Statistics Norway

Naturalisations

1 Naturalisations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2010
Previous citizenship Total1 Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 11 903 5 691 6 212 4 231 7 672
           
Europe 2 492 1 180 1 312 1 111 1 381
Russia  673  330  343  333  340
Serbia and Montenegro  313  155  158  122  191
Sweden  248  116  132  167 81
Denmark  171 99 72 84 87
Bosnia-Herzegovina  167 68 99 59  108
Germany  132 70 62 48 84
Croatia 95 46 49 26 69
Netherlands 69 44 25 28 41
Ukraine 68 15 53 18 50
Finland 62 41 21 41 21
Lithuania 54 18 36 14 40
Poland 50 12 38 17 33
Romania 49 15 34 12 37
Iceland 37 19 18 19 18
United Kingdom 37 22 15 16 21
Serbia 30 16 14 23 7
Belarus 29 7 22 4 25
Estonia 25 8 17 14 11
France 23 13 10 10 13
Latvia 20 3 17 10 10
Rest of Europe  140 63 77 46 94
           
Africa 3 239 1 684 1 555 1 320 1 919
Somalia 1 528  824  704  708  820
Eritrea  248  138  110 80  168
Ethiopia  225  108  117 83  142
Liberia  176 83 93 84 92
Burundi  156 76 80 60 96
Congo  142 70 72 72 70
Morocco  126 57 69 27 99
Sudan 90 56 34 34 56
Rwanda 82 43 39 35 47
Ghana 47 14 33 16 31
Algeria 46 27 19 14 32
Gambia 42 20 22 12 30
Nigeria 41 26 15 13 28
Sierra Leone 37 15 22 11 26
Kenya 34 11 23 10 24
Cameroon 27 11 16 6 21
Congo Brazzaville 27 14 13 16 11
Tunisia 27 20 7 5 22
Libya 21 16 5 5 16
Tanzania 17 5 12 8 9
Rest of Africa  100 50 50 21 79
           
Asia 5 341 2 392 2 949 1 490 3 851
Iraq 1 338  588  750  387  951
Afghanistan 1 054  619  435  388  666
Iran  554  284  270  127  427
Pakistan  430  201  229 84  346
Philippines  322 65  257 82  240
Thailand  267 58  209 74  193
Turkey  214  118 96 43  171
Sri Lanka  194 52  142 26  168
China  182 74  108 51  131
Vietnam  177 46  131 34  143
India  152 55 97 38  114
Burma  103 62 41 41 62
Indonesia 62 31 31 23 39
Syria 49 25 24 18 31
South Korea 40 23 17 35 5
Lebanon 31 19 12 2 29
Uzbekistan 29 8 21 4 25
Azerbaijan 22 12 10 8 14
Jordan 18 8 10 2 16
Kazakhstan 16 5 11 5 11
Rest of Asia 87 39 48 18 69
           
North and Central America  141 59 82 45 96
Cuba 32 9 23 6 26
Dominican Republic 26 10 16 9 17
USA 22 9 13 13 9
Mexico 21 9 12 5 16
Canada 18 10 8 8 10
Rest of North and Central America 22 12 10 4 18
           
South America  247 90  157 55  192
Brazil 70 19 51 24 46
Chile 56 30 26 11 45
Colombia 49 24 25 13 36
Peru 30 6 24 5 25
Argentina 14 4 10 - 14
Ecuador 11 3 8 - 11
Rest of South America 17 4 13 2 15
           
Oceania 8 2 6 6 2
           
Stateless  423  277  146  197  226
Unknown 12 7 5 7 5
1  Include 293 registered reports of naturalisations from one of the earlier years.

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