Statistics Norway

Naturalizations

1   Naturalizations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2003
Previous citizenship Sex Age
Total Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 7 867 3 441 4 426 2 663 5 204
           
Europe 4 074 1 882 2 192 1 379 2 695
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 965  982  983  556 1 409
Turkey  398  205  193  138  260
Serbia and Montenegro  310  149  161 99  211
Russia  280 67  213 51  229
Sweden  211 96  115  147 64
Poland  167 56  111 27  140
Denmark  129 62 67 86 43
Germany 75 36 39 46 29
United Kingdom 68 32 36 35 33
Finland 62 33 29 37 25
Macedonia 54 26 28 20 34
Romania 40 9 31 6 34
Netherlands 37 19 18 23 14
Bulgaria 34 11 23 5 29
Croatia 34 17 17 6 28
Iceland 31 17 14 17 14
Ukraine 28 4 24 8 20
Latvia 18 5 13 10 8
Italy 15 8 7 6 9
Estonia 14 - 14 3 11
Lithuania 14 3 11 7 7
France 13 7 6 10 3
Albania 11 6 5 3 8
Portugal 11 6 5 7 4
Rest of Europe 55 26 29 26 29
           
Africa  826  361  465  299  527
Somalia  392  165  227  180  212
Morocco 86 48 38 25 61
Ethiopia 55 27 28 12 43
Ghana 42 13 29 8 34
Algeria 32 10 22 12 20
Gambia 30 17 13 9 21
Kenya 30 13 17 8 22
Uganda 29 10 19 6 23
Sudan 23 13 10 9 14
Eritrea 12 3 9 2 10
Nigeria 12 4 8 3 9
Rest of Africa 83 38 45 25 58
           
Asia 2 535 1 030 1 505  850 1 685
Pakistan  497  227  270  193  304
Iraq  403  214  189  185  218
Sri Lanka  281  116  165 75  206
Philippines  265 52  213 57  208
Iran  228  100  128 58  170
Vietnam  210 70  140 40  170
India  196 85  111 65  131
Thailand  193 58  135 66  127
China 84 23 61 17 67
South Korea 74 43 31 69 5
Lebanon 26 6 20 3 23
Afghanistan 21 10 11 6 15
Syria 13 7 6 5 8
Rest of Asia 44 19 25 11 33
           
North and Central America  159 55  104 44  115
USA 72 28 44 26 46
Mexico 24 6 18 3 21
Cuba 23 5 18 4 19
Canada 11 6 5 8 3
Dominican Republic 11 2 9 2 9
Rest of North and Central Amerika 18 8 10 1 17
           
South America  222 93  129 62  160
Chile  138 60 78 38  100
Peru 23 9 14 11 12
Brazil 22 4 18 7 15
Colombia 11 5 6 4 7
Venezuela 11 6 5 - 11
Rest of South America 17 9 8 2 15
           
Oceania 3 3 - 2 1
           
Stateless 43 16 27 25 18
Unknown 5 1 4 2 3

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