Statistics Norway

Naturalizations

1   Naturalizations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2006
Previous citizenship Total1 Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 11 955 5 691 6 264 4 765 7 190
           
Europe 4 165 1 912 2 253 1 607 2 558
Serbia and Montenegro 1 107  510  597  425  682
Bosnia-Herzegovina  519  245  274  134  385
Russia  458  108  350  104  354
Sweden  376  198  178  296 80
Turkey  355  204  151 95  260
Croatia  317  183  134 99  218
Denmark  152 78 74 87 65
Poland  112 35 77 37 75
Germany 97 49 48 47 50
United Kingdom 90 51 39 50 40
Ukraine 84 20 64 20 64
Romania 75 24 51 12 63
Netherlands 55 35 20 28 27
Finland 52 28 24 30 22
Bulgaria 51 20 31 10 41
Macedonia 31 15 16 8 23
Iceland 29 16 13 19 10
Lithuania 22 7 15 15 7
Albania 21 13 8 5 16
France 20 9 11 17 3
Portugal 20 8 12 10 10
Estonia 19 7 12 10 9
Latvia 17 7 10 10 7
Belarus 13 5 8 4 9
Italy 12 5 7 7 5
Spain 12 6 6 4 8
Moldova 10 3 7 3 7
Rest of Europe 39 23 16 21 18
           
Africa 2 198 1 103 1 095  971 1 227
Somalia 1 281  667  614  702  579
Morocco  164 81 83 27  137
Ethiopia  140 56 84 49 91
Sudan 79 40 39 31 48
Eritrea 60 23 37 19 41
Gambia 57 20 37 14 43
Algeria 55 30 25 17 38
Tunisia 54 33 21 9 45
Ghana 47 21 26 16 31
Nigeria 28 16 12 8 20
Egypt 26 21 5 2 24
Burundi 23 16 7 11 12
Rwanda 21 10 11 7 14
Congo 19 10 9 8 11
Kenya 18 6 12 5 13
Sierra Leone 18 12 6 5 13
Uganda 17 5 12 8 9
Rest of Africa 91 36 55 33 58
           
Asia 5 025 2 435 2 590 2 003 3 022
Iraq 2 142 1 271  871 1 097 1 045
Pakistan  590  285  305  164  426
Iran  535  246  289  160  375
Thailand  263 69  194  103  160
Philippines  246 59  187 65  181
Sri Lanka  242 72  170 51  191
Vietnam  216 62  154 45  171
Afghanistan  194 92  102  100 94
India  187 83  104 60  127
China  123 41 82 29 94
South Korea 70 47 23 63 7
Lebanon 41 16 25 12 29
Syria 39 25 14 12 27
Armenia 18 8 10 6 12
Azerbaijan 17 8 9 6 11
Indonesia 15 7 8 6 9
Israel 11 6 5 3 8
Malaysia 10 4 6 0 10
Rest of Asia 66 34 32 21 45
           
North and Central America  177 72  105 57  120
USA 66 34 32 23 43
Canada 16 5 11 8 8
Cuba 30 8 22 12 18
Dominican Republic 23 10 13 9 14
Mexico 16 6 10 1 15
Rest of North and Central America 26 9 17 4 22
           
South America  250 91  159 73  177
Chile 84 41 43 16 68
Brazil 55 11 44 22 33
Colombia 54 16 38 14 40
Peru 25 11 14 13 12
Venezuela 13 2 11 3 10
Rest of South America 19 10 9 5 14
           
Oceania 18 5 13 8 10
           
Stateless  117 72 45 42 75
Unknown 5 1 4 4 1
1  Include 201 registered reportsof naturalizations from one of the earlier years.

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