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Three categories of immigration background , country of birth and citizenship by country background and sex. 1 January 2014¹
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	Country of birth	Citizenship
¹General definition: own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
²Own, mother's or father's country of birth for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
³Own, mothers orf athers country of birth( if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
⁴Own, mother's or father's country of birth for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
⁵USA and Canada.
Both sexes
Total	1 065 586	759 185	633 110	126 075	704 511	483 177
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand	539 706	331 590	307 188	24 402	351 863	327 165
Africa, Asia, South-and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA and Oceania except Australia og New Zealand, unknown and stateless²	525 880	427 595	325 922	101 673	352 648	156 012

Europe	567 204	384 190	347 179	37 011	381 054	338 993
Of this:
EU/EEA	493 536	319 029	295 107	23 922	328 748
Countries not in EU/EEA	73 668	65 161	52 072	13 089	52 306
Africa	113 221	97 152	74 283	22 869	77 348	42 453
Asia included Turkey	297 050	242 699	179 785	62 914	196 054	77 686
North-America⁵	41 159	10 438	10 018	420	20 249	11 170
South- and Central-America	42 088	22 656	19 853	2 803	27 016	9 169
Oceania	4 864	2 050	1 992	58	2 790	1 731
Stateless	-	-	-	-	-	1 855
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	120

Men
Total	552 659	396 420	331 712	64 708	366 629	262 609
Europe	307 845	213 456	194 306	19 150	211 804	196 004
Of this:
EU/EEA	274 212	184 212	171 802	12 410	189 154	186 116
Countries not in EU/EEA	33 633	29 244	22 504	6 740	22 650	9 888
Africa	59 947	51 648	40 023	11 625	41 664	22 651
Asia included Turkey	141 232	115 178	82 970	32 208	89 280	32 648
North-America⁵	20 778	4 995	4 773	222	9 878	5 479
South- and Central-America	20 154	9 855	8 382	1 473	12 331	3 671
Oceania	2 703	1 288	1 258	30	1 672	1 100
Stateless	-	-	-	-	-	989
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	67

Women
Total	512 927	362 765	301 398	61 367	337 882	220 568
Europe	259 359	170 734	152 873	17 861	169 250	142 989
Of this:
EU/EEA	219 324	134 817	123 305	11 512	139 594	128 100
Countries not in EU/EEA	40 035	35 917	29 568	6 349	29 656	14 889
Africa	53 274	45 504	34 260	11 244	35 684	19 802
Asia included Turkey	155 818	127 521	96 815	30 706	106 774	45 038
North-America⁵	20 381	5 443	5 245	198	10 371	5 691
South- and Central-America	21 934	12 801	11 471	1 330	14 685	5 498
Oceania	2 161	762	734	28	1 118	631
Stateless	-	-	-	-	-	866
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	53