Immigrant population

9   Population by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and immigrant populations country background1.1 January 2001
Country background Total Foreign citizenship Norwegian citizenship Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 503 436 184 337 4 319 099 96
Norway 4 205 705 16 016 4 189 689 100
         
Abroad, total 297 731 168 321 129 410 43
         
Europa, total 145 998 103 267 42 731 29
Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 944 11 786 1 158 9
Denmark 19 049 14 041 5 008 26
Finland 6 776 5 621 1 155 17
France 2 350 1 994 356 15
Faroe Islands 770 538 232 30
Iceland 3 756 3 461 295 8
Italy 1 265 955 310 25
Yugoslavia 15 469 8 729 6 740 44
Netherlands 3 848 3 085 763 20
Poland 6 432 2 164 4 268 66
Portugal 704 430 274 39
Romania 1 054 530 524 50
Russia 3 749 3 219 530 14
Spain 1 382 1 020 362 26
United Kingdom 10 925 8 953 1 972 18
Switzerland 922 761 161 17
Sweden 23 010 19 522 3 488 15
Turkey 10 990 3 374 7 616 69
Germany 9 448 6 523 2 925 31
Hungary 1 666 335 1 331 80
Austria 768 518 250 33
Rest of Europe 8 721 5 708 3 013 35
         
Africa, total 29 568 14 320 15 248 52
Algeria 927 349 578 62
Ethiopia 2 803 1 089 1 714 61
Gambia 1 050 498 552 53
Ghana 1 355 691 664 49
Morocco 5 719 1 524 4 195 73
Somalia 10 107 6 211 3 896 39
Rest ofAfrica 7 607 3 958 3 649 48
         
Asia, total 101 616 38 640 62 976 62
Philippines 5 885 1 987 3 898 66
Hong Kong 742 132 610 82
India 6 140 2 317 3 823 62
Iraq 12 357 9 947 2 410 20
Iran 11 016 3 939 7 077 64
China 3 654 1 255 2 399 66
Lebanon 1 613 411 1 202 75
Pakistan 23 581 6 885 16 696 71
Sri Lanka 10 335 3 278 7 057 68
Thailand 3 738 2 702 1 036 28
Vietnam 15 880 1 971 13 909 88
Rest ofAsia 6 675 3 816 2 859 43
         
North- and Central-America, total 10 103 6 994 3 109 31
Canada 7 253 5 121 2 132 29
USA 1 120 817 303 27
Central-America 1 730 1 056 674 39
         
South-America,total 9 547 4 358 5 189 54
Chile 6 491 2 574 3 917 60
Rest of South-America 3 056 1 784 1 272 42
         
Oceania, total 899 742 157 17
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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