Asylum applications lodged in Norway by citizenship and month (2015)
The table shows how many people applied for protection (asylum) in 2015, which month they applied and their citizenship.
| Citizenship | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 70 | 40 | 58 | 61 | 148 | 265 | 324 | 447 | 638 | 2035 | 2545 | 369 | 7000 |
| Albania | 11 | 24 | 35 | 27 | 44 | 46 | 85 | 37 | 64 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 431 |
| Algeria | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 105 |
| Angola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| Bangladesh | 31 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 99 | 1 | 180 |
| Belarus | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Burundi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 62 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Congo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Congo, Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Egypt | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 85 | 212 | 1 | 335 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Eritrea | 56 | 41 | 56 | 144 | 594 | 226 | 287 | 446 | 410 | 483 | 144 | 55 | 2942 |
| Ethiopia | 20 | 33 | 49 | 35 | 69 | 63 | 55 | 59 | 114 | 86 | 76 | 27 | 686 |
| Gambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 44 |
| Georgia | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| Honduras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 62 |
| Iran | 5 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 41 | 96 | 416 | 628 | 87 | 1346 |
| Iraq | 23 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 73 | 550 | 1341 | 838 | 79 | 3001 |
| Israel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Kosovo | 28 | 47 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 171 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 92 | 6 | 157 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Libya | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 58 |
| Macedonia | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mali | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Morocco | 6 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 143 |
| Mosambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Nepal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 60 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 132 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 60 | 300 | 4 | 442 |
| Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Russia | 10 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 126 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| Serbia | 6 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 52 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Somalia | 35 | 29 | 54 | 27 | 52 | 54 | 47 | 64 | 50 | 59 | 73 | 19 | 563 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| Stateless | 26 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 71 | 57 | 81 | 164 | 355 | 337 | 26 | 1204 |
| Sudan | 13 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 45 | 30 | 63 | 61 | 50 | 46 | 33 | 2 | 372 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 115 | 83 | 77 | 90 | 96 | 176 | 309 | 857 | 2606 | 3375 | 2383 | 281 | 10448 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 49 |
| Turkey | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 96 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Uganda | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 34 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 92 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 51 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Yemen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 70 |
| Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 601 | 532 | 538 | 584 | 1225 | 1141 | 1384 | 2324 | 4940 | 8661 | 8164 | 1056 | 31150 |