Statistics Norway

Naturalisations

1 Naturalisations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2009
Previous citizenship Total1 Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 11 442 5 143 6 299 3 732 7 710
           
Europe 2 425 1 092 1 333  950 1 475
Russia  622  253  369  276  346
Serbia and Montenegro  518  243  275  176  342
Sweden  184 97 87  124 60
Bosnia-Herzegovina  167 76 91 45  122
Denmark  155 81 74 58 97
Germany  117 62 55 44 73
Poland 77 29 48 23 54
Ukraine 75 15 60 17 58
Croatia 74 37 37 23 51
United Kingdom 54 30 24 16 38
Netherlands 44 21 23 16 28
Romania 37 11 26 9 28
Macedonia 37 14 23 9 28
Finland 27 15 12 19 8
Belarus 27 5 22 6 21
Lithuania 27 10 17 12 15
Iceland 26 13 13 16 10
Albania 19 10 9 6 13
Latvia 17 11 6 4 13
Bulgaria 15 6 9 2 13
Estonia 14 4 10 4 10
Serbia 13 5 8 12 1
Greece 10 6 4 - 10
Italy 10 8 2 5 5
Rest of Europe 59 30 29 28 31
           
Africa 2 821 1 467 1 354 1 103 1 718
Somalia 1 737  937  800  786  951
Ethiopia  216  127 89 71  145
Morocco  127 49 78 17  110
Burundi 76 35 41 32 44
Congo 75 38 37 39 36
Eritrea 63 30 33 12 51
Sudan 43 20 23 17 26
Algeria 42 21 21 10 32
Ghana 41 20 21 9 32
Rwanda 41 22 19 14 27
Liberia 40 17 23 22 18
Kenya 33 13 20 10 23
Gambia 32 13 19 7 25
Sierra Leone 31 16 15 6 25
Libya 28 22 6 5 23
Cameroon 26 13 13 9 17
Tunisia 25 11 14 4 21
Nigeria 22 8 14 6 16
Uganda 21 6 15 3 18
Egypt 16 13 3 1 15
Congo Brazzaville 15 5 10 7 8
Tanzania 13 3 10 5 8
Angola 12 6 6 5 7
Rest of Africa 46 22 24 6 40
           
Asia 5 605 2 341 3 264 1 539 4 066
Iraq 1 267  621  646  430  837
Afghanistan  857  460  397  350  507
Iran  785  395  390  215  570
Thailand  483 77  406  101  382
Pakistan  469  215  254 86  383
Philippines  445 72  373 78  367
Sri Lanka  276 75  201 24  252
India  185 79  106 36  149
Vietnam  161 30  131 23  138
China  157 59 98 39  118
Turkey  145 80 65 24  121
Indonesia 47 23 24 19 28
South Korea 47 24 23 41 6
Syria 39 14 25 13 26
Burma 33 21 12 12 21
Armenia 25 15 10 5 20
Kazakhstan 24 6 18 5 19
Lebanon 22 10 12 7 15
Uzbekistan 16 8 8 4 12
Jordan 15 10 5 2 13
Nepal 14 7 7 2 12
Turkmenistan 13 8 5 7 6
Cambodia 12 2 10 - 12
Bangladesh 11 5 6 1 10
Rest of Asia 57 25 32 15 42
           
North and Central America  181 60  121 42  139
Cuba 45 8 37 6 39
USA 36 19 17 13 23
Mexico 31 8 23 4 27
Dominican Republic 21 5 16 5 16
Canada 14 6 8 9 5
Rest of North and Central America 34 14 20 5 29
           
South America  250 92  158 36  214
Brazil 68 16 52 9 59
Chile 63 33 30 11 52
Colombia 44 15 29 10 34
Peru 28 9 19 1 27
Ecuador 13 5 8 1 12
Argentina 12 5 7 2 10
Rest of South America 22 9 13 2 20
           
Oceania 6 1 5 3 3
           
Stateless  152 89 63 58 94
Unknown 2 1 1 1 1
1  Include 223 registered reports of naturalisations from one of the earlier years.

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