Statistics Norway

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

3 Three categories of immigration background 1,country of birth and citizenship by country background and sex. 1 January 2009
Country background/Country of birth/Citizenship/Sex Population by
Immigration background Country of birth Citizenship
Country background defined by persons with migration background2 Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents3 Immigrants4 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
Both sexes            
Abroad, total  774 044  508 199  422 595 85 604  488 753  302 977
The Nordic countries  146 212 59 308 55 626 3 682 73 325 63 509
Western Europe  111 845 52 356 49 016 3 340 62 004 50 024
Eastern Europe  137 367  121 151  108 393 12 758  109 345 79 488
Africa 74 600 61 191 46 395 14 796 49 099 26 957
Asia included Turkey  229 172  186 355  137 889 48 466  152 639 62 491
North-America5 38 090 8 943 8 626  317 18 356 9 845
South- and Central-America 32 967 17 292 15 087 2 205 21 735 7 387
Oseania 3 791 1 603 1 563 40 2 250 1 419
Stateless - - - - - 1 788
Unknown - - - - - 69
             
Men            
Abroad, total  396 196  260 616  216 748 43 868  249 032  160 376
The Nordic countries 73 616 28 743 26 854 1 889 35 997 32 477
Western Europe 60 250 29 504 27 750 1 754 34 448 29 139
Eastern Europe 75 282 66 821 60 320 6 501 60 873 47 639
Africa 39 655 32 713 25 141 7 572 26 593 14 220
Asia included Turkey  110 280 90 226 65 428 24 798 70 968 27 210
North-America5 19 079 4 067 3 908  159 8 772 4 740
South- and Central-America 15 976 7 593 6 419 1 174 10 099 2 915
Oseania 2 058  949  928 21 1 282  861
Stateless - - - - - 1 136
Unknown - - - - - 39
             
Women            
Abroad, total  377 848  247 583  205 847 41 736  239 741  142 601
The Nordic countries 72 596 30 565 28 772 1 793 37 348 31 032
Western Europe 51 595 22 852 21 266 1 586 27 556 20 885
Eastern Europe 62 085 54 330 48 073 6 257 48 472 31 849
Africa 34 945 28 478 21 254 7 224 22 506 12 737
Asia included Turkey  118 892 96 129 72 461 23 668 81 671 35 281
North-America5 19 011 4 876 4 718  158 9 584 5 105
South- and Central-America 16 991 9 699 8 668 1 031 11 636 4 472
Oseania 1 733  654  635 19  968  558
Stateless - - - - -  652
Unknown - - - - - 30
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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