Statistics Norway

3   Population by three variants of country background,country of birth and citizenship. 1 January 2005 (Corrected 3 April 2006)
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
Both sexes          
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
The 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
Africa 54 784 43 794 33 968 36 442 21 998
Asia included Turkey  180 950  146 851  108 651  121 855 54 353
North-America5 35 860 8 092 7 807 16 859 8 861
South- and Central-America 26 404 13 657 11 810 17 792 5 706
Oseania 2 900 1 084 1 055 1 638  963
Stateless - - - -  923
Unknown - - - - 61
           
Men          
Total 2 284 070 2 284 070 2 284 070 2 284 070 2 284 070
Norway 1 984 944 2 104 300 2 137 038 2 107 626 2 179 258
           
Abroad, total  299 126  179 770  147 032  176 444  104 812
The Nordic countries 66 255 24 913 23 239 31 817 27 843
Western Europe 47 905 20 076 18 687 24 559 19 081
Eastern Europe 34 168 27 508 23 507 23 985 13 336
Africa 29 612 23 924 18 917 20 228 11 753
Asia included Turkey 88 566 72 873 53 355 58 347 24 970
North-America5 17 940 3 587 3 445 7 999 4 230
South- and Central-America 13 157 6 284 5 294 8 624 2 425
Oseania 1 523  605  588  885  563
Stateless - - - -  583
Unknown - - - - 28
           
Women          
Total 2 322 293 2 322 293 2 322 293 2 322 293 2 322 293
Norway 2 022 599 2 137 082 2 168 280 2 137 594 2 213 802
           
Abroad, total  299 694  185 211  154 013  184 699  108 491
The Nordic countries 66 868 28 288 26 698 34 699 27 926
Western Europe 42 908 16 884 15 713 21 226 14 396
Eastern Europe 39 818 33 834 29 910 30 271 17 856
Africa 25 172 19 870 15 051 16 214 10 245
Asia included Turkey 92 384 73 978 55 296 63 508 29 383
North-America5 17 920 4 505 4 362 8 860 4 631
South- and Central-America 13 247 7 373 6 516 9 168 3 281
Oseania 1 377  479  467  753  400
Stateless - - - -  340
Unknown - - - - 33
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.
5  USA and Canada.

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