Statistics Norway

Naturalizations

1   Naturalizations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2005
Previous citizenship Total Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 12 655 6 089 6 566 4 808 7 847
           
Europe 4 419 2 115 2 304 1 555 2 864
Serbia and Montenegro  852  475  377  354  498
Bosnia-Herzegovina  707  361  346  192  515
Croatia  622  332  290  184  438
Russia  548  116  432 94  454
Turkey  385  227  158  105  280
Sweden  276  146  130  200 76
Denmark  166 85 81 93 73
Germany  129 76 53 71 58
Poland  126 33 93 29 97
United Kingdom 92 50 42 49 43
Finland 60 32 28 41 19
Romania 58 11 47 8 50
Ukraine 56 13 43 8 48
Bulgaria 49 21 28 12 37
Macedonia 34 16 18 3 31
Iceland 31 15 16 17 14
Lithuania 31 10 21 9 22
Netherlands 27 14 13 14 13
Albania 25 19 6 4 21
France 24 10 14 20 4
Portugal 18 8 10 4 14
Estonia 16 1 15 4 12
Latvia 15 6 9 8 7
Belarus 14 6 8 3 11
Spain 11 9 2 6 5
Rest of Europe 47 23 24 23 24
           
Africa 2 118 1 068 1 050  922 1 196
Somalia 1 251  653  598  694  557
Morocco  225  100  125 45  180
Ethiopia  116 48 68 30 86
Sudan 65 43 22 26 39
Ghana 56 24 32 17 39
Algeria 53 35 18 13 40
Eritrea 50 14 36 14 36
Tunisia 40 25 15 9 31
Kenya 37 17 20 7 30
Rwanda 30 13 17 10 20
Gambia 26 11 15 7 19
Uganda 20 6 14 5 15
Congo 15 10 5 6 9
Cameroon 13 8 5 5 8
Nigeria 13 8 5 6 7
Tanzania 12 7 5 3 9
Rest of Africa 96 46 50 25 71
           
Asia 5 520 2 620 2 900 2 132 3 388
Iraq 2 141 1 242  899 1 135 1 006
Iran  834  428  406  307  527
Pakistan  694  308  386  172  522
Philippines  322 53  269 75  247
Thailand  299 69  230  106  193
Sri Lanka  264  109  155 55  209
India  223  105  118 59  164
Vietnam  216 53  163 32  184
China  109 31 78 15 94
South Korea 82 46 36 75 7
Afghanistan 75 47 28 29 46
Lebanon 64 30 34 11 53
Syria 48 27 21 23 25
Indonesia 28 14 14 8 20
Azerbaijan 21 11 10 8 13
Bangladesh 18 13 5 8 10
Armenia 12 7 5 0 12
Rest of Asia 70 27 43 14 56
           
North America  187 59  128 54  133
USA 65 23 42 21 44
Cuba 36 12 24 9 27
Dominican Republic 21 6 15 7 14
Mexico 18 5 13 1 17
Jamaica 11 0 11 5 6
Rest of North and Central Amerika 36 13 23 11 25
           
South America  254  123  131 70  184
Chile  121 77 44 31 90
Colombia 39 15 24 13 26
Brazil 36 8 28 13 23
Peru 24 11 13 6 18
Ecuador 10 4 6 2 8
Venezuela 10 3 7 3 7
Rest of South America 14 5 9 2 12
           
Oceania 8 5 3 4 4
           
Stateless  145 96 49 70 75
Unknown 4 3 1 1 3

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