Refugees

2   Different definitions of refugees1, by country background. 1 January 2000.
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with Norwegian citizenship Refugees with foreign citizenship Duration of residence. Year
 0- 4  5-9 10-19 20-29 30-  
Total 77 084 34 988 42 096   22 743   26 658   25 101   1 795   787
The Nordic countries 8 2 6 3 2 2 1 .
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey 113 45 68 9 43 41 9 11
Eastern Europe 25 885 4 975 20 910 10 257 12 124 2 579 151 774
North America, Oceania 18 5 13 . 8 8 2 .
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 51 060 29 961 21 099 12 474 14 481 22 471 1 632 2
                 
Selected countries                
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 352 76 11 276 3 310 8 034 7 1 .
Yugoslavia 10 860 2 682 8 178 5 844 3 666 1 338 6 6
Vietnam 10 422 8 724 1 698 309 3 226 5 941 946 .
Iran 8 260 5 336 2 924 1 830 2 188 4 238 4 .
Iraq 6 524 1 372 5 152 4 395 1 575 554 . .
Somalia 6 098 2 063 4 035 3 101 2 062 934 1 .
Sri Lanka 5 063 3 356 1 707 642 1 703 2 716 2 .
Chile 4 592 2 779 1 813 18 438 3 630 506 .
Turkey 1 637 1 283 354 113 608 909 7 .
Ethiopia 1 548 1 112 436 274 503 739 32 .
Croatia 1 041 17 1 024 943 79 17 1 1
Poland 970 826 144 8 61 892 7 2
Pakistan 846 527 319 67 225 533 21 .
Lebanon 752 576 176 61 379 312 . .
Hungary 713 703 10 . 5 39 11 658
Afghanistan 617 233 384 282 153 181 . 1
Syria 425 293 132 112 210 103 . .
Eritrea 356 267 89 68 77 192 19 .
Ghana 295 257 38 13 74 208 . .
India 277 187 90 7 83 170 16 1
Sudan 260 64 196 169 76 15 . .
Algeria 210 105 105 87 58 65 . .
Cambodia 188 174 14 4 63 119 2 .
Kenya 188 93 95 62 50 72 4 .
Romania 183 97 86 68 67 29 19 .
Uganda 183 150 33 8 83 90 . 2
Czech Republic 170 164 6 . 1 44 66 59
China 135 98 37 22 50 51 12 .
Rwanda 147 16 131 119 28 . . .
Zaire 142 49 93 67 38 37 . .
Peru 129 34 95 36 62 27 4 .
Czechoslovakia 136 129 7 . 8 42 46 40
Macedonia 127 77 50 24 38 64 1 .
Morocco 122 77 45 9 54 58 1 .
Colombia 115 68 47 29 34 51 1 .
Russia 102 27 75 60 35 5 2 .
Sierra Leone 90 36 54 47 11 32 . .
Kuwait 90 24 66 41 39 10 . .
Bangladesh 88 70 18 3 29 55 1 .
Tunisia 82 54 28 17 16 49 . .
El Salvador 74 50 24 9 32 33 . .
Soviet Union 64 52 12 . 44 15 2 3
Albania 62 19 43 30 32 . . .
Thailand 51 23 28 1 25 24 1 .
Philippines 58 37 21 1 31 26 . .
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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