Statistics Norway

Refugees

4   Refugees1, by country background, citizenship and sex. 1 January 2006
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with Norwegian citizenship Refugees with foreign citizenship Sex
Males Females
Total  117 231 58 143 59 088       62 974       54 257
Norway and the Nordic countries  151  112 39 84 67
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  309 71  238  144  165
Eastern Europe 29 435 16 258 13 177 14 931 14 504
North America and Oceania 89 15 74 48 41
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 87 247 41 687 45 560 47 767 39 480
           
Selected countries          
Iraq 15 917 4 660 11 257 9 402 6 515
Somalia 12 958 4 069 8 889 7 037 5 921
Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 006 7 932 4 074 5 938 6 068
Iran 11 107 7 293 3 814 6 214 4 893
Vietnam 10 672 9 673  999 5 313 5 359
Yugoslavia 8 117 4 288 3 829 4 263 3 854
Sri Lanka 6 033 4 298 1 735 3 238 2 795
Afghanistan 5 766  345 5 421 3 379 2 387
Chile 4 465 3 151 1 314 2 414 2 051
Russia 3 405  165 3 240 1 718 1 687
Ethiopia 2 122  704 1 418 1 122 1 000
Croatia 1 776  734 1 042  948  828
Eritrea 1 669 1 028  641  877  792
Turkey 1 660 1 093  567  915  745
Pakistan 1 410  660  750  719  691
Poland] 1 157  967  190  506  651
Macedonia 1 052  905  147  579  473
Lebanon  931  744  187  523  408
1  The definition "refugee" refers to persons resident in Norway, who have come to Norway because of flight (family included). Children born in Norway to refugees are not included.

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