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Asylum seekers, by citizenship (SY 94)¹²
Citizenship	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
¹Some asylum seekers may already be resident in Norway with another type of residence permit.
²Some figures may differ from figures published earlier because of revised figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration.
³For the years 1996-2006 this figure also includes citizens from the former Serbia and Montenegro. For 2007 it includes Kosovo.
Total	2 273	8 543	10 160	10 843	14 782	17 480	15 613	7 950	5 402	5 320	6 528	14 431	17 226	10 064	9 053	9 785	11 983	11 480	31 145	3 460

Europe, total	697	4 821	2 711	7 110	8 405	8 533	6 586	2 540	1 435	1 183	1 629	2 011	1 509	1 276	889	1 185	1 181	1 027	1 131	467
Albania	21	9	69	88	210	274	239	113	79	43	31	52	29	24	43	169	185	204	431	130
Bosnia-Herzegovina	90	236	161	272	907	810	657	119	52	40	18	17	12	-	33	39	43	33	50	8
Bulgaria	9	14	6	12	950	359	110	28	22	3	4	2	13	-	4	34	5	4	3	2
Kosovo	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	313	291	244	146	130	254	144	171	33
Croatia	55	2 452	60	16	1 216	139	51	20	18	10	-	10	15	-	3	10	1	2	2	-
Russia	40	141	318	472	1 318	1 719	1 893	938	545	548	863	1 085	867	628	365	370	78	227	123	76
Serbia³	343	1 666	1 152	4 188	928	2 460	2 180	860	468	323	585	363	115	200	94	116	376	83	52	27
Turkey	44	131	279	164	204	257	235	149	111	69	49	82	82	74	42	42	66	52	89	89

Africa, total	752	1 253	1 779	1 335	2 069	3 468	3 693	2 274	1 624	1 759	1 826	4 896	6 969	4 943	5 097	5 263	7 300	6 018	5 645	1 306
Algeria	22	40	66	72	346	468	180	104	45	37	27	100	161	133	101	122	110	100	104	42
Ethiopia	48	81	126	96	173	325	287	148	100	143	241	360	706	505	293	185	291	375	681	158
Eritrea	12	38	61	51	132	269	198	110	177	316	793	1 806	2 667	1 711	1 256	1 183	3 258	2 882	2 947	586
Libya	3	3	7	7	62	123	283	134	23	13	49	80	84	36	139	70	75	100	58	33
Morocco	11	5	9	13	19	16	12	22	19	23	16	43	72	95	87	142	117	142	142	87
Nigeria	4	6	5	14	27	139	235	205	94	54	108	438	582	354	240	355	522	345	128	52
Sierra Leone	11	12	14	33	16	14	41	31	21	14	9	22	20	-	32	14	23	12	7	2
Somalia	552	955	1 340	910	1 080	1 534	1 601	957	667	632	189	1 293	1 901	1 397	2 216	2 181	1 694	837	561	154

Asia, total	754	2 175	5 478	2 253	4 082	5 022	4 936	2 802	2 106	2 127	2 540	6 560	7 432	2 981	2 754	3 044	2 920	3 593	23 214	1 488
Afghanistan	16	45	172	326	603	786	2 032	1 059	466	224	234	1 371	3 871	979	979	986	726	579	6 987	373
Bangladesh	11	11	5	37	22	43	29	31	24	20	12	8	20	-	75	225	125	163	181	10
India	4	11	10	16	17	31	15	16	8	32	83	74	36	52	56	34	16	33	64	12
Iraq	272	1 317	4 073	766	1 056	1 624	938	413	671	1 002	1 227	3 138	1 214	460	357	221	191	186	2 991	215
Iran	138	270	350	327	412	450	608	393	279	218	222	720	574	429	355	441	266	100	1 342	132
China	8	10	8	12	19	87	117	67	49	51	40	81	71	192	101	84	77	36	61	23
Lebanon	17	28	49	22	34	67	68	33	25	61	58	54	43	30	19	22	25	35	154	18
Pakistan	26	146	265	220	186	216	92	48	33	26	43	38	139	99	92	147	146	112	441	34
Sri Lanka	196	173	112	165	164	87	64	58	58	106	238	342	212	71	40	32	15	11	20	7
Syria	23	73	95	60	57	80	96	69	79	49	49	115	278	119	198	327	856	1 999	10 536	529

North and Central America, total	4	5	9	8	5	19	20	10	10	7	13	12	7	-	38	27	19	31	20	21

South America, total	22	204	15	11	24	45	12	24	18	6	4	12	29	-	12	3	11	10	5	20

Oceania, total	-	-	4	1	3	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-

Stateless	42	85	164	120	194	391	366	298	209	237	515	940	1 280	448	262	263	550	800	1 130	158
Unknown	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	416	-	-	-	-	-	-