Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

3   Three categories of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship, by country background and sex. 1 January 2006
Country background/
Country of birth/
Citizenship/
Sex		 Population by
Immigration background Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by persons with migration background2 Country background defined by immigrant population3 Country background defined by first generation immigrants4
Both sexes          
Total 4 640 219 4 640 219 4 640 219    4 640 219    4 640 219
Norway 4 011 560 4 253 520 4 321 705 4 259 852 4 417 942
           
Abroad, total  628 659  386 699  318 514  380 367  222 277
The Nordic countries  135 331 53 551 50 287 67 139 56 505
Western Europe 93 798 38 635 35 979 47 735 35 272
Eastern Europe 81 746 68 210 59 500 60 404 34 710
Africa 59 234 47 532 36 768 39 307 23 413
Asia included Turkey  191 693  155 264  114 668  128 534 55 515
North America5 27 731 14 293 12 405 18 574 5 973
South and Central America 36 142 8 117 7 834 17 001 8 904
Oceania 2 984 1 097 1 073 1 673  976
Stateless - - - -  941
Unknown - - - - 68
           
Men          
Total 2 301 981 2 301 981 2 301 981 2 301 981 2 301 981
Norway 1 987 926 2 111 302 2 146 224 2 116 044 2 192 416
           
Abroad, total  314 055  190 679  155 757  185 937  109 565
The Nordic countries 67 488 25 228 23 544 32 270 28 313
Western Europe 49 551 21 056 19 643 25 698 20 115
Eastern Europe 38 612 31 483 27 090 27 612 15 787
Africa 31 852 25 780 20 269 21 625 12 404
Asia included Turkey 93 226 76 431 55 670 60 882 25 015
North America5 13 674 6 461 5 457 8 871 2 463
South and Central America 18 070 3 615 3 474 8 059 4 268
Oceania 1 582  625  610  920  579
Stateless - - - -  590
Unknown - - - - 31
           
Women          
Total 2 338 238 2 338 238 2 338 238 2 338 238 2 338 238
Norway 2 023 634 2 142 218 2 175 481 2 143 808 2 225 526
           
Abroad, total  314 604  196 020  162 757  194 430  112 712
The Nordic countries 67 843 28 323 26 743 34 869 28 192
Western Europe 44 247 17 579 16 336 22 037 15 157
Eastern Europe 43 134 36 727 32 410 32 792 18 923
Africa 27 382 21 752 16 499 17 682 11 009
Asia included Turkey 98 467 78 833 58 998 67 652 30 500
North America5 14 057 7 832 6 948 9 703 3 510
South and Central America 18 072 4 502 4 360 8 942 4 636
Oceania 1 402  472  463  753  397
Stateless - - - -  351
Unknown - - - - 37
1  General definition: own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  His/her own, mother's or father's country of birth (if it is foreign) for foreign born persons or persons with two foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  His/her own, mother's or father's country of birth (if it is foreign) for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
4  Own, mother's or father's country of birth for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
5  USA and Canada.

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