| Total 2008 | 25 928 810 | 16 044 257 | 8 293 024 | 1 276 009 | 315 520 | 
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 | Norway | 18 259 101 | 11 528 362 | 5 999 214 | 578 984 | 152 541 | 
 | Foreign countries, total | 7 669 709 | 4 515 895 | 2 293 810 | 697 025 | 162 979 | 
 | Sweden | 859 251 | 511 029 | 243 151 | 83 988 | 21 083 | 
 | Denmark | 932 975 | 498 893 | 177 864 | 244 307 | 11 911 | 
 | Finland | 142 905 | 61 230 | 73 129 | 4 958 | 3 588 | 
 | Iceland | 17 002 | 12 169 | 3 907 | 491 | 435 | 
 | United Kingdom | 590 813 | 503 255 | 60 508 | 15 428 | 11 622 | 
 | Netherlands | 821 277 | 289 737 | 452 478 | 74 125 | 4 937 | 
 | Germany | 1 634 716 | 689 713 | 747 429 | 172 928 | 24 646 | 
 | France | 277 807 | 191 954 | 71 380 | 6 175 | 8 298 | 
 | Spain | 252 170 | 207 447 | 31 365 | 2 461 | 10 897 | 
 | Switzerland | 116 347 | 59 479 | 50 841 | 1 964 | 4 063 | 
 | Liechtenstein | 2 866 | 2 096 | 709 | 58 | 3 | 
 | Italy | 185 387 | 130 440 | 45 052 | 3 812 | 6 083 | 
 | Austria | 66 838 | 28 452 | 31 537 | 5 156 | 1 693 | 
 | Belgium | 69 224 | 37 133 | 27 735 | 2 650 | 1 706 | 
 | Portugal | 18 771 | 13 878 | 3 731 | 623 | 539 | 
 | Greece | 17 708 | 16 686 | 804 | 29 | 189 | 
 | Ireland | 21 395 | 17 648 | 2 559 | 384 | 804 | 
 | Luxembourg | 3 546 | 2 146 | 1 135 | 145 | 120 | 
 | Turkey | 9 941 | 8 984 | 709 | 79 | 169 | 
 | Poland | 246 413 | 123 697 | 90 704 | 22 137 | 9 875 | 
 | Czech Republic | 81 168 | 19 438 | 37 324 | 17 768 | 6 638 | 
 | Slovakia | 12 643 | 4 426 | 5 363 | 2 209 | 645 | 
 | Hungary | 18 854 | 12 318 | 5 216 | 248 | 1 072 | 
 | Estonia | 40 601 | 17 415 | 17 298 | 3 409 | 2 479 | 
 | Latvia | 36 238 | 11 135 | 19 547 | 3 298 | 2 258 | 
 | Lithuania | 48 602 | 11 591 | 26 700 | 7 535 | 2 776 | 
 | Cyprus | 1 896 | 1 799 | 54 | 5 | 38 | 
 | Malta | 1 037 | 828 | 139 | 43 | 27 | 
 | Slovenia | 6 880 | 3 489 | 2 768 | 377 | 246 | 
 | Ukraine | 11 258 | 10 109 | 886 | 144 | 119 | 
 | Russia | 146 778 | 121 036 | 15 419 | 7 956 | 2 367 | 
 | Other European countries n.e.s. | 212 154 | 186 106 | 19 555 | 4 543 | 1 950 | 
 | United States | 284 755 | 270 059 | 7 109 | 3 229 | 4 358 | 
 | Canada | 22 086 | 18 460 | 2 168 | 128 | 1 330 | 
 | Mexico | 5 138 | 4 671 | 133 | 9 | 325 | 
 | Brazil | 17 403 | 16 060 | 456 | 305 | 582 | 
 | Other South or Central American countries | 15 768 | 14 426 | 822 | 38 | 482 | 
 | Australia | 42 646 | 34 974 | 4 684 | 516 | 2 472 | 
 | Other Oceanic countries or territories | 16 594 | 14 824 | 1 197 | 47 | 526 | 
 | Japan | 103 697 | 100 265 | 1 359 | 303 | 1 770 | 
 | People's Republic of China | 42 268 | 40 047 | 962 | 90 | 1 169 | 
 | Republic of Korea | 41 395 | 37 398 | 2 001 | 211 | 1 785 | 
 | Other Asian countries | 141 477 | 130 886 | 4 915 | 1 863 | 3 813 | 
 | South Africa | 6 196 | 5 072 | 197 | 725 | 202 | 
 | Other African countries | 24 825 | 22 997 | 811 | 128 | 889 | 
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