of January of the year indicated by the statistical institute.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Population by sex, marital status and citizenship.

A.2.2 Resident population with Portuguese citizenship by age group , 2000-2024

(Individuals)

Years	All foreign-born	< 15		15-64		> 65
Years	N	N	% of total	N	% of total	N	% of total
2024	6 331	969	15.3	5 262	83.1	100	1.6
2023	5 970	962	16.1	4 921	82.4	87	1.5
2022	5 565	921	16.6	4 566	82.0	78	1.4
2021	5 249	874	16.7	4 305	82.0	70	1.3
2020	5 049	860	17.0	4 131	81.8	58	1.2
2019	4 698	796	17.0	3 849	81.9	53	1.1
2018	4 451	743	16.7	3 657	82.2	51	1.2
2017	4 358	716	16.4	3 594	82.5	48	1.1
2016	4 092	666	16.3	3 383	82.7	43	1.1
2015	3 731	561	15.0	3 130	83.9	40	1.1
2014	3 162	451	14.3	2 675	84.6	36	1.1
2013	2 432	300	12.3	2 100	86.4	32	1.3
2012	1 902	235	12.4	1 636	86.0	31	1.6
2011	1 483	174	11.7	1 282	86.4	27	1.8
2010	1 250	134	10.7	1 090	87.2	26	2.1
2009	1 043	92	8.8	928	89.0	23	2.2
2008	806	75	9.3	713	88.5	18	2.2
2007	716	64	8.9	634	88.6	18	2.5
2006	685	61	8.9	606	88.5	18	2.6
2005	637	58	9.1	560	87.9	19	3.0
2004	622	61	9.8	542	87.1	19	3.1
2003	616	58	9.4	538	87.3	20	3.2
2002	581	61	10.5	500	86.1	20	3.4
2001	564	70	12.4	479	84.9	15	2.7
2000	553	71	12.8	467	84.4	15	2.7

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Population, by sex, age and citizenship.

A.3 Consular registrations , 2013-2022

(Individuals)

Years	All registrations		Registrations by migrants born in Portugal			Registrations by migrants with Portuguese citizenship
Years	N	Change in		% of total	Change in		% of total	Change in
2022	2 032	13.0	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021	1 799	134.6	--	--	--	--	--	--
2020	767	25.9	--	--	--	--	--	--
2019	609	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--
2018	609	13.2	--	--	--	--	--	--
2017	538	-91.3	--	--	--	--	--	--
2016	6 200	7.4	--	--	--	--	--	--
2015	5 775	15.5	--	--	--	--	--	--
2014	5 001	13.7	--	--	--	--	--	--
2013	4 400	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Portuguese consulates and Consular Management System (DGACCP), data granted upon request.

A.4 Foreign inflows , 2001-2023

(Individuals)

Years	Total inflows		Portuguese inflows
Years	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in
2023	79 493	-4.6	709	0.9	-9.6
2022	83 282	78.7	784	1.0	36.1
2021	46 607	51.2	576	1.2	67.4
2020	30 819	-30.8	344	1.1	-20.4
2019	44 570	0.4	432	1.0	-4.0
2018	44 408	-10.8	450	1.0	20.0
2017	49 774	-14.9	375	0.8	-12.2
2016	58 508	-1.0	427	0.7	-12.5
2015	59 067	-3.8	488	0.8	-25.3
2014	61 429	-8.2	653	1.1	-19.9
2013	66 934	-4.4	815	1.2	40.0
2012	70 012	-1.1	582	0.8	27.1
2011	70 759	8.8	458	0.6	61.3
2010	65 065	14.8	284	0.4	10.5
2009	56 680	-3.6	257	0.5	-5.2
2008	58 820	10.0	271	0.5	73.7
2007	53 498	42.9	156	0.3	60.8
2006	37 429	19.4	97	0.3	-1.0
2005	31 356	12.5	98	0.3	29.0
2004	27 863	4.0	76	0.3	38.2
2003	26 787	-13.0	55	0.2	-21.4
2002	30 788	21.2	70	0.2	0.0
2001	25 412	--	70	0.3	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Immigration, emigration and net migration, by citizenship.

A.5 Acquisition of citizenship of the destination country , 2000-2023

(Individuals)

Years	Acquisition of citizenship by all foreigners		Acquisition of citizenship by Portuguese
Years	N	Change in	N	% of total	Change in
2023	37 340	-5.2	155	0.4	7.6
2022	39 369	-4.2	144	0.4	77.8
2021	41 092	108.6	81	0.2	200.0
2020	19 698	49.2	27	0.1	50.0
2019	13 201	27.4	18	0.1	50.0
2018	10 361	-52.1	12	0.1	-50.0
2017	21 648	57.9	24	0.1	166.7
2016	13 712	10.3	9	0.1	28.6
2015	12 432	-18.9	7	0.1	-69.6
2014	15 336	16.0	23	0.2	91.7
2013	13 223	6.8	12	0.1	0.0
2012	12 384	-13.3	12	0.1	-7.7
2011	14 286	20.0	13	0.1	333.3
2010	11 903	4.0	3	0.0	-40.0
2009	11 442	11.0	5	0.0	-50.0
2008	10 312	-30.7	10	0.1	-41.2
2007	14 877	24.4	17	0.1	-15.0
2006	11 955	-5.5	20	0.2	11.1
2005	12 655	55.2	18	0.2	20.0
2004	8 154	3.6	15	0.2	15.4
2003	7 867	-13.0	13	0.2	-35.0
2002	9 041	-16.6	20	0.2	25.0
2001	10 838	13.9	16	0.2	23.1
2000	9 517	--	13	0.1	--

