Immigrant population

6   Population by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and immigrant populations country background1. 1 January 2000
Country background Total Foreign
citizenship		 Norwegian
citizenship		 Norwegian
citizenship,
per cent
Total 4 478 497 178 686 4 299 811 96
Norway 4 196 010 16 202 4 179 808 100
Abroad,total 282 487 162 484 120 003 42
         
Europa, total 143 121 103 597 39 524 28
Denmark 18 863 13 790 5 073 27
Finland 6 550 5 386 1 164 18
The Faroe Islands 853 623 230 27
Iceland 3 819 3 531 288 8
Sweden 23 240 19 689 3 551 15
Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 614 12 406 208 2
France 2 364 2 001 363 15
Italy 1 219 903 316 26
Yugoslavia 15 466 10 027 5 439 35
The Netherlands 3 821 3 050 771 20
Poland 6 282 2 167 4 115 66
Portugal 701 418 283 40
Romania 994 520 474 48
Russia 3 012 2 678 334 11
Spain 1 363 997 366 27
United Kingdom 11 161 9 165 1 996 18
Switzerland 932 774 158 17
Turkey 10 481 3 545 6 936 66
Germany 9 102 6 141 2 961 33
Hungary 1 642 293 1 349 82
Austria 792 540 252 32
Rest of Europe 7 850 4 953 2 897 37
         
Africa, total 26 521 12 229 14 292 54
Algeria 880 324 556 63
Ethiopia 2 525 851 1 674 66
Gambia 984 479 505 51
Ghana 1 341 717 624 47
Morocco 5 409 1 455 3 954 73
Somalia 8 386 4 893 3 493 42
Rest of Africa 6 996 3 510 3 486 50
         
Asia, total 92 593 34 681 57 912 63
The Philippines 5 573 1 815 3 758 67
Hong Kong 741 138 603 81
India 5 996 2 358 3 638 61
Iraq 7 664 5 835 1 829 24
Iran 10 354 3 830 6 524 63
China 3 548 1 284 2 264 64
Lebanon 1 540 415 1 125 73
Pakistan 22 831 7 507 15 324 67
Sri Lanka 9 826 3 484 6 342 65
Thailand 3 298 2 358 940 29
Vietnam 15 390 2 517 12 873 84
Rest of Asia 5 832 3 140 2 692 46
         
North and Central America, total 10 257 7 072 3 185 31
Canada 1 138 821 317 28
USA 7 571 5 322 2 249 30
Central America 1 548 929 619 40
         
South America, total 9 126 4 194 4 932 54
Chile 6 377 2 637 3 740 59
Rest of South America 2 749 1 557 1 192 43
         
Oceania, total 869 711 158 18
1  Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.

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