Immigrant population

2   Population by three variants of country background,country of birth and citizenship. 1. January 2000
Country background/Country of birth/Citizenship Population by...
country background defined by persons with migration background2 country background defined by immigrant population3 country background defined by first-generation immigrants4 country of birth citizenship
Total 4 478 497 4 478 497 4 478 497 4 478 497 4 478 497
           
Norway 3 994 227 4 196 010 4 240 035 4 186 057 4 299 811
Abroad, total 484 270 282 487 238 462 292 440 178 686
Europe 275 596 143 121 130 098 157 030 118 319
Denmark 48 084 18 863 17 551 21 713 19 205
Greenland 277 120 116 184 -
Finland 12 292 6 550 6 227 6 635 5 731
Faroe Islands 1 923 853 788 902 -
Iceland 5 958 3 819 3 513 3 780 3 983
Sweden 57 409 23 240 22 375 33 401 25 136
Albania 203 156 134 149 133
Belgium 1 684 600 553 886 440
Bulgaria 1 278 769 737 787 355
Andorra 4 2 2 2 -
Estonia 386 303 295 302 270
France 5 160 2 364 2 256 2 934 2 293
Gibraltar 14 3 3 5 -
Greece 1 377 504 477 575 281
Belarus 126 105 104 108 89
Ireland 1 038 460 443 498 450
Croatia 1 736 1 541 1 408 1 425 1 241
Italy 2 852 1 219 1 148 1 413 1 052
Latvia 380 318 311 326 276
Yugoslavia 17 009 15 466 13 402 13 279 10 249
Malta 91 35 35 46 14
Netherlands 8 185 3 821 3 375 4 108 3 533
Liechtenstein 9 5 5 5 3
Luxembourg 109 23 23 89 15
Monaco 11 3 3 6 1
Poland 9 423 6 282 5 577 5 738 2 042
Portugal 1 310 701 636 708 553
Romania 1 527 994 933 1 082 480
San Marino 10 7 4 5 1
USSR 783 423 373 384 99
Lithuania 332 278 269 274 262
Spain 3 453 1 363 1 276 1 610 1 106
Moldova 35 26 22 23 17
United Kingdom 29 372 11 161 10 576 14 347 11 367
Russia 3 622 3 012 2 941 3 114 2 749
Switzerland 2 763 932 860 1 501 887
Czechoslovakia 802 394 335 344 55
Turkey 11 718 10 481 7 245 7 300 3 481
Germany 22 521 9 102 8 621 11 445 6 707
Slovenia 98 53 51 59 15
Ukraine 380 331 312 314 231
Hungary 2 996 1 642 1 288 1 409 254
Austria 2 215 792 761 1 058 613
Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 811 12 614 11 587 11 573 12 196
Macedonia 788 707 530 537 207
Slovakia 203 158 134 141 91
Czech Republic 833 526 483 506 156
Europa,unspecified 6 - - - -
           
Africa 35 164 26 521 20 763 22 907 11 567
Algeria 1 354 880 712 731 267
Angola 145 96 95 103 42
Botswana 88 42 41 82 38
St.Helena 13 2 2 5 -
British Indian Ocean Territory 6 3 3 4 -
Burundi 65 62 60 58 67
Comoros 4 3 2 2 1
Benin 8 5 4 7 -
Equatorial Guinea 2 2 2 2 1
Ivory Coast 199 106 96 122 44
Eritrea 786 733 521 530 152
Ethiopia 3 341 2 525 2 048 2 567 843
Egypt 725 399 362 383 131
Djibouti 17 12 9 9 5
Gabon 8 5 5 6 5
Gambia 1 480 984 786 789 472
Ghana 1 578 1 341 1 034 1 050 704
Guinea 46 38 29 30 15
Guinea-Bissau 30 14 12 13 4
Cameroon 230 62 60 197 49
Cape Verde 392 293 232 234 56
Kenya 1 137 642 543 827 273
Congo Brazzaville 39 22 21 34 25
Congo former Zaire 392 236 191 266 116
Lesotho 10 7 7 8 2
Liberia 94 26 25 70 8
Libya 92 56 51 70 18
Madagascar 664 139 128 371 40
Malawi 12 9 9 12 6
Mali 29 14 10 17 5
Morocco 6 715 5 409 3 699 3 719 1 380
Mauritania 20 11 11 12 3
mauritius 290 179 134 138 29
Namibia 52 38 35 39 31
Niger 10 6 5 5 3
Nigeria 794 504 388 414 216
Mozambique 93 55 50 60 18
Reunion 1 - - 1 -
Zimbabwe 195 111 106 148 82
Rwanda 186 176 157 148 155
Senegal 114 72 64 71 33
Central African Republic 5 1 1 1 -
Seychelles 26 11 11 13 3
Sierra Leone 329 227 194 195 118
Somalia 8 595 8 386 6 512 6 445 4 844
Spanish territories in Africa - - -   -
Sudan 415 371 328 341 273
Swaziland 23 6 6 15 4
South Africa 1 372 493 467 744 169
Tanzania 676 414 369 507 292
Chad 8 6 6 7 4
Togo 88 78 64 63 35
Tunisia 1 107 607 513 530 216
Uganda 651 473 419 459 193
Zambia 242 106 101 184 72
Burkina Faso 15 10 10 10 5
Africa, unspesified 156 13 13 39 -
           
