Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

13   Immigrant population1, by country background2, (largest groups). Selected municipalities.
1 January 2005
  Oslo     Bergen     Stavanger     Bærum
Immigrant population, total  118 337   Immigrant population, total 18 161   Immigrant population, total 12 332   Immigrant population, total 11 488
Pakistan 19 438   Iraq 1 285   United Kingdom 1 134   Sweden 1 179
Somalia 7 423   Vietnam 1 192   Turkey  968   Denmark  895
Sri Lanka 7 005   Chile 1 183   Vietnam  581   Iran  774
Sweden 6 770   Sri Lanka 1 009   Denmark  571   United Kingdom  662
Turkey 5 351   United Kingdom  856   Pakistan  533   Pakistan  637
Morocco 5 165   Bosnia- Herzegovina  751   Somalia  500   Iraq  451
Iraq 4 821   Sweden  691   Bosnia- Herzegovina  471   Germany  440
Vietnam 4 736   Denmark  661   Iran  444   USA  404
Iran 4 518   Germany  638   Sweden  443   Poland  367
Denmark 3 664   Iran  589   USA  417   Somalia  324
India 3 056   Turkey  486   Germany  386   Bosnia- Herzegovina  320
Philippines 2 606   Somalia  480   Serbia and Montenegro  310   Sri Lanka  305
Serbia and Montenegro 2 405   USA  473   Poland  306   Serbia and Montenegro  256
Poland 2 370   Poland  398   Thailand  268   Philippines  231
Germany 2 002   India  366   China  263   Russia  231
United Kingdom 1 990   Thailand  359   Iraq  256   Vietnam  213
Bosnia- Herzegovina 1 945   Pakistan  355   Chile  251   Afghanistan  211
Chile 1 802   Philippines  349   France  243   Finland  208
China 1 723   Russia  343   Sri Lanka  233   India  201
Macedonia 1 503   Serbia and Montenegro  298   Russia  232   China  163
                     
  Trondheim     Drammen     Kristiansand     Asker
Immigrant population, total 10 639   Immigrant population, total 9 578   Immigrant population, total 7 719   Immigrant population, total 5 103
Turkey  818   Turkey 2 040   Vietnam  841   Sweden  568
Vietnam  773   Pakistan  802   Chile  636   Denmark  456
Sweden  688   Iraq  643   Serbia and Montenegro  519   Pakistan  313
Iran  614   India  587   Denmark  512   Somalia  271
Iraq  565   Serbia and Montenegro  532   Bosnia- Herzegovina  454   United Kingdom  257
Bosnia- Herzegovina  481   Vietnam  472   Iraq  437   Germany  245
Germany  459   Bosnia- Herzegovina  470   Iran  273   Serbia and Montenegro  205
Somalia  385   Denmark  369   Russia  248   India  198
Denmark  322   Iran  295   Pakistan  238   USA  195
Poland  307   Sweden  286   United Kingdom  212   Iran  193
Russia  297   Somalia  271   Germany  212   Bosnia- Herzegovina  188
United Kingdom  268   Sri Lanka  227   USA  209   Vietnam  171
Sri Lanka  237   Afghanistan  214   Somalia  198   Poland  128
Afghanistan  222   Germany  157   Sweden  196   Iraq  116
Serbia and Montenegro  221   United Kingdom  151   Turkey  163   Russia 89
Chile  215   Poland  143   Poland  139   Iceland 87
China  210   Thailand  114   Lebanon  125   Philippines 81
Thailand  173   Iceland  109   Croatia  118   Finland 78
USA  171   China  108   Thailand  106   Netherlands 77
India  170   Russia 97   Cambodia  102   Chile 68
                     
  Fredrikstad                  
Immigrant population, total 5 523                  
Iraq  772                  
Serbia and Montenegro  494                  
Bosnia- Herzegovina  479                  
Sweden  441                  
Somalia  327                  
Denmark  322                  
Iran  304                  
Vietnam  176                  
Germany  170                  
Poland  132                  
Pakistan  113                  
United Kingdom  109                  
Philippines  106                  
India  104                  
Finland 97                  
Iceland 86                  
Turkey 78                  
Morocco 72                  
USA 70                  
Thailand 68                  
1  Persons with two foreign-born parents.
2  Own, mother's or father's country of birth.

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