Statistics Norway

Naturalisations

1 Naturalisations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2011
Previous citizenship Total1 Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 14 286 6 667 7 619 4 776 9 510
           
Europe 2 581 1 162 1 419  880 1 701
Russia  630  279  351  295  335
Serbia and Montenegro  367  180  187  103  264
Sweden  233  126  107  107  126
Bosnia-Herzegovina  173 83 90 70  103
Germany  158 79 79 34  124
Denmark  127 74 53 51 76
Ukraine  117 20 97 24 93
Poland 80 24 56 18 62
Romania 68 17 51 1 67
Croatia 54 29 25 18 36
Serbia 52 22 30 34 18
Lithuania 48 11 37 11 37
Kosovo 46 27 19 10 36
Finland 42 29 13 22 20
United Kingdom 40 26 14 8 32
Bulgaria 35 7 28 5 30
Netherlands 35 17 18 10 25
Iceland 31 12 19 8 23
Latvia 30 6 24 5 25
Belarus 30 10 20 4 26
Rest of Europe  185 84  101 42  143
           
Africa 4 531 2 254 2 277 1 842 2 689
Somalia 2 092 1 045 1 047 1 032 1 060
Liberia  406  198  208  165  241
Ethiopia  338  178  160  103  235
Eritrea  248  117  131 76  172
Burundi  233  109  124  102  131
Congo  189 98 91 96 93
Morocco  188 84  104 25  163
Sudan  122 66 56 43 79
Rwanda 88 47 41 39 49
Algeria 58 37 21 11 47
Ghana 56 21 35 13 43
Sierra Leone 54 31 23 15 39
Nigeria 51 25 26 13 38
Kenya 44 11 33 8 36
Cameroon 41 15 26 11 30
Angola 38 21 17 18 20
Gambia 36 19 17 15 21
Tunisia 36 21 15 3 33
Egypt 29 23 6 3 26
Tanzania 24 10 14 9 15
Rest of Africa  160 78 82 42  118
           
Asia 5 899 2 594 3 305 1 629 4 270
Afghanistan 1 280  727  553  465  815
Iraq  945  414  531  292  653
Iran  538  253  285  106  432
Pakistan  523  221  302  129  394
Philippines  410 97  313 90  320
Thailand  363 93  270 80  283
Turkey  280  147  133 48  232
Myanmar/Burma  260  134  126 97  163
Vietnam  239 65  174 41  198
China  218 82  136 54  164
India  209 82  127 66  143
Sri Lanka  183 64  119 27  156
Syria 61 26 35 13 48
Indonesia 59 37 22 21 38
Lebanon 38 17 21 6 32
Cambodia 37 20 17 8 29
South Korea 33 21 12 22 11
Azerbaijan 26 7 19 5 21
Jordan 22 17 5 10 12
Kazakhstan 22 5 17 5 17
Rest of Asia  153 65 88 44  109
           
North and Central America, total  161 59  102 24  137
Cuba 41 11 30 6 35
USA 39 19 20 9 30
Mexico 30 10 20 3 27
Dominican Republic 23 10 13 2 21
Rest of North and Central America 28 9 19 4 24
           
South America, total  301 98  203 41  260
Brazil 89 16 73 14 75
Chile 75 36 39 9 66
Peru 38 9 29 5 33
Colombia 29 8 21 5 24
Ecuador 19 7 12 3 16
Rest of South and Central America 51 22 29 5 46
           
Oceania 9 5 4 3 6
           
Stateless  790  485  305  350  440
Unknown 14 10 4 7 7
1  Include 245 registered reports of naturalisations from one of the earlier years.

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