Immigrant population

9   Population by Norwegian/foreign citizenship and immigrant populations country background1. 1 January 2002
Country background Total Foreign citizenship Norwegian citizenship Norwegian citizenship, per cent
Total 4 524 066  185 863 4 338 203 95.9
Norway 4 213 362 15 861 4 197 501 99.6
         
Abroad, total  310 704  170 002  140 702 45.3
Europa, total  148 654  100 644 48 010 32.3
Bosnia-Herzegovina 13 159 8 990 4 169 31.7
Denmark 19 169 14 252 4 917 25.7
Finland 6 844 5 695 1 149 16.8
France 2 368 2 008  360 15.2
Faroe Islands  754  522  232 30.8
Iceland 3 812 3 510  302 7.9
Italy 1 267  950  317 25.0
Yugoslavia 14 466 6 450 8 016 55.4
Netherlands 3 981 3 209  772 19.4
Poland 6 760 2 355 4 405 65.2
Portugal  713  436  277 38.8
Romania 1 202  639  563 46.8
Russia 4 551 3 808  743 16.3
Spain 1 417 1 050  367 25.9
United Kingdom 10 820 8 878 1 942 17.9
Switzerland  922  760  162 17.6
Sweden 22 772 19 336 3 436 15.1
Turkey 11 550 3 429 8 121 70.3
Germany 10 019 7 008 3 011 30.1
Hungary 1 679  356 1 323 78.8
Austria  775  518  257 33.2
Rest of Europe 9 654 6 485 3 169 32.8
         
Africa, total 32 179 15 446 16 733 52.0
Algeria  989  369  620 62.7
Ethiopia 3 208 1 392 1 816 56.6
Gambia 1 081  492  589 54.5
Ghana 1 377  686  691 50.2
Morocco 6 017 1 554 4 463 74.2
Somalia 11 269 6 649 4 620 41.0
Rest ofAfrica 8 238 4 304 3 934 47.8
         
Asia, total  108 905 41 617 67 288 61.8
Philippines 6 302 2 149 4 153 65.9
Hong Kong  753  129  624 82.9
India 6 407 2 321 4 086 63.8
Iraq 13 630 10 856 2 774 20.4
Iran 11 908 4 413 7 495 62.9
China 3 842 1 343 2 499 65.0
Lebanon 1 718  433 1 285 74.8
Pakistan 24 565 7 049 17 516 71.3
Sri Lanka 10 925 3 148 7 777 71.2
Thailand 4 272 2 989 1 283 30.0
Vietnam 16 386 1 657 14 729 89.9
Rest ofAsia 8 197 5 130 3 067 37.4
         
North- and Central-America, total 10 084 7 040 3 044 30.2
Canada 1 102  809  293 26.6
USA 7 125 5 099 2 026 28.4
Central-America 1 857 1 132  725 39.0
         
South-America,total 9 950 4 482 5 468 55.0
Chile 6 661 2 528 4 133 62.0
Rest of South-America 3 289 1 954 1 335 40.6
         
Oceania, total  932  773  159 17.1
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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