| Yaw Ihle Amankwah Alexander Tettey Mira Craig Madcon |
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| 81,080[1] 1.66% of the Norwegian population |
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Norwegian, Afro-Asiatic languages, Niger–Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages |
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African immigration to Norway refers to immigrants to Norway from Africa. An estimated 81,080 people in Norway are either first or second generation immigrants from Africa.[1]
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Immigration from countries in Africa to Norway increased slightly from the end of the 1980s, but grew markedly from 2000 onwards. The increase is owed mainly to a rise in the number of immigrants from North and Northeast Africa, including Somalia (25,496), Morocco (8,058), Eritrea (5,789) and Ethiopia (5,156).[2]
Compared to North and Northeast Africans, the percentage of Africans from other regions as a proportion of recent immigrants to Norway from Africa is relatively low.
Most other Africans in Norway come from West Africa, especially Ghana (2,034), Gambia (1,409) and Nigeria (1,247).[2] There is also a sizeable population of Africans from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,050).
Most African Norwegians have a background from the following countries:
| Country | Population (1970)[3] | Population (1980) | Population (1990) | Population (2000)[4] | Population (2010)[2] | Increase (2000–2010) |
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| Total | 1,179 | 3,188 | 10,069 | 26,521 | 67,169 | 153.26% |
| Somalia | 3 | 26 | 1,303 | 8,386 | 25,496 | 204.03% |
| Morocco | 401 | 1,130 | 2,380 | 5,409 | 8,058 | 48.97% |
| Eritrea | 0 | 3 | 18 | 733 | 5,789 | 689.76% |
| Ethiopia | 8 | 214 | 1,398 | 2,525 | 5,156 | 104.19% |
| DR Congo | 12 | 12 | 83 | 236 | 2,050 | 768.64% |
| Ghana | 8 | 29 | 730 | 1,341 | 2,034 | 51.67% |
| Algeria | 64 | 130 | 435 | 880 | 1,497 | 70.11% |
| Gambia | 19 | 143 | 568 | 984 | 1,409 | 43.19% |
| Kenya | 16 | 114 | 303 | 642 | 1,275 | 98.59% |
| Sudan | 6 | 25 | 57 | 371 | 1,318 | 255.25% |
| Nigeria | 11 | 108 | 284 | 504 | 1,247 | 147.42% |
| Burundi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 1,119 | 1704.83% |
| Tunisia | 39 | 100 | 358 | 607 | 1,106 | 82.20% |
| Liberia | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 1,075 | 4034.61% |
Most Norwegians with African background live in the following regions:
| County | African Norwegian[5] | Percent |
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| Oslo | 28,641 | 4.88% |
| Akershus | 5,572 | 1.03% |
| Hordaland | 4,740 | 0.99% |
| Rogaland | 4,391 | 1.02% |
| Østfold | 3,188 | 1.17% |
| Buskerud | 2,760 | 1.07% |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 2,491 | 0.85% |
| Telemark | 2,066 | 1.22% |
| Vestfold | 1,785 | 0.77% |
| Nordland | 1,642 | 0.69% |
| Troms | 1,531 | 0.97% |
| Vest-Agder | 1,470 | 0.86% |
| Hedmark | 1,368 | 0.71% |
| Møre og Romsdal | 1,287 | 0.51% |
| Oppland | 1,321 | 0.71% |
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