8   Occupants in private dwellings, by tenure status and immigrant population's country1. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent
Country background Total Tenure status
Numbers Per cent Own Rent
Numbers Per cent Numbers Per cent
Total 4 485 945  100.0 3 685 160 82.1  800 785 17.9
             
Norway 4 180 603  100.0 3 505 155 83.8  675 448 16.2
             
Foreign countries, total  305 342  100.0  180 005 59.0  125 337 41.0
Europe, except Turkey, total  135 030  100.0 86 439 64.0 48 591 36.0
Sweden 22 573  100.0 14 013 62.1 8 560 37.9
Denmark 19 012  100.0 13 887 73.0 5 125 27.0
Yugoslavia 13 916  100.0 7 833 56.3 6 083 43.7
Bosnia Herzegovina 13 089  100.0 6 292 48.1 6 797 51.9
United Kingdom 10 711  100.0 8 068 75.3 2 643 24.7
Germany 9 807  100.0 6 755 68.9 3 052 31.1
Rest of Europe 45 922  100.0 29 591 64.4 16 331 35.6
             
Africa, total 31 359  100.0 11 838 37.7 19 521 62.3
Somalia 10 892  100.0 2 609 24.0 8 283 76.0
Morocco 5 916  100.0 2 879 48.7 3 037 51.3
Ethiopia 3 118  100.0 1 079 34.6 2 039 65.4
Ghana 1 356  100.0  643 47.4  713 52.6
Gambia 1 058  100.0  501 47.4  557 52.6
Rest of Africa 9 019  100.0 4 127 45.8 4 892 54.2
             
Asia with Turkey, total  118 260  100.0 68 424 57.9 49 836 42.1
Pakistan 24 288  100.0 16 285 67.0 8 003 33.0
Vietnam 16 277  100.0 10 366 63.7 5 911 36.3
Iraq 13 201  100.0 2 451 18.6 10 750 81.4
Iran 11 606  100.0 5 680 48.9 5 926 51.1
Turkey 11 323  100.0 7 016 62.0 4 307 38.0
Sri Lanka 10 815  100.0 7 578 70.1 3 237 29.9
India 6 371  100.0 4 726 74.2 1 645 25.8
Afghanistan 2 073  100.0  395 19.1 1 678 80.9
Rest of Asia 22 306  100.0 13 927 62.4 8 379 37.6
             
North America, total 8 074  100.0 5 781 71.6 2 293 28.4
             
South and Central America, total 11 702  100.0 6 908 59.0 4 794 41.0
Chile 6 612  100.0 3 975 60.1 2 637 39.9
Rest of South and Central America 5 090  100.0 2 933 57.6 2 157 42.4
             
Oceania, total  917  100.0  615 67.1  302 32.9
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.

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