Statistics Norway

4 Persons with refugee background1 . Citizenship, sex and country background. 1 January 2008
Country background Total Persons with Norwegian citizenship Persons with foreign citizenship Sex
Males Females
Total  132 367 73 679 58 688 70 562 61 805
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  395  133  262  192  203
Eastern Europe 31 810 19 713 12 097 16 086 15 724
North America and Oceania  110 37 73 62 48
Africa 28 680 11 335 17 345 15 317 13 363
South and Central America 5 436 3 862 1 574 2 866 2 570
Asia with Turkey 65 936 38 599 27 337 36 039 29 897
           
Selected countries          
Iraq 17 574 8 453 9 121 10 214 7 360
Somalia 15 498 6 654 8 844 8 359 7 139
Bosnia Herzegovina 12 369 8 747 3 622 6 091 6 278
Iran 11 502 8 389 3 113 6 359 5 143
Vietnam 10 973 10 080  893 5 408 5 565
Kosovo 7 540 5 737 1 803 4 025 3 515
Afghanistan 6 897 1 123 5 774 3 975 2 922
Sri Lanka 6 301 4 778 1 523 3 326 2 975
Chile 4 544 3 300 1 244 2 448 2 096
Russia 4 411  290 4 121 2 208 2 203
Ethiopia 2 559 1 062 1 497 1 318 1 241
Eritrea 2 355 1 171 1 184 1 204 1 151
Turkey 2 083 1 411  672 1 169  914
Burma 1 945 23 1 922 1 047  898
Croatia 1 818 1 133  685  959  859
Pakistan 1 617  823  794  819  798
Congo 1 430  168 1 262  763  667
Poland 1 232 1 011  221  525  707
Serbia 1 146  508  638  591  555
Lebanon 1 084  865  219  615  469
The Palestinian territory 1 066  476  590  749  317
Macedonia 1 009  793  216  553  456
Syria  960  591  369  504  456
Liberia  886 7  879  441  445
Burundi  860 54  806  426  434
Sudan  712  280  432  410  302
Hungary  629  603 26  369  260
1  The definition "person with refugee background" refers to persons resident in Norway, who have come to Norway because of flight (family included). Children born in Norway by persons with refugee background are not included.

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