Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

4   Three variants of immigration background, country of birth and citizenship, 1st january 2007
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 4 681 134 4 681 134 4 681 134 4 681 134 4 681 134
Norway 4 016 385 4 265 816 4 339 304 4 276 025 4 442 829
           
Abroad, total  664 749  415 318  341 830  405 109  238 305
Western countries4  275 722  105 468 98 918  138 095  106 303
Non-western countries, statless and unknown  389 027  309 850  242 912  267 014  130 882
           
Choosen groups          
EØS  265 911  121 843  113 935  142 814  115 248
EU  224 092  121 402  113 620  142 378  112 983
EFTA 9 333 4 581 4 144 5 187 4 755
EEA out of Scandinavia 94 614 40 381 37 660 48 992 37 402
           
Former Yugoslavia 37 809 34 779 27 963 27 792 10 535
Former Sovietunion 23 758 20 198 19 037 19 454 16 214
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  Western Europe, North America and Oceania.

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