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 2012
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            
Total  945 507  655 170  546 732  108 438  616 286  407 262
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  472 053  272 326  254 926 17 400  298 560  268 468
Africa, Asia, South-and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA and Oceania
except Australia og New Zealand3		  473 454  382 844  291 806 91 038  317 726  138 794
             
Europe  498 286  323 284  294 327 28 957  327 338  280 055
Of which            
EU/EEA  427 563  260 692  243 689 17 003  276 462  256 324
Countries not in EU/EEA 70 723 62 592 50 638 11 954 50 876 23 731
Africa 94 716 79 714 60 238 19 476 63 203 32 549
Asia included Turkey  269 938  220 328  163 281 57 047  178 999 71 341
North America5 39 897 9 679 9 327  352 19 427 10 474
South and Central America 38 200 20 261 17 698 2 563 24 702 8 340
Oceania 4 470 1 904 1 861 43 2 617 1 639
Stateless - - - - - 2 773
Unknown - - - - - 91
             
Men            
Total  488 050  339 957  284 335 55 622  318 339  219 423
Europe  268 180  177 833  162 886 14 947  179 967  160 925
Of which            
EU/EEA  235 646  149 500  140 664 8 836  157 603  151 223
Countries not in EU/EEA 32 534 28 333 22 222 6 111 22 364 9 702
Africa 49 943 42 204 32 280 9 924 33 860 16 927
Asia included Turkey  128 909  105 338 76 133 29 205 82 151 30 567
North America5 20 172 4 596 4 418  178 9 474 5 143
South and Central America 18 373 8 809 7 466 1 343 11 343 3 258
Oceania 2 473 1 177 1 152 25 1 544 1 033
Stateless - - - - - 1 515
Unknown - - - - - 55
             
Women            
Total  457 457  315 213  262 397 52 816  297 947  187 839
Europe  230 106  145 451  131 441 14 010  147 371  119 130
Of which            
EU/EEA  191 917  111 192  103 025 8 167  118 859  105 101
Countries not in EU/EEA 38 189 34 259 28 416 5 843 28 512 14 029
Africa 44 773 37 510 27 958 9 552 29 343 15 622
Asia included Turkey  141 029  114 990 87 148 27 842 96 848 40 774
North America5 19 725 5 083 4 909  174 9 953 5 331
South and Central America 19 827 11 452 10 232 1 220 13 359 5 082
Oceania 1 997  727  709 18 1 073  606
Stateless - - - - - 1 258
Unknown - - - - - 36
1  General definition: own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  Own, mother's or father's country of birth for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  Own, mothers orf athers 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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