Continued high growth of the number of immigrants

June 15, 2010

The number of immigrants in Norway is expected to rise considerably in the period 2010 to 2060, from 460,000 today to between 1 and 1.8 million in 2060. The number of Norwegian-born to immigrant parents will increase from 93,000 to between 300,000 and 500,000. The sum of these two groups is estimated to be between 1.3 and 2.3 million in 2060, or between 22 and 28 per cent of the total population.