Statistics Norway

Immigration and emigration

10   Immigration, by citizenship and region1. 2005
Citizenship Total To region
Oslo and Akershus Hedmark and Oppland South Eastern Norway Agder and Rogaland Western Norway Trøndelag Northern Norway
Total 40 148 14 078 2 165 6 200 5 557 5 956 2 982 3 210
                 
Norway 8 793 3 439  420 1 726 1 237 1 020  499  452
                 
Europe, total, except Norway 17 137 5 910  978 2 456 2 374 2 728 1 286 1 405
                 
Western Europe, total, except Norway 9 363 3 591  508 1 269 1 267 1 285  677  766
Denmark 1 527  539  111  339  222  174 56 86
Sweden 2 697 1 569  126  321  155  220  143  163
Finland  547  227 23 51 20 43 20  163
Iceland  267  106 8 35 49 46 13 10
Belgium 56 22 7 11 5 5 2 4
France  405  165 8 23 73 45 58 33
Italy  160 57 1 17 38 16 22 9
Netherlands  605 71  101 96 71  166 45 55
Spain  174 56 3 6 19 42 23 25
United Kingdom  848  245 19 69  319  129 38 29
Germany 1 735  424 91  253  256  332  219  160
Austria 79 25 1 9 3 16 20 5
The rest of Western Europe  263 85 9 39 37 51 18 24
                 
Eastern Europe, total 7 774 2 319  470 1 187 1 107 1 443  609  639
Bosnia Herzegovina  160 47 13 41 17 31 4 7
Bulgaria  114 27 7 25 10 24 11 10
Estonia  202 67 15 33 14 54 8 11
Belarus 73 16 4 13 12 14 7 7
Latvia  169 43 9 24 27 46 12 8
Lithuania  784  165 42  191  138  150 60 38
Poland 3 265 1 273  155  511  388  590  232  116
Romania  235 79 10 27 47 46 15 11
Russia 1 400  184  107  138  267  251  141  312
Serbia and Montenegro  525  162 40 84 97 56 37 49
Slovakia  140 39 9 10 4 49 21 8
Ukraine  313 68 24 46 50 65 24 36
Hungary 73 22 6 9 3 24 3 6
The rest of Eastern Europe  321  127 29 35 33 43 34 20
                 
Africa, total 3 778 1 021  282  507  468  594  401  505
Algeria 41 9 1 6 12 7 4 2
Angola 30 2 1 3 6 9 4 5
Burundi  227 21 39 12 40 63 23 29
Ethiopia  372  153 6 28 53 30 51 51
Egypt 49 13 . 8 18 5 4 1
Ghana  140 63 1 9 1 34 25 7
Liberia 37 1 6 5 . 3 6 16
Morocco  130 81 3 19 7 7 6 7
Nigeria 76 26 2 11 31 . 3 3
Somalia 1 103  240  133  203 88  170 90  179
Tanzania  107 43 2 11 10 29 9 3
The rest of Africa 1 466  369 88  192  202  237  176  202
                 
Asia, Turkey included, total 8 259 2 953  404 1 246 1 042 1 269  662  683
Afghanistan  826  145 56  126  115  130 75  179
Bangladesh 45 9 . 2 7 14 6 7
Burma  349 48 42 57  108 67 27 .
Philippines  835  434 22 93 88  105 52 41
India  356  207 1 52 22 34 25 15
Iraq 1 409  428 61  334  127  226  107  126
Iran  338  139 23 44 40 39 27 26
China  589  207 37 62 80 86 46 71
Pakistan  546  432 4 46 24 27 10 3
Sri Lanka  271  135 3 30 20 58 19 6
North Korea 1 . . . . 1 . .
South Korea  147 51 7 15 12 39 12 11
Syria 68 14 10 8 16 14 2 4
Thailand 1 134  232 79  207  178  231 85  122
Turkey  413  152 21 46 50 61 57 26
Vietnam  318  124 18 57 41 44 28 6
The rest of Asia  614  196 20 67  114 93 84 40
                 
North America, total  847  302 28 93  204  102 46 72
United States  689  239 24 76  169 85 36 60
Canada  158 63 4 17 35 17 10 12
                 
South and Central America, total  938  325 28  129  172  178 59 47
Brazil  299 86 7 53 53 62 22 16
Chile  132 62 4 16 20 21 5 4
Cuba 56 16 4 10 8 9 2 7
The rest of South America  451  161 13 50 91 86 30 20
                 
Oceania, total  205 90 5 13 28 33 17 19
Australia  173 84 4 11 24 25 16 9
The rest of Oceania 32 6 1 2 4 8 1 10
                 
Stateless  171 33 19 24 30 31 11 23
Unknown 20 5 1 6 2 1 1 4
1  Regions: Akershus/Oslo (Akershus and Oslo). Hedmark/Oppland (Hedmark and Oppland). South Eastern Norway (Østfold, Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark). Agder-Rogaland (Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder and Rogaland). Western Norway (Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal). Trøndelag (Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag). Northern Norway (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark Finnmárku).

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