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Statistics Norway, Naturalizations by sex, age and erarlier citizenship.

A.6 Remittances , 2000-2023

(Euros, thousands)

Years	Inward flows (thousand euros) (a)		Outward flows (thousand euros) (b)		Balance (a/b)
Years		Change in		Change in	Balance (a/b)
2023	3 620	-3.5	3 510	174.2	1.04
2022	3 750	48.2	1 280	4.9	3
2021	2 530	-15.1	1 220	1.7	2
2020	2 980	7.6	1 200	17.6	2
2019	2 770	-16.1	1 020	32.5	3
2018	3 300	-7.8	770	-17.2	4
2017	3 580	17.4	930	-23.1	4
2016	3 050	-0.6	1 210	-4.0	3
2015	3 070	-40.3	1 260	26.0	2
2014	5 140	-11.8	1 000	525.0	5
2013	5 830	16.4	160	128.6	36
2012	5 010	17.6	70	-46.2	72
2011	4 260	27.2	130	-18.8	33
2010	3 350	30.9	160	128.6	21
2009	2 560	-4.8	70	-61.1	37
2008	2 690	-8.8	180	125.0	15
2007	2 950	10.5	80	14.3	37
2006	2 670	12.7	70	133.3	38
2005	2 370	-20.5	30	-75.0	79
2004	2 980	-15.6	120	20.0	25
2003	3 530	-11.1	100	42.9	35
2002	3 970	20.3	70	40.0	57
2001	3 300	18.3	50	66.7	66
2000	2 790	--	30	--	93

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Banco de Portugal, BP stat, Estatísticas de balança de pagamentos, Remessas de emigrantes/imigrantes.

B. Census

B.1 Resident population by census and nationality, according to country of birth , 2011-2012

(indivíduos)

Nationality	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
Nationality	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	4 976 809	100.0	608 810	100.0	1 540	100.0
Nationality of the destination country	4 578 029	92.0	244 843	40.2	253	16.4
Foreign nationality	398 780	8.0	363 967	59.8	1 287	83.6

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Note ! Other situations or missing values: 3,146

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from União Europeia, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

B.2 Resident population by census and sex, according to country of birth , 2001-2012

(indivíduos)

By sex	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
By sex	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	4 979 955	100.0	611 349	100	1 540	100
Female	2 484 179	49.9	295 617	48.4	655	42.5
Male	2 495 776	50.1	315 732	51.6	885	57.5
2001/2002
Total Population	4 520 947	100.0	312 621	100	713	100
Female	2 280 666	50.4	157 586	50.4	320	44.9
Male	2 240 281	49.6	155 035	49.6	393	55.1

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from European Union, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

B.3 Resident population by census and age group, according to country of birth , 2001-2012

(indivíduos)

By age group	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
By age group	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	4 979 955	100.0	611 349	11.1	1 540	0.0
-15 Years	923 765	18.6	60 681	9.9	164	10.6
15-39 Years	1 652 642	33.2	312 088	51.0	848	55.1
40-64 Years	1 637 110	32.9	204 595	33.5	471	30.6
65+ Years	766 438	15.4	33 985	5.6	57	3.7
2001/2002
Total Population	4 520 947	100.0	312 621	6.1	713	0.0
-15 Years	905 732	20.0	37 396	12.0	38	5.3
15-39 Years	1 547 786	34.2	157 187	50.3	336	47.1
40-64 Years	1 390 346	30.8	97 696	31.3	296	41.5
65+ Years	677 083	15.0	20 342	6.5	43	6.0

[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 29/nov./2024

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from European Union, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

B.5 Residents born in Portugal by labour force status , 2011-2012

(indivíduos)

By labour force status	Total Population		Foreign-born		Born in Portugal
By labour force status	N	%	N	%	N	%
2011/2012
Total Population	4 979 955	100.0	611 349	100.0	1 540	100.0
Employed	2 572 186	51.7	342 823	56.1	978	63.5
Unemployed	48 107	1.0	17 103	2.8	33	2.2
Inactive	2 359 662	47.4	251 423	41.1	529	34.4

[ .. ]Data not available, residual data, not applicable; [ e ]EstimateLast update: 29/nov./2024

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Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from União Europeia, Eurostat, 2011 census hub

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