Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

8   Population, by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and immigrant population's country background1. 1 January 2004
Country background Total Foreign citizenship Norwegian citizenship Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 577 457  204 731 4 372 726 95.5
Norway 4 228 517 15 455 4 213 062 99.6
Abroad,total  348 940  189 276  159 664 45.8
         
Europa, total  146 185  100 605 45 580 31.2
Denmark 19 318 14 490 4 828 25.0
Finland 6 957 5 821 1 136 16.3
Faroe Islands  738  479  259 35.1
Iceland 3 921 3 604  317 8.1
Sweden 22 871 19 365 3 506 15.3
Belgium  615  414  201 32.7
Bosnia- Herzegovina 15 216 6 276 8 940 58.8
Bulgaria 1 095  582  513 46.8
Estonia  596  493  103 17.3
France 2 510 2 133  377 15.0
Greece  574  343  231 40.2
Italy 1 327 1 012  315 23.7
Croatia 2 983 1 852 1 131 37.9
Latvia  657  550  107 16.3
Lithuania  937  881 56 6.0
Macedonia 2 371  459 1 912 80.6
Netherlands 4 202 3 429  773 18.4
Poland 7 590 2 926 4 664 61.4
Portugal  718  452  266 37.0
Romania 1 466  812  654 44.6
Russia 7 457 6 046 1 411 18.9
Serbia and Montenegro 11 070 5 460 5 610 50.7
Spain 1 503 1 142  361 24.0
United Kingdom 10 945 8 968 1 977 18.1
Switzerland  951  784  167 17.6
Czech Republic  938  334  604 64.4
Germany 11 232 8 263 2 969 26.4
Ukraine  977  806  171 17.5
Hungary 1 670  390 1 280 76.6
Austria  785  532  253 32.2
Rest of Europe 1 995 1 466  529 26.5
         
Africa, total 40 488 21 086 19 402 47.9
Algeria 1 101  420  681 61.9
Egypt  507  236  271 53.5
Eritrea 2 191  438 1 753 80.0
Ethiopia 2 659 1 732  927 34.9
Gambia 1 161  432  729 62.8
Ghana 1 540  710  830 53.9
Kenya  863  407  456 52.8
Congo  608  442  166 27.3
Morocco 6 566 1 606 4 960 75.5
Nigeria  669  305  364 54.4
Somalia 15 586 9 946 5 640 36.2
Sudan  690  501  189 27.4
South Africa  568  297  271 47.7
Tanzania  554  416  138 24.9
Tunisia  775  310  465 60.0
Uganda  647  310  337 52.1
Rest ofAfrica 3 803 2 578 1 225 32.2
         
Asia, total  139 653 54 671 84 982 60.9
Afghanistan 4 851 4 362  489 10.1
Bangladesh  546  227  319 58.4
Palestinian Territory  708  411  297 41.9
Philippines 7 374 2 688 4 686 63.5
Hong Kong  765  135  630 82.4
India 6 836 2 283 4 553 66.6
Indonesia  626  472  154 24.6
Iraq 17 295 13 476 3 819 22.1
Iran 13 506 5 319 8 187 60.6
Japan  580  434  146 25.2
China 4 801 1 939 2 862 59.6
Lebanon 1 860  435 1 425 76.6
Pakistan 26 286 6 791 19 495 74.2
Sri Lanka 11 918 2 922 8 996 75.5
Syria 1 255  544  711 56.7
Thailand 5 910 4 259 1 651 27.9
Turkey 12 971 3 684 9 287 71.6
Vietnam 17 414 1 687 15 727 90.3
Rest ofAsia 4 151 2 603 1 548 37.3
         
North- and Central-America, total 10 687 7 297 3 390 31.7
Canada 1 203  872  331 27.5
USA 7 223 5 070 2 153 29.8
Rest of North- and Central-America 2 261 1 355  906 40.1
         
South-America, total 10 897 4 763 6 134 56.3
Brazil 1 180  893  287 24.3
Chile 6 931 2 356 4 575 66.0
Colombia  813  488  325 40.0
Peru  620  345  275 44.4
Rest of South-America 1 353  681  672 49.7
         
Oceania, total 1 030  854  176 17.1
Australia  727  619  108 14.9
Rest of Oseania  303  235 68 22.4
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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