3   Persons in private households, by size of household and immigrant population's country1. 3 November 2001. Numbers and per cent
Country background Total Size of household
1 person 2 persons 3 persons 4 persons 5 persons and more
  Numbers
Total 4 485 945  739 563 1 070 494  807 510 1 065 604  802 774
             
Norway 4 180 603  682 873 1 015 769  756 940  999 244  725 777
             
Foreign countries, total  305 342 56 690 54 725 50 570 66 360 76 997
Europe, except Turkey, total  135 030 29 497 32 805 23 403 28 781 20 544
Sweden 22 573 6 787 6 063 3 650 3 895 2 178
Denmark 19 012 4 787 6 326 2 840 3 162 1 897
Yugoslavia 13 916 1 425 1 400 1 709 3 375 6 007
Bosnia Herzegovina 13 089 1 462 2 177 2 453 4 808 2 189
United Kingdom 10 711 2 505 2 891 1 777 2 268 1 270
Germany 9 807 2 629 2 875 1 535 1 730 1 038
Rest of Europe 45 922 9 902 11 073 9 439 9 543 5 965
             
Africa, total 31 359 7 525 3 826 4 321 5 167 10 520
Somalia 10 892 2 950 1 019 1 113 1 197 4 613
Morocco 5 916  816  678  893 1 087 2 442
Ethiopia 3 118  972  418  445  568  715
Ghana 1 356  271  184  195  276  430
Gambia 1 058  272  156  173  203  254
Rest of Africa 9 019 2 244 1 371 1 502 1 836 2 066
             
Asia with Turkey, total  118 260 15 399 13 114 19 112 28 111 42 524
Pakistan 24 288 1 591 1 670 2 402 4 269 14 356
Vietnam 16 277 1 866 1 619 2 474 3 954 6 364
Iraq 13 201 3 941 1 045 1 503 1 917 4 795
Iran 11 606 2 115 1 577 2 333 2 988 2 593
Turkey 11 323  960 1 202 2 060 3 277 3 824
Sri Lanka 10 815 1 070  909 2 028 3 656 3 152
India 6 371  619  675 1 045 2 233 1 799
Afghanistan 2 073  340  107  199  301 1 126
Rest of Asia 22 306 2 897 4 310 5 068 5 516 4 515
             
North America, total 8 074 2 042 2 425 1 124 1 480 1 003
             
South and Central America, total 11 702 2 018 2 304 2 453 2 655 2 272
Chile 6 612 1 038 1 028 1 383 1 609 1 554
Rest of South and Central America 5 090  980 1 276 1 070 1 046  718
             
Oceania, total  917  209  251  157  166  134
             
  Per cent
Total  100.0 16.5 23.9 18.0 23.8 17.9
             
Norway  100.0 16.3 24.3 18.1 23.9 17.4
             
Foreign countries, total  100.0 18.6 17.9 16.6 21.7 25.2
Europe, except Turkey, total  100.0 21.8 24.3 17.3 21.3 15.2
Sweden  100.0 30.1 26.9 16.2 17.3 9.6
Denmark  100.0 25.2 33.3 14.9 16.6 10.0
Yugoslavia  100.0 10.2 10.1 12.3 24.3 43.2
Bosnia Herzegovina  100.0 11.2 16.6 18.7 36.7 16.7
United Kingdom  100.0 23.4 27.0 16.6 21.2 11.9
Germany  100.0 26.8 29.3 15.7 17.6 10.6
Rest of Europe  100.0 21.6 24.1 20.6 20.8 13.0
             
Africa, total  100.0 24.0 12.2 13.8 16.5 33.5
Somalia  100.0 27.1 9.4 10.2 11.0 42.4
Morocco  100.0 13.8 11.5 15.1 18.4 41.3
Ethiopia  100.0 31.2 13.4 14.3 18.2 22.9
Ghana  100.0 20.0 13.6 14.4 20.4 31.7
Gambia  100.0 25.7 14.7 16.4 19.2 24.0
Rest of Africa  100.0 24.9 15.2 16.7 20.4 22.9
             
Asia with Turkey, total  100.0 13.0 11.1 16.2 23.8 36.0
Pakistan  100.0 6.6 6.9 9.9 17.6 59.1
Vietnam  100.0 11.5 9.9 15.2 24.3 39.1
Iraq  100.0 29.9 7.9 11.4 14.5 36.3
Iran  100.0 18.2 13.6 20.1 25.7 22.3
Turkey  100.0 8.5 10.6 18.2 28.9 33.8
Sri Lanka  100.0 9.9 8.4 18.8 33.8 29.1
India  100.0 9.7 10.6 16.4 35.0 28.2
Afghanistan  100.0 16.4 5.2 9.6 14.5 54.3
Rest of Asia  100.0 13.0 19.3 22.7 24.7 20.2
             
North America, total  100.0 25.3 30.0 13.9 18.3 12.4
             
South and Central America, total  100.0 17.2 19.7 21.0 22.7 19.4
Chile  100.0 15.7 15.5 20.9 24.3 23.5
Rest of South and Central America  100.0 19.3 25.1 21.0 20.6 14.1
             
Oceania, total  100.0 22.8 27.4 17.1 18.1 14.6
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.

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