Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

7 Population by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and country background1. 1 January 2010
Country background Total Norwegian citizenship Foreign citizenship Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 858 199 4 524 326  333 873 93.1
Norway 4 305 886 4 291 749 14 137 99.7
         
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  552 313  232 577  319 736 42.1
Europa, total  257 037 59 791  197 246 23.3
Denmark 19 298 4 333 14 965 22.5
Finland 6 665 1 089 5 576 16.3
Iceland 4 966  318 4 648 6.4
Sweden 31 193 3 211 27 982 10.3
Bulgaria 2 152  729 1 423 33.9
Estonia 2 092  202 1 890 9.7
France 3 930  381 3 549 9.7
Croatia 3 244 2 301  943 70.9
Italy 1 992  317 1 675 15.9
Latvia 2 856  165 2 691 5.8
Netherlands 6 926  840 6 086 12.1
Poland 52 125 5 074 47 051 9.7
Romania 4 533 1 001 3 532 22.1
Lithuania 10 341  191 10 150 1.8
Spain 2 205  351 1 854 15.9
United Kingdom 12 843 1 817 11 026 14.1
Russia 14 873 4 159 10 714 28.0
Switzerland 1 204  178 1 026 14.8
Germany 22 859 3 090 19 769 13.5
Ukraine 2 604  666 1 938 25.6
Hungary 2 288 1 205 1 083 52.7
Bosnia- Herzegovina 15 918 11 559 4 359 72.6
Macedonia 3 117 2 444  673 78.4
Slovakia 2 142  147 1 995 6.9
Czech Republic 1 464  555  909 37.9
Serbia 2 748 1 494 1 254 54.4
Kosovo 12 719 9 812 2 907 77.1
Rest of Europe 7 740 2 162 5 578 27.9
         
Africa, total 67 169 35 994 31 175 53.6
Algeria 1 497 1 052  445 70.3
Burundi 1 119  183  936 16.4
Eritrea 5 789 2 213 3 576 38.2
Ethiopia 5 156 2 375 2 781 46.1
Egypt  806  425  381 52.7
Gambia 1 409 1 023  386 72.6
Ghana 2 034 1 207  827 59.3
Kenya 1 275  650  625 51.0
Congo 2 050  455 1 595 22.2
Liberia 1 075 65 1 010 6.0
Morocco 8 058 6 776 1 282 84.1
Nigeria 1 247  553  694 44.3
Rwanda  653  225  428 34.5
Somalia 25 496 14 481 11 015 56.8
Sudan 1 318  571  747 43.3
South Africa  773  282  491 36.5
Tanzania  739  247  492 33.4
Tunisia 1 106  725  381 65.6
Uganda  903  472  431 52.3
Rest of Africa 4 666 2 014 2 652 43.2
         
Asia includes Turkey, total  198 722  125 513 73 209 63.2
Afghanistan 10 475 3 308 7 167 31.6
Burma 3 015 83 2 932 2.8
Sri Lanka 13 772 11 409 2 363 82.8
Philippines 13 447 6 549 6 898 48.7
India 9 747 5 882 3 865 60.3
Indonesia 1 148  291  857 25.3
Iraq 26 374 14 840 11 534 56.3
Iran 16 321 12 417 3 904 76.1
China 7 326 3 617 3 709 49.4
Lebanon 2 397 1 946  451 81.2
Palestinian Territory 2 939  859 2 080 29.2
Pakistan 31 061 25 128 5 933 80.9
Syria 2 010 1 394  616 69.4
Thailand 12 268 3 411 8 857 27.8
Turkey 15 998 12 091 3 907 75.6
Vietnam 20 100 18 318 1 782 91.1
Rest of Asia 10 324 3 970 6 354 38.5
         
North America2, total 9 309 1 900 7 409 20.4
USA 7 707 1 618 6 089 21.0
Canada 1 602  282 1 320 17.6
         
South and Central America, total 18 355 9 222 9 133 50.2
Brazil 2 814  525 2 289 18.7
Chile 7 607 5 234 2 373 68.8
Colombia 1 216  572  644 47.0
Peru 1 054  441  613 41.8
Cuba  736  306  430 41.6
Argentina  649  273  376 42.1
Mexico  773  259  514 33.5
Dominican Republic  609  335  274 55.0
Rest of South- and Central-America 2 897 1 277 1 620 44.1
         
Oceania, total 1 721  157 1 564 9.1
Australia 1 220 88 1 132 7.2
Rest of Oceania  501 69  432 13.8
1  Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
2  Only USA and Canada.

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