Asylum applications lodged in Norway by Citizenship and Month (2018)
| Citizenship | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 91 |
| Albania | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 65 |
| Algeria | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Angola | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Burundi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Congo, Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 16 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 241 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gambia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Georgia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guinea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Honduras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Iran | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 119 |
| Iraq | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 104 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Libya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Morocco | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nepal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Russia | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 60 |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Somalia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 48 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Stateless | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 80 |
| Sudan | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 41 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 19 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 42 | 29 | 47 | 60 | 60 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 419 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Turkey | 5 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 42 | 140 | 216 | 98 | 70 | 60 | 33 | 42 | 765 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 42 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yemen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 144 | 153 | 150 | 175 | 215 | 288 | 383 | 296 | 264 | 238 | 176 | 173 | 2655 |
1The applications according to the temporary amendment in the Immigration Regulations § 8-8a allowing unaccompanied minors granted time-limited permits according to the Immigration Regulations § 8-8 to have their cases reconsidered are published in a separate table and not included in this statistics.