Asylum applications and refugees in Norway

Development of incoming asylum applications in Norway 2000 to 2018

The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below there are the number of recognized refugees (green) and the rejected applications (red).

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Norway

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2018. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptations or rejections) does not have to sum up with the number of applications, because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also they dont have to be closed within the same calendar year. In addition, asylum procedures can also be closed, if the applicant disappeared or withdrew the application.

		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Turkey		760	71	8	89.9 %		32	0	27	0.0 %
Syria		411	567	0	100.0 %		95	6	44	12.0 %
Eritrea		219	438	22	95.2 %		211	41	162	20.2 %
Iran		110	38	65	36.9 %		254	30	299	9.1 %
Iraq		93	20	34	37.0 %		266	12	317	3.6 %
Afghanistan		87	25	73	25.5 %		369	34	608	5.3 %
stateless		77	53	18	74.6 %		57	0	76	0.0 %
Albania		65	0	32	0.0 %		34	0	28	0.0 %
Russia		48	6	10	37.5 %		75	0	46	0.0 %
Somalia		43	16	36	30.8 %		98	0	110	0.0 %
Ethiopia		39	21	60	25.9 %		189	5	250	2.0 %
Pakistan		39	0	10	0.0 %		42	0	40	0.0 %
Sudan		39	8	6	57.1 %		22	0	18	0.0 %
Ukraine		37	0	28	0.0 %		35	0	18	0.0 %
Georgia		28	0	20	0.0 %		11	0	13	0.0 %
Angola		27	0	0			21	0	18	0.0 %
Serbia		23	0	13	0.0 %		18	0	17	0.0 %
Venezuela		22	0	0			6	0	0
Morocco		19	0	0			21	0	25	0.0 %
Nigeria		17	0	15	0.0 %		26	0	36	0.0 %
China		15	0	0			13	0	15	0.0 %
Guinea		15	0	0			9	0	7	0.0 %
Nicaragua		13	0	0			0	0	0
Algeria		12	0	0			7	0	7	0.0 %
Egypt		12	0	6	0.0 %		10	0	8	0.0 %
Uzbekistan		12	0	0			16	0	10	0.0 %
Cameroon		10	0	7	0.0 %		5	0	0
Kazakhstan		9	0	0			5	0	0
Libya		9	0	0			12	0	10	0.0 %
Macedonia		9	0	9	0.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		9	0	0			6	0	7	0.0 %
Zimbabwe		9	0	0			0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		8	0	0			16	0	13	0.0 %
Colombia		8	0	0			0	0	0
India		8	0	0			7	0	0
Romania		8	0	6	0.0 %		5	0	6	0.0 %
Tunisia		7	0	0			7	0	7	0.0 %
Bangladesh		6	0	0			21	0	15	0.0 %
Lebanon		6	0	0			6	0	10	0.0 %
Saudi Arabia		6	0	0			6	0	5	0.0 %
United States		6	0	6	0.0 %		0	0	0
Azerbaijan		5	0	0			8	0	9	0.0 %
Kenya		5	0	0			0	0	0
Sri Lanka		5	0	0			10	0	14	0.0 %
Burma		5	0	0			6	0	0
Uganda		5	0	0			0	0	0
Gambia		0	0	0			0	0	5	0.0 %
Jordan		0	0	0			0	0	6	0.0 %
Kyrgyzstan		0	0	0			6	0	7	0.0 %
Liberia		0	0	0			5	0	0
Moldova		0	0	0			5	0	5	0.0 %
Mongolia		0	0	0			10	0	7	0.0 %
Philippines		0	0	7	0.0 %		6	0	0
Rwanda		0	0	0			6	0	0
Totals		2,425	1,263	491	72.0 %		2,095	128	2,325	5.2 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 741,813 migrants lived in Norway. These are all residents who live permanently in the country but were born in another country. The amount includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections of the United Nations Population Division.