Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

3   Three categories of immigration background1, country of birth and citizenship, by country background and sex.
1st January 2007
Country background/Country of birth/Citizenship/Sex Population by
Immigration background Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by persons with migration background2 Country background defined by immigrant population3 Country background defined by first generation immigrants4
Both sexes          
Total 4 681 134 4 681 134 4 681 134 4 681 134 4 681 134
Norway 4 016 385 4 265 816 4 339 304 4 276 025 4 442 829
           
Abroad, total  664 749  415 318  341 830  405 109  238 305
The Nordic countries  137 982 54 467 51 066 68 214 57 754
Western Europe 97 883 41 464 38 642 50 729 38 370
Eastern Europe 94 020 79 622 69 847 70 824 42 960
Africa 63 779 51 598 39 496 42 099 24 619
Asia included Turkey  201 984  163 536  120 476  134 655 56 974
North-America5 36 623 8 284 7 988 17 305 9 065
South- and Central-America 29 244 15 094 13 093 19 436 6 329
Oceania 3 234 1 253 1 222 1 847 1 114
Stateless - - - - 1 052
Unknown - - - - 68
           
Men          
Total 2 325 788 2 325 788 2 325 788 2 325 788 2 325 788
Norway 1 991 847 2 119 018 2 156 667 2 125 833 2 206 161
           
Abroad, total  333 941  206 770  169 121  199 955  119 627
The Nordic countries 68 995 25 824 24 067 32 931 29 098
Western Europe 51 974 22 849 21 355 27 589 22 040
Eastern Europe 46 732 39 177 34 240 34 803 22 124
Africa 34 093 27 796 21 592 22 969 12 973
Asia included Turkey 97 760 79 966 57 941 63 226 25 138
North-America5 18 361 3 725 3 576 8 250 4 361
South- and Central-America 14 299 6 718 5 653 9 163 2 547
Oceania 1 727  715  697 1 024  658
Stateless - - - -  653
Unknown - - - - 35
           
Women          
Total 2 355 346 2 355 346 2 355 346 2 355 346 2 355 346
Norway 2 024 538 2 146 798 2 182 637 2 150 192 2 236 668
           
Abroad, total  330 808  208 548  172 709  205 154  118 678
The Nordic countries 68 987 28 643 26 999 35 283 28 656
Western Europe 45 909 18 615 17 287 23 140 16 330
Eastern Europe 47 288 40 445 35 607 36 021 20 836
Africa 29 686 23 802 17 904 19 130 11 646
Asia included Turkey  104 224 83 570 62 535 71 429 31 836
North-America5 18 262 4 559 4 412 9 055 4 704
South- and Central-America 14 945 8 376 7 440 10 273 3 782
Oceania 1 507  538  525  823  456
Stateless - - - -  399
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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