Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

7 Population, by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and country background1. 1 January 2011
Country background Total Norwegian citizenship Foreign citizenship Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 920 305 4 551 077  369 228 92.5
Norway 4 319 383 4 305 326 14 057 99.7
         
Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, total  600 922  245 751  355 171 40.9
Europa, total  287 433 61 807  225 626 21.5
Denmark 19 522 4 286 15 236 22.0
Finland 6 626 1 091 5 535 16.5
Iceland 6 022  329 5 693 5.5
Sweden 34 108 3 225 30 883 9.5
Bulgaria 2 693  747 1 946 27.7
Estonia 2 871  219 2 652 7.6
France 4 289  382 3 907 8.9
Croatia 3 327 2 407  920 72.3
Italy 2 230  321 1 909 14.4
Latvia 4 979  179 4 800 3.6
Netherlands 7 251  882 6 369 12.2
Poland 60 610 5 112 55 498 8.4
Romania 5 670 1 051 4 619 18.5
Lithuania 16 309  242 16 067 1.5
Spain 2 577  349 2 228 13.5
United Kingdom 13 395 1 776 11 619 13.3
Russia 15 879 4 853 11 026 30.6
Switzerland 1 242  176 1 066 14.2
Germany 24 394 3 129 21 265 12.8
Ukraine 2 918  743 2 175 25.5
Hungary 2 599 1 188 1 411 45.7
Bosnia- Herzegovina 16 125 11 855 4 270 73.5
Macedonia 3 244 2 519  725 77.7
Slovakia 2 498  152 2 346 6.1
Czech Republic 1 614  549 1 065 34.0
Serbia 2 987 1 565 1 422 52.4
Kosovo 13 303 10 454 2 849 78.6
Rest of Europe 8 151 2 026 6 125 24.9
         
Africa, total 73 480 39 730 33 750 54.1
Algeria 1 525 1 102  423 72.3
Burundi 1 192  351  841 29.4
Eritrea 7 728 2 469 5 259 31.9
Ethiopia 5 805 2 686 3 119 46.3
Egypt  883  453  430 51.3
Gambia 1 472 1 085  387 73.7
Ghana 2 116 1 275  841 60.3
Kenya 1 344  697  647 51.9
Congo 2 183  611 1 572 28.0
Liberia 1 116  220  896 19.7
Morocco 8 305 6 984 1 321 84.1
Nigeria 1 389  594  795 42.8
Rwanda  688  287  401 41.7
Somalia 27 523 16 207 11 316 58.9
Sudan 1 611  681  930 42.3
South Africa  809  288  521 35.6
Tanzania  784  278  506 35.5
Tunisia 1 097  722  375 65.8
Uganda  941  513  428 54.5
Rest of Africa 4 969 2 227 2 742 44.8
         
Asia includes Turkey, total  209 467  132 621 76 846 63.3
Afghanistan 12 043 4 459 7 584 37.0
Burma 3 350  185 3 165 5.5
Sri Lanka 14 017 11 712 2 305 83.6
Philippines 14 797 6 892 7 905 46.6
India 10 096 6 066 4 030 60.1
Indonesia 1 237  357  880 28.9
Iraq 27 827 16 436 11 391 59.1
Iran 16 957 13 025 3 932 76.8
China 7 895 3 821 4 074 48.4
Lebanon 2 476 2 019  457 81.5
Palestinian Territory 3 340 1 236 2 104 37.0
Pakistan 31 884 25 923 5 961 81.3
Syria 2 163 1 499  664 69.3
Thailand 13 293 3 683 9 610 27.7
Turkey 16 430 12 422 4 008 75.6
Vietnam 20 452 18 635 1 817 91.1
Rest of Asia 11 210 4 251 6 959 37.9
         
North-America2, total 9 533 1 861 7 672 19.5
USA 7 853 1 578 6 275 20.1
Canada 1 680  283 1 397 16.8
         
South- and Central-America,total 19 193 9 573 9 620 49.9
Brazil 3 017  584 2 433 19.4
Chile 7 708 5 302 2 406 68.8
Colombia 1 307  624  683 47.7
Peru 1 124  475  649 42.3
Cuba  781  337  444 43.1
Argentina  700  285  415 40.7
Mexico  846  280  566 33.1
Dominican Republic  648  358  290 55.2
Rest of South- and Central-America 3 062 1 328 1 734 43.4
         
Oceania, total 1 816  159 1 657 8.8
Australia 1 294 88 1 206 6.8
Rest of Oceania  522 71  451 13.6
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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