Statistics Norway

8   Population by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and immigrant populations country background1.1 January 2005
Country background Total Norwegian citizenship2 Foreign citizenship2 Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 606 363 4 393 060  213 303 95.4
Norway 4 241 382 4 195 228 46 154 98.9
Immigrant population,total  364 981  167 149  197 832 45.8
Europa, total  151 503 47 110  104 393 31.1
Denmark 19 197 4 706 14 491 24.5
Finland 6 565 1 125 5 440 17.1
Faroe Islands  729  255  474 35.0
Iceland 3 723  310 3 413 8.3
Sweden 22 859 3 330 19 529 14.6
Belgium  634  199  435 31.4
Bosnia- Herzegovina 14 641 9 087 5 554 62.1
Bulgaria 1 129  532  597 47.1
Estonia  658  105  553 16.0
France 2 532  370 2 162 14.6
Greece  572  233  339 40.7
Belarus  403 54  349 13.4
Ireland  463 63  400 13.6
Italy 1 337  304 1 033 22.7
Croatia 2 967  996 1 971 33.6
Latvia  718  125  593 17.4
Lithuania 1 345 60 1 285 4.5
Macedonia 2 549 2 071  478 81.2
Netherlands 4 416  778 3 638 17.6
Poland 8 933 4 809 4 124 53.8
Portugal  733  272  461 37.1
Romania 1 618  710  908 43.9
Russia 8 993 1 729 7 264 19.2
Serbia and Montenegro 12 455 6 912 5 543 55.5
Slovakia  523  104  419 19.9
Spain 1 501  349 1 152 23.3
United Kingdom 11 069 1 896 9 173 17.1
Switzerland  946  161  785 17.0
Czech Republic  970  587  383 60.5
Germany 11 879 2 894 8 985 24.4
Ukraine 1 165  209  956 17.9
Hungary 1 673 1 258  415 75.2
Austria  790  248  542 31.4
Rest of Europe  818  269  549 32.9
         
Africa, total 43 794 20 797 22 997 47.5
Algeria 1 162  694  468 59.7
Burundi  517 12  505 2.3
Egypt  536  282  254 52.6
Eritrea 2 310 1 798  512 77.8
Ethiopia 2 865 1 021 1 844 35.6
Gambia 1 174  786  388 67.0
Ghana 1 573  896  677 57.0
Kenya  925  476  449 51.5
Congo  717  188  529 26.2
Liberia  874 18  856 2.1
Morocco 6 772 5 310 1 462 78.4
Nigeria  719  400  319 55.6
Sierra Leone  425  158  267 37.2
Somalia 16 765 6 121 10 644 36.5
Sudan  800  238  562 29.8
South Africa  565  266  299 47.1
Tanzania  549  158  391 28.8
Tunisia  802  495  307 61.7
Uganda  665  348  317 52.3
Rest of Africa 3 079 1 132 1 947 36.8
         
Asia includes Turkey, total  146 851 89 471 57 380 60.9
Afghanistan 5 624  525 5 099 9.3
Bangladesh  593  344  249 58.0
Burma  548 33  515 6.0
Palestinian Territory  799  305  494 38.2
Philippines 7 880 4 923 2 957 62.5
Hong Kong  748  620  128 82.9
India 6 955 4 786 2 169 68.8
Indonesia  690  152  538 22.0
Iraq 18 369 4 574 13 795 24.9
Iran 13 983 8 730 5 253 62.4
Israel  535  253  282 47.3
Japan  573  147  426 25.7
China 4 968 2 920 2 048 58.8
Lebanon 1 955 1 505  450 77.0
Pakistan 26 950 20 322 6 628 75.4
Sri Lanka 12 288 9 408 2 880 76.6
Syria 1 336  811  525 60.7
South Korea  525  193  332 36.8
Thailand 6 803 1 803 5 000 26.5
Turkey 13 504 9 807 3 697 72.6
Vietnam 17 864 16 166 1 698 90.5
Rest of Asia 3 361 1 144 2 217 34.0
         
North-America, total 8 092 2 249 5 843 27.8
Canada 1 212  293  919 24.2
USA 6 880 1 956 4 924 28.4
         
South- and Central-America,total 13 657 7 361 6 296 53.9
Chile 7 003 4 701 2 302 67.1
Brazil 1 325  314 1 011 23.7
Colombia  843  344  499 40.8
Peru  673  304  369 45.2
Cuba  494  116  378 23.5
Argentina  470  255  215 54.3
Mexico  459  146  313 31.8
Dominican Republic  409  196  213 47.9
Rest of South- and Central-America 1 981  985  996 49.7
         
Oceania, total 1 084  161  923 14.9
Australia  763  100  663 13.1
Rest of Oceania  321 61  260 19.0
1  Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
2  The figures are corrected 9 August 2005.

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