Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

4   Population by differnt grouping of three variants of country background, country of birth and citizenship. 1 January 2005
Country background/country of birth/citizenship Population by
Country background, persons with immigration background1 Country background, immigrant population2 Country background, first generation immigrants without Norwegian background3 Country of birth Citizenship
Total 4 606 363 4 606 363 4 606 363 4 606 363 4 606 363
Norway 4 007 543 4 241 382 4 305 318       4 245 220       4 393 060
           
Abroad, total  598 820  364 981  301 045  361 143  213 303
Europe includedTurkey  313 278  165 007  146 796  175 681  123 962
Africa 54 784 43 794 33 968 36 442 21 998
Asia without Turkey  165 594  133 347 99 609  112 731 50 829
North and Central America 40 549 10 502 10 035 19 796 10 117
South America 21 715 11 247 9 582 14 855 4 450
Oceania 2 900 1 084 1 055 1 638  963
Stateless - - - -  923
Unknown - - - - 61
           
Abroad, total  598 820  364 981  301 045  361 143  213 303
Nordic Countries  133 123 53 201 49 937 66 516 55 769
Western Europe 90 813 36 960 34 400 45 785 33 477
Eastern Europe 73 986 61 342 53 417 54 256 31 192
Asia, Africa, South and Central America,Turkey, statsless and unknown  262 138  204 302  154 429  176 089 83 041
North America4 and Oceania 38 760 9 176 8 862 18 497 9 824
           
Abroad, total  598 820  364 981  301 045 4 606 363 4 606 363
Western countries5  262 696 99 337 93 199  130 798 99 070
Non-western countries, stateless and unknown  336 124  265 644  207 846  230 345  114 233
           
Choosen groups          
EØS  218 608 88 308 82 638  109 685 88 351
EU-156  212 405 84 579 79 252  106 023 84 400
EU-107 21 227 14 357 12 915 13 428 6 905
EFTA 9 142 4 675 4 247 5 217 4 821
EØS out of Scandinavia 87 734 35 953 33 482 44 156 32 579
           
Former Yugoslavia 35 412 32 733 26 949 26 781 13 346
Former Sovietunion 17 287 14 580 13 940 14 275 11 954
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign ) for persons with to foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  Own, mother's or father's country of birth for foreign born with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
4  USA and Canada.
5  [Western- Europe, North-America and Oceania.
6  EU members before 1 May 2004.
7  The new EU members as from 1 May 2004.

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