2   Different definitions of refugees, by country background. 1 January 1998
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with
Norwegian
citizenship		 Refugees with
foreign
citizenship		 Duration of residence. Year
 0- 5  6-10 11-20 21-30 31-  
Total 67 245 32 026 35 219 25 349 25 350 15 069 780 697
The Nordic countries 8 3 5 3 4 - 1 -
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey 114 41 73 19 43 34 7 11
Eastern Europe 19 887 4 071 15 816 13 615 3 940 1 403 245 684
North America, Oceania 21 5 16 9 5 6 1 -
Asia, Afrika,                
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 47 215 27 906 19 309 11 703 21 358 13 626 526 2
                 
Selected countries                
                 
Bosnia-Hercegovina                
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 220 29 11 191 11 025 179 15 1 -
Vietnam 10 511 8 320 2 191 987 4 329 5 096 99 -
Iran 8 174 5 203 2 971 1 927 4 057 2 188 2 -
Yugoslavia 5 812 1 851 3 961 2 202 3 146 452 8 4
Somalia 5 091 1 718 3 373 2 853 2 005 232 1 -
Sri Lanka 5 032 2 998 2 034 994 2 261 1 777 - -
Chile 4 635 2 622 2 013 111 2 163 2 025 336 -
Iraq 4 550 936 3 614 2 955 1 394 201 - -
Turkey 1 607 1 273 334 166 1 093 341 7 -
Ethiopia 1 458 1 091 367 233 858 359 8 -
Polen 972 819 153 23 200 741 6 2
Pakistan 829 535 294 97 461 254 17 -
Lebanon 771 591 180 110 554 107 - -
Hungary 731 719 12 - 16 31 15 669
Afghanistan 422 218 204 105 238 78 - 1
Syria 393 276 117 106 250 37 - -
Eritrea 323 256 67 54 144 121 4 -
Ghana 297 252 45 35 154 108 - -
India 275 179 96 25 142 93 14 1
Croatia 265 13 252 212 47 4 2 -
Cambodia 189 164 25 10 90 88 1 -
Sudan 177 40 137 118 50 9 - -
Romania 176 145 31 16 117 41 - 2
Uganda 175 78 97 67 76 14 18 -
Czech Republic 171 164 7 1 5 40 124 1
Algeria 170 92 78 56 92 22 - -
Kenya 168 80 88 56 84 24 4 -
Czechoslovakia 139 131 8 - 19 39 79 2
China 131 93 38 25 63 42 1 -
Morocco 125 73 52 29 66 30 - -
Peru 121 31 90 56 60 2 3 -
Macedonia 118 71 47 28 76 13 1 -
Zaire 112 37 75 48 38 26 - -
Colombia 94 62 32 12 57 25 - -
Bangladesh 86 66 20 26 34 26 - -
Rwanda 84 10 74 68 16 - - -
Kuwait 78 18 60 44 32 2 - -
Russia 77 21 56 52 20 5 - -
El Salvador 72 47 25 16 44 12 - -
Tunisia 71 53 18 10 48 13 - -
Philippines 65 37 28 18 30 17 - -
Soviet Union 65 44 21 1 54 5 1 4
1  The definition 'refugee' refers to persons resident in Norway, who have come to Norway because of flight (family included). Children born in Norway to refugees are not included.

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