Norway Yearbook - 1996

Population
64 Naturalizations. 1977-1995
Total Annual average
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1977-95 1977-80 1981-85 1986-9D
Total 76455 2409 2 588 3520 5055 5132 5538 8778 11778
Europe. total 26647 1457 1155 1133 1393 1211 1 606 2525 2 684
Denmark 4641 463 265 168 108 108 119 187 102
Finland 857 50 53 43 31 25 46 43 32
Iceland 239 12 13 9 9 11 19 23 19
Sweden 2353 143 130 98 103 108 153 150 130
Bulgaria 233 2 5 10 16 26 25 38 49
Yugoslavia' 3003 46 57 102 140 201 274 656 754
Netherlands 791 71 44 31 25 20 30 27 30
Poland 2751 44 75 168 234 215 265 275 374
Portugal 335 19 22 15 11 5 14 20 20
Romania 170 3 5 5 12 12 9 26 47
Russian Federation 26 3 3 8 12
USSR2 162 5 5 7 9 7 8 13 43
Spain 424 39 29 14 11 12 6 12 15
United Kingdom 2367 154 152 88 93 107 106 136 110
Turkey 3978 13 44 212 474 238 393 752 793
Germany3 1 963 196 126 61 40 46 56 59 45
Hungary 412 32 22 15 20 13 18 18 33
Restof Europe 1942 165 108 87 57 54 62 82 76
Africa, total 6 558 68 169 231 489 506 642 890 1 758
Algerie 284 6 6 9 21 20 38 53 51
Ethiopia 1125 3 19 37 62 56 107 160 445
Gambia 177 3 3 8 18 14 17 20 38
Ghana 321 1 3 2 26 20 25 99 122
Morocco 2353 12 80 109 280 299 275 257 248
Nigeria 142 1 1 3 7 3 14 37 58
Somalia 778 2 3 4 7 6 26 117 581
Tunisia 243 7 5 10 19 27 30 34 30
Rest of Africa 1135 33 49 49 49 61 110 113 185
Asia, total 34482 562 940 1 744 2639 2926 2722 4562 5965
Afghanistan 96 1 - - - 1 8 38 45
Bangladesh 232 19 5 6 6 13 25 27 35
Philippines 2963 26 107 199 235 298 213 243 343
India 2804 56 144 127 166 220 242 251 346
Iraq 428 1 1 2 11 15 37 150 193
Iran 3369 18 17 16 39 72 317 1287 1419
Israel 273 12 13 15 6 6 16 24 30
China 1 016 9 25 30 76 95 149 148 235
Lebanon 390 8 9 7 23 15 41 79 119
Pakistan 8322 148 240 484 778 1 054 664 616 997
SriLanka 2408 10 29 34 51 39 55 699 1212
South Korea 3588 210 256 182 95 107 105 135 121
Syria 135 4 4 3 5 7 2 26 45
Thailand 541 2 16 38 32 31 63 76 63
Vietnam4 7231 6 26 576 1082 931 746 710 727
Rest of Asia 686 32 48 25 34 22 39 53 35
North and Central America, total. 2236 149 130 97 84 80 97 125 119
USA 1 336 108 85 44 49 44 67 56 45
Rest of North and Central
America 900 41 45 53 35 36 30 69 74
South America, total 5608 79 149 297 435 392 445 621 1173
Brazil 300 4 7 8 20 47 47 51 47
Chile 2279 15 53 89 82 81 117 310 923
Colombia 2300 37 65 155 270 221 217 204 143
Ecuador 169 8 3 9 8 12 24 16 20
Rest of South America 560 15 21 36 55 31 4f) 40 40
Oceania, total 144 10 8 7 4 7 5 11 6
Stateless and unknown 780 88 41 14 11 10 21 44 73
'Refer to persons who were citizens of earlier Yugoslavia or Rest-Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).2Refer to persons who were citizens of
earlier USSR.3lncluding persons who were citizens of earlier DDR.4lncluding persons sstio were citizens of earlier South Vietnam.
Source: NOS Population Statistics 1995 Volume Ill. More information: Division for Population and tducation Statistics.
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