What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Kenya and Norway?

19,864 immigrants, with Norway ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Norway?

8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Norway: Total number of international immigrants

Kenya

992,536 immigrants

in 2024

Norway

1.01 million immigrants

in 2024

Kenya rank

63rd

Norway rank

62nd

Total number of international immigrants over time

Kenya
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 1.01 million immigrants against 992,536 immigrants in Kenya, a difference of 19,864 immigrants.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 63rd and Norway ranks 62nd of 232 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1990s	458,417 immigrants	212,944 immigrants	245,472 immigrants	Kenya
2000s	740,603 immigrants	326,792 immigrants	413,811 immigrants	Kenya
2010s	1.04 million immigrants	635,488 immigrants	405,420 immigrants	Kenya
2020s	1.02 million immigrants	932,319 immigrants	89,024 immigrants	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total number of international immigrants, Kenya or Norway?: Norway, at 1.01 million immigrants against 992,536 immigrants in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Kenya and Norway?: 19,864 immigrants, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Norway?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Norway rank globally for total number of international immigrants?: Kenya ranks 63rd and Norway ranks 62nd of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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