Statistics Asylum applications lodged in Norway by citizenship and month (2008)
| Citizenship | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 38 | 49 | 56 | 58 | 78 | 51 | 161 | 203 | 181 | 96 | 154 | 238 | 1363 |
| Albania | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 53 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 100 |
| Angola | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 40 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Belarus | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Benin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Burundi | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 69 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 39 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| China | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 81 |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Congo | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 107 |
| Congo, Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Djibouti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Eritrea | 113 | 110 | 111 | 113 | 134 | 173 | 160 | 223 | 169 | 188 | 173 | 132 | 1799 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 21 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 38 | 62 | 38 | 26 | 37 | 354 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gambia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 37 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Ghana | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 73 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guinea | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 74 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iran | 40 | 14 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 38 | 68 | 123 | 128 | 69 | 81 | 74 | 720 |
| Iraq | 152 | 143 | 200 | 185 | 194 | 242 | 310 | 336 | 347 | 404 | 346 | 278 | 3137 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Kenya | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 46 | 47 | 37 | 58 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 312 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 54 |
| Liberia | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| Libya | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 81 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moldova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Morocco | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 44 |
| Myanmar | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nepal | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 144 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 46 | 47 | 52 | 57 | 50 | 64 | 436 |
| North Korea | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 38 |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republic of Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia | 136 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 85 | 64 | 104 | 111 | 110 | 53 | 108 | 97 | 1078 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Serbia | 100 | 69 | 75 | 59 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 363 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Somalia | 26 | 66 | 48 | 53 | 108 | 112 | 176 | 173 | 117 | 144 | 113 | 157 | 1293 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 26 | 15 | 35 | 28 | 35 | 26 | 27 | 38 | 30 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 342 |
| Stateless | 49 | 77 | 43 | 55 | 56 | 52 | 116 | 134 | 95 | 87 | 91 | 85 | 940 |
| Sudan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 118 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 115 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Togo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Turkey | 3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 82 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 148 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| Western Sahara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 82 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Total | 865 | 783 | 830 | 850 | 996 | 1069 | 1437 | 1699 | 1546 | 1455 | 1450 | 1451 | 14431 |