Asylum applications lodged in Norway by Citizenship and Month (2023)
This table shows the number applications for protection (asylum) according to the Immigration Act Section 28, in 2023, application month and citizenship.
| Citizenship | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 40 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 263 |
| Albania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 35 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Belarus | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| Colombia | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 187 |
| Congo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 34 |
| Congo, Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Eritrea | 18 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 62 | 39 | 23 | 33 | 16 | 24 | 329 |
| Ethiopia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 52 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Georgia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iran | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 87 |
| Iraq | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 46 |
| Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Libya | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Morocco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia | 34 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 204 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Somalia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 65 |
| South Sudan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Stateless | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 92 |
| Sudan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 44 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 109 | 35 | 55 | 74 | 106 | 139 | 180 | 204 | 251 | 156 | 130 | 123 | 1562 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Turkey | 14 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 53 | 58 | 77 | 63 | 86 | 46 | 42 | 531 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 89 | 90 | 121 | 77 | 64 | 91 | 83 | 93 | 115 | 123 | 99 | 73 | 1118 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 102 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yemen | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 405 | 287 | 350 | 297 | 352 | 430 | 541 | 601 | 634 | 569 | 477 | 432 | 5375 |
The contents of this table were changed in October 2022. Persons applying for collective protection are no longer included.
The statistics are updated monthly.
Source: Utlendingsdirektoratet / The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)