Asia 116 299 92 577 69 118 79 715 33 309
Afghanistan 828 804 660 638 448
Armenia 37 30 29 33 26
Azerbaijan 79 77 65 63 55
Bahrain 30 12 9 18 2
Bangladesh 664 457 348 485 205
Bhutan 17 8 6 15 5
Brunei 23 6 3 21 -
Myanmar 74 60 56 56 33
Sri Lanka 10 485 9 826 7 128 7 295 3 405
United Arab Emirates 77 33 24 82 2
Philippines 9 432 5 573 4 838 5 698 1 781
Georgia 21 17 16 16 12
Taiwan 220 114 96 154 24
Hong Kong 1 087 741 572 884 -
India 8 050 5 996 4 039 5 130 2 203
Indonesia 840 383 344 573 192
Iraq 7 902 7 664 6 828 6 941 5 790
Iran 11 465 10 354 9 151 8 857 3 683
Israel 1 061 453 409 506 202
Japan 1 390 579 553 926 433
Jordan 192 133 98 109 40
Cambodia 294 271 205 173 32
Kazakhstan 54 46 45 46 20
China 5 077 3 548 2 982 3 617 1 269
North Korea 27 12 11 25 8
Republic of Korea 6 355 395 367 5 966 200
Kuwait 167 131 103 142 23
Cyprus 237 91 87 105 35
Kyrgyzstan 6 4 4 5 2
Laos 62 57 50 50 39
Lebanon 1 974 1 540 1 160 1 189 303
Oman 46 36 32 56 15
Malaysia 499 273 244 304 171
Maldives 5 3 3 3 4
Mongolia 8 6 6 8 6
Palestine 90 64 47 49 -
Nepal 204 126 120 164 116
Pakistan 24 046 22 831 13 227 13 283 7 363
East Timor 1 1 1 1 -
Qatar 12 4 3 12 -
Saudi Arabia 83 43 41 203 16
Singapore 502 215 192 365 102
Tajikistan 11 10 10 10 6
Turkmenistan 12 12 9 9 8
Uzbekistan 31 31 30 30 22
Syria 875 763 561 582 161
Thailand 5 259 3 298 3 158 3 584 2 381
Vietnam 16 275 15 390 11 106 11 177 2 452
Yemen 48 45 31 35 14
Asia,unspecified 65 11 11 22 -
           
North and Central America 37 502 10 273 9 873 19 276 10 340
United States Virgin Islands 19 3 3 5 -
Barbados 37 18 18 20 9
Antigua og Barbuda 2 1 1 1 1
Belize 6 4 4 4 3
bahamas 13 3 3 9 2
Bermuda 13 3 3 9 -
British Virgin Islands 3 1 1 3 -
Canada 4 169 1 138 1 093 2 242 1 180
Cayman Islands 5 3 1 1 -
Costa Rica 218 54 54 177 37
Cuba 277 204 199 209 166
Dominica 22 13 10 10 4
Dominican Republic 332 247 222 236 143
Grenada 18 13 11 11 6
Guatemala 353 74 67 285 46
haiti 16 7 7 11 3
Honduras 117 63 50 61 13
Jamaica 121 65 62 73 24
Martinique 6 3 3 3 -
Mexico 668 317 308 380 224
Monteserrat 1 1 1 1 -
Netherlands Antilles 64 18 17 37 -
Aruba 21 8 8 9 -
Nicaragua 138 76 70 98 37
Panama 38 24 22 27 15
El Salvador 158 126 104 108 38
St. Kitts and Nevis 1 - - 1 -
St.Lucia 12 10 7 7 3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3 1 1 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago 550 195 191 265 60
Turks and Caicos Islands 1 1 1 1 -
USA 30 078 7 571 7 323 14 956 8 325
Puerto Rico 14 8 8 13 -
North and Central America, unspecified 8 - - 2 -
           
South America 17 319 9 126 7 777 12 166 3 978
Argentina 1 002 371 346 533 108
Bolivia 356 120 108 263 53
Brazil 1 778 730 699 1 260 574
Guyana 163 72 70 78 16
Chile 8 405 6 377 5 237 5 444 2 433
Colombia 3 560 476 429 3 230 260
Ecuador 494 161 147 376 96
Falkland Islands 2 2 1 1 -
Paraguay 103 37 36 74 18
Peru 841 458 410 548 276
Suriname 32 14 14 17 2
Uruguay 297 173 150 163 46
Venezuela 279 134 129 178 96
South- America, unspecified 7 1 1 1 -
           
Oceania 2 390 869 833 1 346 761
American Samoa 5 - - 2 -
Australia 1 651 600 572 977 567
Solomon Islands 7 3 3 3 2
Christmas Island 1 - - 1 -
Cook Islands 4 - - 1 -
Fiji 42 21 21 24 11
Vanuatu 2 1 1 1 -
Tonga 12 5 5 5 -
French Polynesia 3 1 1 2 -
Kiribati 1 - - 1 -
Tuvalu 3 1 1 2 1
New Zealand 637 230 222 316 179
Micronesia, Federated States of 2 1 1 1 -
Papua New Guinea 5 2 2 5 -
Samoa 2 1 1 2 -
Palau 2 1 1 1 1
Oceania, unspecified 11 2 2 2 -
           
Stateless - - - - 375
Unknown - - - - 37
1  General definition:own,mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  His/her own,mothers or fathers country of birth( if it is foreign) for foreign-born persons or persons with two foreign- born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  His/her own,mothers orfathers country of birth( if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign- born parents, otherwise Norway.
4  Own,mother's or father's country of birth for persons with two foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.

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