Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

3 Three categories of immigration background 1, country of birth and citizenship, by country background and sex. 1 January 2010
Country background/country of birth/citizenship/sex Population by
Immigration background Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by
persons with migration background2		 Immigrants and Norwegian-born
to immigrant parents3		 Immigrants4 Norwegian-born to
immigrant parents
Both sexes            
Abroad, total  826 394  552 313  459 346 92 967  526 800  333 873
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  402 518  210 725  197 963 12 762  240 577  204 666
Africa, Asia, South and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA and Oceania except Australia og New Zealand3  423 876  341 588  261 383 80 205  286 223  129 207
             
The Nordic countries  151 699 63 040 59 087 3 953 76 974 67 865
Western Europe  117 424 56 425 52 707 3 718 65 993 54 416
EU countries in eastern Europe 82 090 73 511 69 245 4 266 69 877 65 748
Countries not in EU, in eastern Europe 72 711 64 061 53 425 10 636 53 802 27 864
Africa 81 080 67 169 50 769 16 400 53 579 29 319
Asia included Turkey  243 686  198 722  147 439 51 283  162 516 66 144
North America5 38 885 9 309 8 962  347 18 846 10 210
South and Central America 34 797 18 355 16 035 2 320 22 804 7 842
Oceania 4 022 1 721 1 677 44 2 408 1 524
Stateless - - - - - 2 860
Unknown - - - - - 81
             
Men            
Abroad, total  423 079  283 261  235 555 47 706  268 503  176 858
The Nordic countries 76 608 30 868 28 835 2 033 38 044 34 898
Western Europe 63 314 31 828 29 870 1 958 36 734 31 663
EU countries in eastern Europe 50 457 45 970 43 799 2 171 44 159 42 956
Countries not in EU, in eastern Europe 34 019 29 523 24 087 5 436 24 313 12 326
Africa 42 894 35 701 27 314 8 387 28 820 15 288
Asia included Turkey  117 245 96 011 69 727 26 284 75 427 28 969
North America5 19 517 4 285 4 108  177 9 061 4 921
South and Central America 16 818 8 039 6 802 1 237 10 551 3 101
Oceania 2 207 1 036 1 013 23 1 394  933
Stateless - - - - - 1 756
Unknown - - - - - 47
             
Women            
Abroad, total  403 315  269 052  223 791 45 261  258 296  157 015
The Nordic countries 75 091 32 172 30 252 1 920 38 930 32 967
Western Europe 54 110 24 597 22 837 1 760 29 259 22 753
EU countries in eastern Europe 31 633 27 541 25 446 2 095 25 718 22 792
Countries not in EU, in eastern Europe 38 692 34 538 29 338 5 200 29 489 15 538
Africa 38 186 31 468 23 455 8 013 24 759 14 031
Asia included Turkey  126 441  102 711 77 712 24 999 87 089 37 174
North America5 19 368 5 024 4 854  170 9 785 5 289
South and Central America 17 979 10 316 9 233 1 083 12 253 4 741
Oceania 1 815  685  664 21 1 014  591
Stateless - - - - - 1 104
Unknown - - - - - 35
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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