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 2011
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  883 004  600 922  500 500  100 422  569 096  369 228
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  434 686  238 999  224 160 14 839  267 292  234 057
Africa, Asia, South-and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA and Oceania except Australia og New Zealand3  448 318  361 923  276 340 85 583  301 804  135 171
             
The Nordic countries  157 414 67 201 63 030 4 171 81 046 72 612
Western Europe  122 724 60 325 56 259 4 066 69 772 58 897
EU countries in eastern Europe  110 749  100 081 93 874 6 207 94 733 90 543
Countries not in EU, in eastern Europe 67 419 59 826 48 721 11 105 48 934 23 295
Africa 87 927 73 480 55 593 17 887 58 506 31 660
Asia included Turkey  256 701  209 467  155 320 54 147  170 754 68 973
North-America5 39 423 9 533 9 185  348 19 177 10 386
South- and Central-America 36 391 19 193 16 747 2 446 23 656 8 054
Oseania 4 256 1 816 1 771 45 2 518 1 594
Stateless - - - - - 3 118
Unknown - - - - - 96
             
Men            
Abroad, total  452 975  309 097  257 548 51 549  291 098  196 347
The Nordic countries 79 784 33 263 31 093 2 170 40 379 37 636
Western Europe 66 336 34 116 31 984 2 132 38 977 34 330
EU countries in eastern Europe 66 415 60 836 57 636 3 200 58 122 57 196
Countries not in EU, in eastern Europe 31 067 27 152 21 466 5 686 21 596 9 638
Africa 46 485 39 027 29 925 9 102 31 478 16 533
Asia included Turkey  123 117  100 749 72 982 27 767 78 858 29 942
North-America5 19 865 4 465 4 289  176 9 293 5 071
South- and Central-America 17 570 8 390 7 096 1 294 10 932 3 158
Oseania 2 336 1 099 1 077 22 1 463  983
Stateless - - - - - 1 801
Unknown - - - - - 59
             
Women            
Abroad, total  430 029  291 825  242 952 48 873  277 998  172 881
The Nordic countries 77 630 33 938 31 937 2 001 40 667 34 976
Western Europe 56 388 26 209 24 275 1 934 30 795 24 567
EU countries in eastern Europe 44 334 39 245 36 238 3 007 36 611 33 347
Countries not in EU, in eastern Europe 36 352 32 674 27 255 5 419 27 338 13 657
Africa 41 442 34 453 25 668 8 785 27 028 15 127
Asia included Turkey  133 584  108 718 82 338 26 380 91 896 39 031
North-America5 19 558 5 068 4 896  172 9 884 5 315
South- and Central-America 18 821 10 803 9 651 1 152 12 724 4 896
Oseania 1 920  717  694 23 1 055  611
Stateless - - - - - 1 317
Unknown - - - - - 37
1  General definition: own, mother's or father's country of birth if it is foreign, otherwise Norway.
2  Own, mother's or father's country of birth for persons with two foreign born parents, otherwise Norway.
3  Own, mothers orf athers 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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