Statistics Norway

Persons with refugee background

4 Persons with refugee background1. Citizenship, sex and country background. 1 January 2010
Country background Total Persons with norwegian citizenship Persons with foreign citizenship Sex
Males Females
Total  151 066 88 480 62 586 80 402 70 664
Western Europe, except Turkey  585  179  406  307  278
Eastern Europe 32 882 21 551 11 331 16 536 16 346
Africa 34 939 15 268 19 671 18 438 16 501
Asia with Turkey 76 670 47 160 29 510 41 997 34 673
North America and Oceania  180 47  133 90 90
Sør-og Mellom Amerika 5 810 4 275 1 535 3 034 2 776
           
           
Selected countries          
Iraq 19 768 10 430 9 338 11 313 8 455
Somalia 17 665 9 056 8 609 9 411 8 254
Bosnia- Herzegovina 12 166 8 894 3 272 5 972 6 194
Iran 12 067 9 592 2 475 6 634 5 433
Vietnam 11 609 10 857  752 5 684 5 925
Afghanistan 8 912 2 669 6 243 5 435 3 477
Kosovo 8 538 6 472 2 066 4 582 3 956
Sri Lanka 7 159 5 789 1 370 3 771 3 388
Russia 4 833  846 3 987 2 356 2 477
Chile 4 830 3 587 1 243 2 577 2 253
Eritrea 4 460 1 224 3 236 2 293 2 167
Ethiopia 3 426 1 581 1 845 1 733 1 693
Turkey 2 669 2 008  661 1 527 1 142
Burma 2 641 62 2 579 1 390 1 251
Palestinian Territory 2 438  631 1 807 1 610  828
Pakistan 1 883 1 225  658  948  935
Croatia 1 803 1 358  445  940  863
Congo 1 697  304 1 393  891  806
Poland 1 285 1 047  238  535  750
Syria 1 139  755  384  596  543
Lebanon 1 125  914  211  643  482
Macedonia 1 053  847  206  578  475
Burundi  936  152  784  445  491
Sudan  920  344  576  531  389
Liberia  878 45  833  439  439
Serbia  760  457  303  378  382
China  710  279  431  337  373
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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