Immigrant population

8   Population by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and immigrant populations country background1. 1 January 2003
Country background Total Foreign citizenship Norwegian citizenship Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 552 252  197 668 4 354 584 96.01
         
Norway 4 219 459 15 843 4 203 616 99.27
Abroad, total  332 793  181 825  150 968 45.36
         
Europe, total  155 112  103 820 51 292 33.07
Denmark 19 401 14 503 4 898 25.25
Finland 7 032 5 889 1 143 16.25
Faroe Islands  791  528  263 33.25
Iceland 4 031 3 719  312 7.74
Sweden 22 870 19 332 3 538 15.47
Austria  777  523  254 32.69
Belgium  600  406  194 32.33
Bosnia-Herzegovina 15 498 8 232 7 266 46.88
Bulgaria 1 003  549  454 45.26
Estonia  595  492  103 17.31
France 2 457 2 086  371 15.10
Greece  557  328  229 41.11
Italy 1 316 1 007  309 23.48
Yugoslavia 9 941 5 567 4 374 44.00
Croatia 3 174 1 870 1 304 41.08
Latvia  620  504  116 18.71
Lithuania  812  754 58 7.14
Macedonia 2 578  518 2 060 79.91
Netherlands 4 080 3 305  775 19.00
Poland 7 303 2 789 4 514 61.81
Portugal  726  453  273 37.60
Romania 1 343  729  614 45.72
Russia 5 888 4 747 1 141 19.38
Spain 1 497 1 134  363 24.25
United Kingdom 11 087 9 085 2 002 18.06
Switzerland  932  766  166 17.81
Czech Republic  927  320  607 65.48
Turkey 12 343 3 623 8 720 70.65
Germany 10 670 7 668 3 002 28.13
Ukraine  776  651  125 16.11
Hungary 1 698  396 1 302 76.68
Rest of Europe 1 789 1 347  442 24.71
         
Africa, total 36 593 18 323 18 270 49.93
Algeria 1 027  393  634 61.73
Egypt  504  233  271 53.77
Eritrea 2 347  394 1 953 83.21
Ethiopia 2 149 1 564  585 27.22
Gambia 1 138  455  683 60.02
Ghana 1 486  727  759 51.08
Kenia  803  380  423 52.68
Congo  464  304  160 34.48
Morocco 6 328 1 580 4 748 75.03
Nigeria  641  294  347 54.13
Somalia 13 689 8 462 5 227 38.18
Sudan  624  469  155 24.84
South Africa  555  281  274 49.37
Tanzania  507  379  128 25.25
Tunesia  754  298  456 60.48
Uganda  606  298  308 50.83
Rest ofAfrica 2 971 1 812 1 159 39.01
         
Asia, total  119 125 47 082 72 043 60.48
Afghanistan 3 431 2 968  463 13.49
Bangladesh  544  232  312 57.35
Palestinian Territory  527  189  338 64.14
Philippines 6 838 2 418 4 420 64.64
Hong Kong  752  124  628 83.51
India 6 712 2 373 4 339 64.65
Indonesia  509  357  152 29.86
Iraq 16 437 13 115 3 322 20.21
Iran 12 733 4 860 7 873 61.83
Japan  583  438  145 24.87
China 4 256 1 577 2 679 62.95
Lebanon 1 806  441 1 365 75.58
Pakistan 25 546 6 877 18 669 73.08
Sri Lanka 11 475 2 995 8 480 73.90
Syria 1 172  481  691 58.96
South Korea  446  270  176 39.46
Thailand 5 145 3 646 1 499 29.14
Vietnam 16 944 1 686 15 258 90.05
Rest ofAsia 3 269 2 035 1 234 37.75
         
North and Central America, total 10 518 7 180 3 338 31.74
Canada 1 188  858  330 27.78
United States 7 237 5 062 2 175 30.05
Rest of North and Central America 2 093 1 260  833 39.80
         
South America, total 10 457 4 592 5 865 56.09
Brazil 1 044  773  271 25.96
Chile 6 806 2 409 4 397 64.60
Colombia  744  445  299 40.19
Peru  579  332  247 42.66
Rest of South-America 1 284  633  651 50.70
         
Oceania, total  988  828  160 16.19
Australia  694  591  103 14.84
Rest of Oseania  294  237 57 19.39
1  Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.

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