Asylum applications lodged in Norway by citizenship and month (2012)
| Citizenship | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 84 | 60 | 78 | 78 | 73 | 91 | 86 | 111 | 92 | 95 | 67 | 71 | 986 |
| Albania | 13 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 169 |
| Algeria | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 122 |
| Angola | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Armenia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 43 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 14 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 50 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 225 |
| Belarus | 32 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 139 |
| Benin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| China | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 84 |
| Congo | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 51 |
| Congo, Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Egypt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 71 | 46 | 55 | 50 | 47 | 80 | 125 | 138 | 141 | 170 | 142 | 118 | 1183 |
| Ethiopia | 35 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 185 |
| Gabon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gambia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 38 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 109 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Guinea | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 47 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 34 |
| Iran | 32 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 51 | 52 | 64 | 40 | 30 | 32 | 441 |
| Iraq | 27 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 221 |
| Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jordan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Kosovo | 18 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 130 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 34 |
| Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Libya | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 70 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Macedonia | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mexico | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Morocco | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 142 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Nepal | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 41 | 42 | 28 | 355 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 147 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republic of Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Russia | 38 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 34 | 30 | 42 | 43 | 55 | 30 | 370 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Serbia | 12 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 116 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovak Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Somalia | 158 | 161 | 166 | 181 | 216 | 187 | 171 | 200 | 150 | 177 | 189 | 225 | 2181 |
| South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
| Stateless | 25 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 263 |
| Sudan | 16 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 45 | 33 | 53 | 47 | 67 | 50 | 75 | 472 |
| Swaziland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 23 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 30 | 24 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 48 | 30 | 327 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 62 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 42 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 48 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 131 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Yemen | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 779 | 641 | 666 | 662 | 676 | 838 | 882 | 964 | 930 | 1010 | 879 | 858 | 9785 |