Norway Yearbook - 1996

Population
62 Asylum-seekers arrived, by citizenship. 1987-1995
Citizenship 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Total 8613 6602 4433 3962 4569 5238 12876 3379 1460
Europe, total 2020 1131 1 575 1 359 1721 3599 11 523 2164 495
Albania 6 1 1 7 37 24 5 2
Bosnia Herzegovina 390 7051 201 106
Bulgaria 4 9 13 151 79 42 8 2 6
Estonia 23 20 44 10
Croatia 44 68 78 29
Polen 211 190 419 82 120 19 10 72 8
Romania 22 5 68 207 54 59 74 46 10
Russian Federation 32 37 75 69
Soviet Union 5 6 16 81 71 44 2 - -
Turkey 517 438 114 80 46 32 30 30 35
Rest of Europe 1 255 482 945 757 1 344 2877 4199 1 611 220
Africa, total 1 027 1 402 935 787 1 328 717 464 526 407
Algerie 48 47 29 61 24 18 17 36 43
Ethiopia 209 361 270 203 260 42 29 7 18
Ghana 199 172 64 14 6 3 11 5 11
Kenya 19 22 15 15 19 13 5 19 12
Libya 21 13 17 10 9 5 3 2 4
Morocco 23 35 23 28 42 10 8 6 1
Nigeria 8 20 11 8 10 5 11 10 5
Sierra Leone 22 16 23 6 4 13 8 58 2
Somalia 357 548 362 313 731 444 259 251 189
Sudan 5 7 3 9 34 29 40 15 23
Togo 16 24 14 7 5 17 7 16 2
Tunisia 14 23 25 25 18 4 1 2 2
Uganda 18 15 10 13 70 33 12 13 30
Zaire 4 5 13 7 24 32 6 16 11
Rest of Africa 64 94 56 68 72 49 47 70 54
Asia, total 3975 2074 1 802 1 576 1 266 822 731 632 464
Afghanistan 20 95 54 19 13 21 25 9 10
Bangladesh 15 40 105 12 12 2 4 10 8
India 82 138 78 31 30 13 22 20 4
Iraq 267 131 114 90 131 111 137 126 99
Iran 1 558 985 605 451 244 130 147 160 163
China - 3 14 28 8 25 15 2 5
Lebanon 164 132 177 304 179 65 40 9 18
Pakistan 467 303 154 31 14 17 23 26 31
SriLanka 1291 158 451 512 556 403 255 233 90
Syria 46 29 19 47 25 15 13 14 14
Rest of Asia 65 60 31 51 54 20 50 23 22
North and Central America, total. . 7 8 11 9 21 4 12 12 14
South America, total 1 552 1 955 67 27 32 47 26 18 21
Chile 1 524 1 940 29 4 - 2 2 3 -
Peru 2 5 18 17 22 32 13 13 17
Rest of South America 26 10 20 6 10 13 11 2 4
Oceania 3
Stateless 29 32 43 204 201 49 120 27 59
Source: Directorate of Immigration. More information: Division for Population and Education Statistics.
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