Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

4 Three variants of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship, 1 january 2009
Country background/country of birth/citizenship Population by
Immigration background Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by persons with migration background1 Immigrant and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents3 Immigrants2 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
Abroad, total  774 044  508 199  422 595 85 604  488 7534  302 977
Country background from countries except EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia og New Zealand  376 0484  188 5554  177 7224 10 8334  219 6174  181 63244
Asia, Africa, Latin-America, Oseania without Australia and New Zealand and and Europe without EU/EEA  397 9964  319 6444  244 8734 74 7714  269 1364  121 3454
             
Choosen groups            
EØS  321 774  170 742  160 572 10 170  191 070  165 820
EU  322 037  172 279  162 354 9 925  192 547  165 332
EFTA 9 948 4 927 4 442  485 5 530 5 063
EEA out of Scandinavia  108 286 51 115 47 882 3 233 42 836 48 934
             
Former Yugoslavia 40 895 37 477 29 548 7 929 29 324 9 946
Former Sovietunion 34 735 30 266 28 274 1 992 28 706 24 441
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  Persons born abroad with both parents born abroad.
3  Persons with two foreign born parents.
4  Corrected 5 May 2009 at 15:00.

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