Table 4 Three variants of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship, 1 January 2008

4 Three variants of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship, 1 January 2008
Country background/country of birth/citizenship	Population by

	Immigration background				Country of birth	Citizenship
	Country background defined by persons with migration background¹	Country background defined by first generation immigrants³	Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents	Country background defined by immigrant population²	Country of birth	Citizenship

Abroad, total	716 967	380 644	78 970	459 614	445 360	265 084
Western countries⁴	286 746	106 150	6 870	113 020	146 179	114 545
Non-western countries, statless and unknown	430 221	274 494	72 100	346 594	299 181	150 539

Choosen groups
EØS	292 968	136 855	8 701	145 556	137 544	139 579
EU	291 912	137 189	8 586	145 775	166 613	137 862
EFTA	9 556	4 217	461	4 678	4 212	4 835
EEA out of Scandinavia	101 029	42 478	2 927	45 405	42 836	42 682

Former Yugoslavia	39 275	28 708	7 341	36 049	28 533	9 652
Former Sovietunion	28 930	23 393	1 514	24 907	23 359	19 974

¹	Own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
²	Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign ) for persons with to foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.
³	Own,mother's or father's country of birth for foreign born with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
⁴	[Western- Europe, North-America and Oceania.