Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

4   Population by different grouping of three variants of country background, country of birth and citizenship, 1 January 2004
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 4 577 457 4 577 457 4 577 457 4 577 457 4 577 457
Norway 4 002 848 4 228 517 4 288 353 4 230 177 4 372 726
Abroad, total  574 609  348 940  289 104  347 280  204 731
           
Choosen groups          
Nordic Countries  131 740 53 940 50 701 67 068 55 884
West-Europe withouth the Nordic countries 88 268 35 906 33 445 44 448 32 188
East-Europe 68 254 56 339 49 107 49 885 28 223
Europa except Turkey  288 262  146 185  133 253  161 401  116 295
Europa with Turkey  302 933  159 156  141 973  170 198  119 835
Africa 50 973 40 488 31 575 33 973 20 145
Asia with Turkey  171 529  139 653  103 776  116 280 52 045
Asia without Turkey  156 858  126 682 95 056  107 483 48 505
North- and Central America 40 217 10 687 10 214 19 714 10 121
South America 20 835 10 897 9 286 14 347 4 402
North-America 35 810 8 426 8 116 16 928 8 911
South- and Central- America 25 242 13 158 11 384 17 133 5 612
North-America and Oceania 38 603 9 456 9 116 18 493 9 812
Oceania 2 793 1 030 1 000 1 565  901
Asia,Africa, South- and Central America,Turkey, stateless and unknown  247 744  193 299  146 735  167 386 78 624
Stateless - - - -  767
Unknown - - - - 55
           
Western countries4  258 611 99 302 93 262  130 009 97 884
Non-western countries, stateless and unknown  315 998  249 638  195 842  217 271  106 025
           
EØS  214 737 87 973 82 431  108 909 87 175
EU-155  208 439 84 046 78 861  105 074 83 058
EU-106 19 890 13 109 11 678 12 162 5 601
EFTA 9 194 4 878 4 437 5 380 4 990
EØS out of Scandinavia 85 232 34 895 32 521 42 827 31 288
           
Ex-Yugoslavia 34 320 31 798 26 484 26 322 13 852
Ex-Sovietunion 14 364 12 044 11 559 11 857 9 870
           
North-Africa7 12 158 9 096 6 333 6 446 2 388
West-Africa8 6 023 4 350 3 413 3 573 1 845
East-Africa 4 030 2 830 2 475 2 967 1 708
Southern Africa9 4 007 1 614 1 490 2 272  719
           
Central-Asia 1 039  945  884  872  650
Southeast Asia 43 047 32 497 25 626 27 840 9 447
Southern-Asia 71 057 64 207 44 136 45 393 21 379
Westhern-Asia 21 150 19 607 16 641 17 248 14 153
East-Asia 17 346 6 856 5 846 14 154 2 583
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  EU-medlemmene før 1. mai 2004.
6  De nye EU-medlemmene fra 1. mai 2004.
7  From Morocco to Egypt.
8  Chad and towards the westwards.
9  From Angola to Madagascar and southwards.

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