Statistics Norway

Immigrant population

3 Three categories of immigration background 1,country of birth and citizenship by country background and sex. 1 January 2008
Country background/Country of birth/Citizenship/Sex Population by immigration background
Country background defined by persons with migration background2 Innvandrerbefolkningen Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by first generation immigrants4 Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents Country background defined by immigrant population3, total
Both sexes            
Abroad, total  716 967  380 644 78 970  459 614  445 360  266 260
The Nordic countries  141 638 52 972 3 511 56 483 70 368 60 181
Western Europe  104 433 43 523 3 032 46 555 56 030 43 694
Eastern Europe  115 369 89 022 11 038  100 060 90 035 60 325
Africa 69 136 43 036 13 340 56 376 45 702 25 378
Asia included Turkey  214 701  128 409 45 631  174 040  142 899 58 065
North-America5 37 160 8 240  293 8 533 17 711 9 365
South- and Central-America 31 015 14 027 2 091 16 118 20 545 6 771
Oseania 3 515 1 415 34 1 449 2 070 1 305
Stateless - - - - - 1 109
Unknown - - - - - 67
             
Men            
Abroad, total  364 610  192 964 40 452  233 416  224 499  138 688
The Nordic countries 71 121 25 358 1 792 27 150 34 350 30 611
Western Europe 55 915 24 392 1 612 26 004 30 845 25 293
Eastern Europe 61 461 47 868 5 588 53 456 48 451 35 082
Africa 36 921 23 466 6 848 30 314 24 886 13 528
Asia included Turkey  103 545 61 311 23 328 84 639 66 721 25 402
North-America5 18 636 3 715  149 3 864 8 460 4 527
South- and Central-America 15 109 6 013 1 115 7 128 9 612 2 691
Oseania 1 902  841 20  861 1 174  800
Stateless - - - - -  718
Unknown - - - - - 36
             
Women            
Abroad, total  352 357  187 680 38 518  226 198  220 861  127 572
The Nordic countries 70 517 27 614 1 719 29 333 36 018 29 570
Western Europe 48 518 19 131 1 420 20 551 25 185 18 401
Eastern Europe 53 908 41 154 5 450 46 604 41 584 25 243
Africa 32 215 19 570 6 492 26 062 20 816 11 850
Asia included Turkey  111 156 67 098 22 303 89 401 76 178 32 663
North-America5 18 524 4 525  144 4 669 9 251 4 838
South- and Central-America 15 906 8 014  976 8 990 10 933 4 080
Oseania 1 613  574 14  588  896  505
Stateless - - - - -  391
Unknown - - - - - 31
1  General definition: own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  His/her own, mothers or fathers country of birth (if it is foreign) for foreign born persons or persons with two foreign-born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  His/her own, mothers orfathers 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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