Statistics Norway

Naturalisations

1 Naturalisations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2007
Previous citizenship Total1 Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 14 877 6 737 8 140 5 103 9 774
           
Europe 3 302 1 429 1 873 1 207 2 095
Serbia and Montenegro 1 135  531  604  414  721
Russia  436  106  330  115  321
Bosnia-Herzegovina  355  171  184 95  260
Sweden  241  122  119  197 44
Croatia  221  122 99 43  178
Denmark  142 78 64 76 66
Ukraine  106 28 78 18 88
Germany  102 57 45 37 65
United Kingdom 58 25 33 25 33
Romania 55 14 41 4 51
Bulgaria 54 19 35 14 40
Lithuania 41 10 31 14 27
Finland 36 16 20 32 4
Moldova 34 11 23 13 21
Belarus 33 10 23 10 23
Poland 31 11 20 19 12
Estonia 25 7 18 8 17
Netherlands 23 14 9 7 16
France 21 11 10 8 13
Slovakia 20 5 15 9 11
Iceland 18 9 9 16 2
Latvia 17 4 13 5 12
Portugal 17 8 9 6 11
Spain 16 9 7 3 13
Albania 13 7 6 3 10
Macedonia 13 7 6 4 9
Italy 7 5 2 1 6
Hungary 7 - 7 - 7
Austria 6 3 3 2 4
Ireland 5 3 2 4 1
Rest of Europe 14 6 8 5 9
           
Africa 3 488 1 675 1 813 1 402 2 086
Somalia 2 196 1 087 1 109 1 055 1 141
Ethiopia  313  143  170 93  220
Morocco  163 74 89 11  152
Eritrea 88 28 60 17 71
Algeria 76 46 30 20 56
Ghana 69 29 40 27 42
Sudan 66 28 38 24 42
Congo 47 26 21 20 27
Kenya 44 18 26 13 31
Tunisia 40 25 15 8 32
Rwanda 39 17 22 16 23
Congo Brazzaville 38 18 20 18 20
Sierra Leone 34 16 18 8 26
Nigeria 32 14 18 9 23
Egypt 30 19 11 9 21
Gambia 28 14 14 4 24
Burundi 26 9 17 7 19
Cameroon 26 16 10 10 16
Uganda 22 5 17 6 16
Rest of Africa  111 43 68 27 84
           
Asia 7 183 3 193 3 990 2 222 4 961
Iraq 2 577 1 323 1 254  955 1 622
Iran  740  348  392  198  542
Afghanistan  674  349  325  290  384
Pakistan  544  257  287  152  392
Turkey  445  245  200 96  349
Thailand  427 88  339  117  310
Philippines  421 77  344 78  343
Sri Lanka  362  108  254 51  311
India  235  100  135 60  175
Vietnam  178 50  128 31  147
China  175 52  123 40  135
Kazakhstan 76 32 44 28 48
Syria 76 36 40 27 49
South Korea 52 29 23 41 11
Indonesia 32 16 16 14 18
Azerbaijan 28 10 18 5 23
Armenia 24 10 14 7 17
Georgia 23 16 7 4 19
Nepal 20 14 6 7 13
Lebanon 16 7 9 6 10
Rest of Asia 58 26 32 15 43
           
North and Central America  183 66  117 39  144
USA 53 25 28 18 35
Cuba 50 11 39 7 43
Mexico 29 8 21 4 25
Dominican Republic 20 6 14 5 15
Canada 6 4 2 1 5
Rest of North and Central America 25 12 13 4 21
           
South America  283  111  172 60  223
Chile  108 47 61 21 87
Brazil 67 20 47 15 52
Colombia 48 26 22 15 33
Peru 25 9 16 5 20
Venezuela 13 2 11 3 10
Rest of South America 22 7 15 1 21
           
Oceania 5 2 3 3 2
           
Stateless  422  257  165  162  260
Unknown 11 4 7 8 3
1  Include 337 registered reportsof naturalisations from one of the earlier years.

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