Immigrant population

3   Population by grouping of three variants of country background, country of birth and citizenship. 1 January 2000
  Population by ...
  country background, persons with immigration background1 country background, immigrant population2 country background, first-generation immigrants without Norwegian background3 country of birth citizenship
Country background/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
           
Europa 275 596 143 121 130 098 157 030 118 319
Africa 35 164 26 521 20 763 22 907 11 567
Asia 116 299 92 577 69 118 79 715 33 309
North- and Central America 37 502 10 273 9 873 19 276 10 340
South America 17 319 9 126 7 777 12 166 3 978
Oceania 2 390 869 833 1 346 761
Stateless - - - - 375
Unknown - - - - 37
           
Europa except Turkey 263 878 132 640 122 853 149 730 114 838
Africa 35 164 26 521 20 763 22 907 11 567
Asia with Turkey 128 017 103 058 76 363 87 015 36 790
North-America 34 247 8 709 8 416 17 198 9 505
South- and Central- America 20 574 10 690 9 234 14 244 4 813
Oceania 2 390 869 833 1 346 761
Stateless - - - - 375
Unknown - - - - 37
           
Scandinavia 125 943 53 445 50 570 66 615 54 055
West-Europe else, except Turkey 82 184 33 097 31 057 41 241 29 316
East-Europe 55 751 46 098 41 226 41 874 31 467
North-America and Oceania 36 637 9 578 9 249 18 544 10 266
Asia,Africa, South- and Central America,Turkey, stateless and unknown 183 755 140 269 106 360 124 166 53 170
Statslause og uoppgitt [Stateless and unknown] - - - - 412
           
Western countries4 244 764 96 120 90 876 126 400 93 637
Non-western countries, stateless and unknown 239 506 186 367 147 586 166 040 84 637
Statslause og uoppgitt [Stateless and unknown] - - - - 412
           
Selected grgoups          
           
EØS 203 033 84 585 79 814 105 205 82 465
EU 197 075 80 766 76 301 101 425 78 482
EFTA 8 730 4 756 4 378 5 286 4 873
EØS out of Scandinavia 79 290 32 113 30 148 39 676 28 410
           
Ex Yugoslavia 32 442 30 381 26 978 26 873 23 908
Ex- Sovietunion 6 295 5 023 4 835 5 057 4 144
           
North-Africa5 9 993 7 351 5 337 5 433 2 012
West-Africa6 4 804 3 438 2 714 2 848 1 574
East-Africa 2 761 1 779 1 560 2 017 983
Southern Africa7 3 353 1 300 1 197 1 950 534
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  [West- Europe except Turkey, and North-America and Oceania.
5  From Morocco to Egypt.
6  Chad and towards the westwards.
7  From Angola to Madagascar and southwards.

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