Statistics Norway

Participation in the introduction programme for immigrants

1   Participants, by country of birth and sex. 2006
Country og birth All Sex Percentage
Males Females Males Females
Total 8 796 4 606 4 190 52 48
Somalia 1 753  957  796 55 45
Afghanistan 1 223  764  459 62 38
Russia 1 035  516  519 50 50
Iraq  910  368  542 40 60
Myanmar  702  410  292 58 42
Liberia  328  157  171 48 52
Iran  313  154  159 49 51
Serbia and Montenegro  304  132  172 43 57
Burundi  252  129  123 51 49
Congo  241  121  120 50 50
Eritrea  221  123 98 56 44
Ethiopia  196 95  101 48 52
Palestinian Territory  132 95 37 72 28
China  119 61 58 51 49
Sudan 99 60 39 61 39
Rwanda 71 24 47 34 66
Syria 66 30 36 45 55
Angola 53 23 30 43 57
Kongo-Brazzaville 43 22 21 51 49
Indonesia 33 23 10 70 30
Pakistan 33 8 25 24 76
Israel 32 22 10 69 31
Cambodia 29 13 16 45 55
Sierra Leone 29 11 18 38 62
Turkey 29 12 17 41 59
Libya 28 20 8 71 29
Philippines 27 3 24 11 89
Kazakhstan 27 14 13 52 48
Vietnam 27 24 3 89 11
Thailand 26 12 14 46 54
Sri Lanka 25 6 19 24 76
Uzbekistan 20 13 7 65 35
Algeria 18 10 8 56 44
Lebanon 18 6 12 33 67
Bosnia-Herzegovina 17 6 11 35 65
Malaysia 16 13 3 81 19
Jordan 15 5 10 33 67
Ivory Coast 14 10 4 71 29
Azerbaijan 13 5 8 38 62
Colombia 13 8 5 62 38
Kuwait 13 10 3 77 23
Egypt 11 6 5 55 45
Guinea 11 4 7 36 64
Morocco 11 2 9 18 82
Nepal 11 5 6 45 55
Uganda 11 7 4 64 36
Ukraine 11 2 9 18 82
Cameroon 10 4 6 40 60
Croatia 10 5 5 50 50
Others  147 76 71 52 48

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