Immigrant population

4   Population by grouping of three variants of country background, country of birth and citizenship, 1 january 2003
Country background/country of birth/citizenship Population by
Country background, persons with immigration background1 country background, immigrant population2 Country background, first generation immigrants without Norwegian background3 Country of birth Citizenship
Total 4 552 252 4 552 252 4 552 252 4 552 252 4 552 252
           
Norway 4 000 885 4 219 459 4 274 990 4 218 397 4 354 584
Abroad, total  551 367  332 793  277 262  333 855  197 668
           
Europe  295 211  155 112  138 999  166 491  119 168
Africa 46 623 36 593 28 612 30 946 17 442
Asia  147 514  119 125 89 712  101 694 44 961
North and Central America 39 447 10 518 10 076 19 441 10 325
South America 19 926 10 457 8 907 13 799 4 265
Oceania 2 646  988  956 1 484  862
Stateless - - - -  604
Unknown - - - - 41
           
Europe except Turkey  281 307  142 769  130 663  158 079  115 658
Africa 46 623 36 593 28 612 30 946 17 442
Asia with Turkey  161 418  131 468 98 048  110 106 48 471
North America 35 338 8 425 8 139 16 834 9 208
South and Central America 24 035 12 550 10 844 16 406 5 382
Oceania 2 646  988  956 1 484  862
Stateless - - - -  604
Unknown - - - - 41
           
Nordic countries  130 539 54 277 51 135 67 240 55 830
West-Europe else, except Turkey 86 447 35 243 32 896 43 487 31 489
East-Europe 64 321 53 249 46 632 47 352 28 339
North America and Oceania 37 984 9 413 9 095 18 318 10 070
Asia, Africa, South and Central America,Turkey, stateless and unknown  232 076  180 611  137 504  157 458 71 940
           
Western countries4  254 970 98 933 93 126  129 045 97 389
Non-western countries, stateless and unknown  296 397  233 860  184 136  204 810 99 634
Stateless and unknown - - - -  645
           
Selected groups          
           
EØS  211 717 87 594 82 259  108 085 86 435
EU  205 364 83 558 78 582  104 145 82 213
EFTA 9 185 4 968 4 529 5 453 5 083
EØS out of Scandinavia 83 480 34 251 31 987 41 900 30 602
           
Ex Yugoslavia 33 717 31 331 26 463 26 340 16 053
Ex- Sovietunion 11 776 9 793 9 435 9 715 8 001
           
North-Africa5 11 689 8 727 6 145 6 252 2 322
West-Africa6 5 564 3 962 3 091 3 242 1 611
East-Africa 3 485 2 359 2 043 2 530 1 346
Southern Africa7 3 850 1 563 1 441 2 203  688
           
Central-Asia  815  748  704  704  560
Southeast Asia 40 195 30 433 23 945 26 062 8 306
Southern-Asia 67 146 60 708 41 709 42 944 19 841
Westhern-Asia 19 961 18 651 16 313 16 885 13 749
East-Asia 16 327 6 250 5 298 13 304 2 200
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  Own, mother's or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign ) for persons with to foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  Own,mother's or father's country of birth for foreign born with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
4  West-Europe except Turkey, and North America and Oceania.
5  From Morocco to Egypt.
6  Chad and towards the westwards.
7  From Angola to Madagascar and southwards.

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