Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

4   Three variants of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship.
1 January 2006
Country background/
country of birth/
citizenship		 Population by
Immigration background Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by persons with migration background1 Country background defined by immigrant population2 Country background defined by first generation immigrants3
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
Europe included Turkey  326 959  174 480  155 103  184 700  129 974
Africa 59 234 47 532 36 768 39 307 23 413
Asia without Turkey  175 609  141 180  105 331  119 112 52 028
North and Central America 41 173 10 682 10 206 20 110 10 182
South America 22 700 11 728 10 033 15 465 4 695
Oceania 2 984 1 097 1 073 1 673  976
Statless - - - -  941
Unknown - - - - 68
           
Abroad, total  628 659  386 699  318 514  380 367  222 277
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
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey, statsless and unknown  278 658  217 089  163 841  186 415 85 910
North America4 and Oceania 39 126 9 214 8 907 18 674 9 880
           
Abroad, total  628 659  386 699  318 514  380 367  222 277
Western countries5  268 255  101 400 95 173  133 548  101 657
Non-western countries, statless and unknown  360 404  285 299  223 341  246 819  120 620
           
Choosen groups          
EØS  223 709 90 299 84 537  112 214 90 858
EU-25  242 889  104 872 97 880  125 808 97 674
EU-156  217 553 86 704 81 272  108 659 87 031
EU-107 25 336 18 168 16 608 17 149 10 643
EFTA 9 174 4 576 4 157 5 155 4 725
EØS out of Scandinavia 90 642 37 596 35 033 46 064 34 350
           
Former Yugoslavia 36 618 33 764 27 515 27 347 11 865
Former Soviet Union 20 376 17 221 16 374 16 743 13 897
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  USA and Canada.
5  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
6  EU members before 1 May 2004.
7  The new EU members as from 1 May 2004.

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