Immigrant population

4   Population by grouping of three variants of country background, country of birth and citizenship, 1 january 2001
  Population by
Country background/country of birth/citizenship Country background, persons with immigration background1 Country background, immigrant population2 Country background, first generation immigrants without Norwegian background3 Country of birth Citizenship
Total 4 503 436 4 503 436 4 503 436    4 503 436 4 503 436
Norway 3 997 568 4 205 705 4 253 532 4 198 401 4 319 099
           
Abroad, total 505 868 297 731 249 904 305 035 184 337
Europe 281 938 145 998 131 890 159 224 118 104
Africa 38 654 29 568 23 118 25 334 13 594
Asia 126 807 101 600 76 187 87 238 37 201
North and Central America 37 834 10 119 9 715 19 169 10 174
South America 18 167 9 547 8 127 12 693 4 075
Oceania 2 468 899 867 1 377 773
Stateless - - - - 380
Unknown - - - - 36
           
Europe except Turkey 269 583 135 008 124 383 151 658 114 805
Africa 38 654 29 568 23 118 25 334 13 594
Asia with Turkey 139 162 112 590 83 694 94 804 40 500
North America 34 276 8 373 8 090 16 908 9 218
South and Central America 21 725 11 293 9 752 14 954 5 031
Oceania 2 468 899 867 1 377 773
Stateless - - - - 380
Unknown - - - - 36
           
Scandinavia 127 566 53 480 50 526 66 755 54 508
West-Europe else, except Turkey 83 482 33 271 31 166 41 507 29 501
East-Europe 58 535 48 257 42 691 43 396 30 796
North-America and Oceania 36 744 9 272 8 957 18 285 9 991
Asia,Africa, South- and Central America,Turkey, stateless and unknown 199 541 153 451 116 564 135 092 59 541
           
Western countries4 247 792 96 023 90 649 126 547 94 000
Non-western countries, stateless and unknown 258 076 201 708 159 255 178 488 89 921
Stateless and unknown - - - - 416
           
Selected groups          
           
EØS 205 999 84 886 79 967 105 699 83 121
EU 200 035 80 357 75 785 100 953 78 595
EFTA 8 749 4 683 4 297 5 198 4 799
EØS out of Scandinavia 80 561 32 291 30 260 39 944 28 610
           
Ex Yugoslavia 33 323 31 118 27 103 26 977 22 306
Ex- Sovietunion 7 648 6 141 5 923 6 181 4 984
           
North-Africa5 10 538 7 769 5 582 5 679 2 145
West-Africa6 5 020 3 570 2 794 2 925 1 569
East-Africa 2 977 1 953 1 692 2 150 1 122
Southern Africa7 3 478 1 351 1 246 2 012 580
           
Central-Asia 331 298 278 284 213
Southeast Asia 35 191 26 791 21 029 22 951 7 178
Southern-Asia 58 865 53 089 36 311 37 530 17 217
Westhern-Asia 15 633 14 219 12 675 13 258 10 422
East-Asia 14 609 5 517 4 650 11 921 1 853
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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