Sources: Mobility in the Nordic Region

All figures were obtained on 14–17 January 2025 unless otherwise stated.

1. “At the beginning of 2024, approximately 28,200,000 people were living in the Nordic Region.”
Source: Nordic Statistics Database POPU01

2. “At the beginning of 2024, approximately 446,000 people were living in a different Nordic country to their country of birth.”
Source: Nordic Statistics Database CITI02

3. “In 2023, approximately 38,000 people moved from one Nordic country to another.”
Source: Nordic Statistics Database MIGR02

4. “In the ten years between 2014 and 2023, approximately 424,000 people moved from one Nordic country to another.”
Source: Nordic Statistics Database MIGR02

5. “Approximately 44,000 people live in one Nordic country and work in another.”

Source: Nordic Statistics Database COMM10

The figures in the table are from 2015 unless otherwise specified.

	Place of work
Place of residence	Denmark	Finland	Iceland	Norway	Sweden	Total
Denmark		179	195	2,842 (2018)	2,029 (2017)	5,245
Finland	101		13	1,068 (2018)	1,324 (2017)	2,506
Iceland	56	12		694	88	850
Norway	560 (2018)	184	140		1,244 (2017)	2,128
Sweden	14,275 (2017)	1,854	165	17,397 (2017)		33,691
Total	14,992	2,229	513	22,001	4,685	44,420

6. “Approximately 19,000 study in another Nordic country.”

Sources:

9,844 students with education grants for a full programme: Nordic Statistics Database EDUC13
3,284 exchange students via Nordplus: Nordplus
6,185 exchange students via Erasmus+: Erasmus+ annual report 2023, Statistical annex. (Tables: “Higher education – mobility for students and staff in 2023” and “Vocational Education and Training. Mobility for learners and staff in 2023“)

7. Approximately 180,000 receive a pension from another Nordic country, because they have lived or worked there at some point in their lives.

Sources:

Denmark: Figures sent 11/3/2024 from ATP (2023)
Finland: Finnish Centre for Pensions (2023)
Figures sent 30/1/2025 from the Icelandic Social Insurance Administration (2023)
Norway: NAV (2023)
Sweden: Swedish Pensions Agency (2023)

	Paid to pensioner in
Pensioner from	Denmark	Finland	The Faroe Islands	Iceland	Norway	Sweden	Total
Denmark		687		810	8,144	13,631	23,272
Finland	487			27	1,112	28,585	30,211
Iceland	789	22	48		684	637	2,180
Norway	9,763	3,829	245	1,012		32,369	47,218
Sweden	8,013	55,854	35	897	12,058		76,857
Total	19,052	60,392	328	2,746	21,998	75,222	179,738

8. “In 2023, approximately 8,700 Nordic citizens were granted citizenship in another Nordic country.”

Sources:

Denmark: Statistics Denmark Table DKSTAT
Finland: Statistics Finland
Iceland: Statistics Iceland
Norway: Statistics Norway
Sweden: Statistics Sweden (SCB)

	Original citizenship
New citizenship	Denmark	Finland	Iceland	Norway	Sweden	Total
Denmark		31	70	119	129	349
Finland	12		2	9	332	355
Iceland	9	5		5	13	32
Norway	719	293	348		2,384	3,744
Sweden	1,069	1,865	195	1,047		4,176
Total	1,809	2,194	615	1,180	2,858	8,656