Statistics Norway

Participation in the introduction programme for immigrants

1 Participants, by country of birth and sex. 2008.
Country og birth All Sex Percentage
Males Females Males Females
All 8 706 4 056 4 650 47 53
Somalia 1 561  656  905 42 58
Iraq 1 013  493  520 49 51
Burma  994  522  472 53 47
Afghanistan  770  300  470 39 61
Russia  718  283  435 39 61
Eritrea  581  278  303 48 52
Palestinian Territory  438  327  111 75 25
Congo  363  175  188 48 52
Ethiopia  334  154  180 46 54
Kosovo  217  113  104 52 48
Iran  190 82  108 43 57
Burundi  153 55 98 36 64
China  123 56 67 46 54
Sudan 72 45 27 63 38
Rwanda 72 19 53 26 74
Sri Lanka 71 39 32 55 45
Syria 65 30 35 46 54
Thailand 60 34 26 57 43
Kasakhstan 57 23 34 40 60
Liberia 54 22 32 41 59
Philippines 46 7 39 15 85
Serbia 45 17 28 38 62
Vietnam 44 38 6 86 14
Cambodia 42 19 23 45 55
Pakistan 37 10 27 27 73
Angola 28 10 18 36 64
Turkey 28 14 14 50 50
Kuwait 28 16 12 57 43
Jordan 25 13 12 52 48
Libanon 22 7 15 32 68
Uzbekistan 22 12 10 55 45
Yemen 22 15 7 68 32
Azerbaijan 21 7 14 33 67
Algerie 19 5 14 26 74
Libya 19 14 5 74 26
Egypt 19 9 10 47 53
Uganda 17 4 13 24 76
Bosnia-Hercegovina 16 4 12 25 75
Saudi Arabia 16 12 4 75 25
Côte d'Ivore 15 11 4 73 27
Guinea 15 6 9 40 60
Ukraine 14 4 10 29 71
Others  240 96  144 40 60

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