Norway Yearbook - 2003

Population
85 Naturalizations
Annual average
Total 1977
2002 1977-
1980
1981-
1985
1986-
1990
1991-
1995
1996-
2000
1999 2000 2001 2002
Total 147357 2409 2588 3520 7256 10205 7988 9517 10838 9041
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Europe, total 50307 1457 1155 1133 1 884 2854 2604 4109 5775 3615
Denmark 5622 463 265 168 125 142 158 170 162 108
Finland 1122 50 53 43 35 37 54 49 41 41
Iceland 386 12 13 9 16 19 14 29 21 29
Sweden 3738 143 130 98 129 184 241 246 249 216
Bulgaria 482 2 5 10 31 36 21 21 30 41
Yugoslavia 8937 46 57 102 405 824 1176 1 322 1199 614
Netherlands 964 71 44 31 26 24 17 17 23 30
Poland 4221 44 75 168 273 229 209 196 159 165
Portugal 441 19 22 15 14 14 14 14 15 21
Romania 701 3 5 5 21 87 91 70 43 51
Russian Federation 1 053 - - 105 102 222 192 308
Spain 499 39 29 14 11 10 4 13 14 11
United Kingdom 3138 154 152 88 110 126 94 104 57 83
Turkey 7817 13 44 212 530 614 170 523 356 412
Germany1 2434 196 126 61 49 61 73 74 68 95
Hungary 529 32 22 15 20 22 13 9 2 7
Restof Europe 8225 170 113 94 87 317 153 1030 23144 1383
Africa, total 15562 68 169 231 857 1 306 1 077 704 1 232 1 236
Algerie 509 6 6 9 37 33 35 10 34 24
Ethiopia 2256 3 19 37 166 198 108 59 79 63
Gambia 602 3 3 8 21 63 44 34 29 83
Ghana 638 1 3 2 58 47 22 18 19 65
Morocco 3654 12 80 109 272 197 90 131 154 160
Nigeria 326 1 1 3 24 30 17 13 21 15
Somalia 4744 2 3 4 147 549 591 332 676 546
Tunisia 418 7 5 10 28 27 13 11 15 23
Restof Africa 2415 33 49 49 104 162 157 96 205 257
Asia, total 67521 562 940 1 744 3763 5203 3631 4 174 3401 3621
Afghanistan 379 1 18 46 31 19 36 17
Bangladesh 366 19 5 6 21 19 11 7 16 24
Philippines 4709 26 107 199 266 237 199 157 261 299
India 4433 56 144 127 245 233 232 188 235 230
Iraq 3 169 1 1 2 81 383 567 524 331 497
Iran 7686 18 17 16 627 726 526 481 361 324
Israel 362 12 13 15 16 15 7 2 6 9
China 2745 9 25 30 141 296 315 156 113 135
Lebanon 990 8 9 7 55 99 18 52 51 55
Pakistan 14953 148 240 484 822 1 079 106 1 077 409 829
Sri Lanka 6915 10 29 34 411 714 650 454 477 461
South Korea 4471 210 256 182 113 127 144 113 143 106
Syria 341 4 4 3 17 35 34 22 9 24
Thailand 1 843 2 16 38 53 149 91 142 302 257
Vietnam 13009 6 26 576 839 978 651 738 594 292
Rest of Asia 1150 32 48 25 37 69 49 42 57 62
North and Central
America, total 3201 149 130 97 101 140 139 139 6 151
United States 1740 108 85 44 52 62 60 54 113 39
Rest of North and
Central America . . 1 461 41 45 53 49 78 79 85 114 112
South America, total 8932 79 149 297 612 546 450 330 249 353
Brazil 564 4 7 8 42 40 23 31 16 48
Chile 4280 15 53 89 303 319 252 156 172 234
Colombia 2901 37 65 155 211 113 110 72 18 16
Ecuador 222 8 3 9 16 9 4 3 3 7
Rest of South America 965 15 21 36 40 64 61 68 40 48
Oceania, total 220 10 8 7 7 11 10 12 13 9
Stateless and unknown 1 614 88 41 14 32 145 77 49 54 56
Including persons who were citizens of former DDR. 2Persons with previous citizenship of Bosnia-Herzegovina represent 2 999 of these.
Persons with previous citizenship of Bosnia-Herzegovina represent 1 229 of these.
Source: Naturalizations, Statistics Norway. More information: http:/Asww.ssb.no/statsborger_eril
102 Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2003