Statistics Norway

Persons entitled to vote at the Storting election. Estimated figures

2   Storting Election 2005. Norwegian citizens with immigrant background1 1999-2005 , entitled to vote. Estimated figures
Country background2 Municipal and County Council Election 1999 Storting Election 2001 Municipal and County Council Election 2003 Storting Election 2005 Changes 1999-2005
Total 83 807 99 785  111 167  123 689 39 882
           
Nordic countries3 9 770 10 058 9 395 9 438 -332
West Europe else except Turkey 8 146 8 343 7 500 7 456 -690
East Europe 10 189 14 526 19 897 23 642 13 453
North America and Oceania 2 666 2 653 2 201 2 379 -287
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 53 036 64 205 72 174 80 774 27 738
           
Selected countries          
Denmark 4 981 5 060 4 676 4 550 -431
Finland 1 099 1 172 1 070 1 079 -20
Sweden 3 432 3 536 3 135 3 261 -171
Bosnia-Herzegovina  125 1 293 4 733 7 885 7 760
United Kingdom 1 886 1 989 1 767 1 802 -84
Germany 2 889 2 972 2 912 2 823 -66
Serbia and Montenegro 3 026 4 869 5 877 3 771  745
Poland 3 390 3 801 3 995 4 329  939
Turkey 4 296 5 250 5 669 6 521 2 225
Morocco 2 423 2 774 3 062 3 465 1 042
Somalia 1 626 2 070 2 869 3 393 1 767
Sri Lanka 3 508 4 365 5 079 5 407 1 899
Philippines 2 898 3 364 3 793 4 216 1 318
India 2 184 2 600 2 991 3 331 1 147
Iraq  904 1 694 2 176 2 836 1 932
Iran 4 581 5 808 6 145 6 908 2 327
Pakistan 8 224 10 281 11 391 12 675 4 451
Vietnam 8 185 9 665 10 420 11 051 2 866
USA 2 212 2 143 1 779 1 924 -288
Chile 2 531 3 024 3 391 3 687 1 156
Other 19 407 22 055 24 237 28 775 9 368
1  Persons with two foreign-born parents.
2  Own, mother's or father's country of birth.
3  In 2001 are persons with country background from Greenland and Faroe Islands included in Western Europe else.

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