Statistics Norway

Persons with refugee background

4 Persons with refugee background1. Citizenship, sex and country background. 1 January 2009
Country background Total Persons with norwegian citizenship Persons with foreign citizenship Sex
Males Females
Total  143 355 82 493 60 862 76 335 67 020
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  589  178  411  314  275
Eastern Europe 32 644 20 634 12 010 16 461 16 183
North America and Oceania  171 47  124 89 82
Afrika 31 650 13 437 18 213 16 809 14 841
Sør-og Mellom Amerika 5 830 4 218 1 612 3 056 2 774
Asia with Turkey 72 471 43 979 28 492 39 606 32 865
           
Selected countries          
Iraq 18 698 9 405 9 293 10 825 7 873
Somalia 16 724 7 855 8 869 8 923 7 801
Bosnia Herzegovina 12 204 8 790 3 414 5 990 6 214
Iran 11 819 8 941 2 878 6 515 5 304
Vietnam 11 664 10 801  863 5 718 5 946
Kosovo 8 457 6 121 2 336 4 547 3 910
Afghanistan 7 692 1 936 5 756 4 520 3 172
Sri Lanka 7 107 5 599 1 508 3 736 3 371
Chile 4 851 3 561 1 290 2 598 2 253
Russia 4 672  510 4 162 2 301 2 371
Eritrea 2 988 1 177 1 811 1 536 1 452
Ethiopia 2 955 1 418 1 537 1 521 1 434
Turkey 2 666 1 996  670 1 534 1 132
Burma 2 332 29 2 303 1 254 1 078
Pakistan 1 862 1 141  721  945  917
Croatia 1 799 1 295  504  938  861
Palestinian Territory 1 756  551 1 205 1 180  576
Congo 1 631  237 1 394  859  772
Poland 1 300 1 053  247  545  755
Lebanon 1 126  911  215  642  484
Syria 1 088  713  375  577  511
Macedonia 1 048  826  222  574  474
Burundi  883 84  799  427  456
Liberia  864 11  853  434  430
Sudan  789  316  473  463  326
Serbia  738  433  305  364  374
China  667  239  428  315  352
1  The definition "person with refugee background" refers to persons resident in Norway, who have come to Norway because of flight (family included). Children born in Norway by persons with refugee background are not included.

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