Refugees

3   Different definitions of refugees1, by country background. 1 January 2000.
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with Norwegian citizenship Refugees with foreign citizenship Age
0 - 5 6 - 15 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 66 67 -
Total 77 084 34 988 42 096 2 201 11 653 5 938 14 863 21 805 12 496 4 297 1 914 1 917
The Nordic countries 8 2 6 2 4 . . 1 . 1 . .
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey 113 45 68 1 9 6 28 27 20 15 2 5
Eastern Europe 25 885 4 975 20 910 1 115 4 815 1 865 4 500 5 351 4 124 1 797 1 169 1 149
North America, Oceania 18 5 13 . 4 . 1 6 7 . . .
Asia, Afrika,                        
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 51 060 29 961 21 099 1 083 6 821 4 067 10 334 16 420 8 345 2 484 743 763
                         
Selected countries                        
                         
Bosnia-Hercegovina                        
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 352 76 11 276 112 1 902 843 1 844 2 043 2 076 1 048 681 803
Yugoslavia 10 860 2 682 8 178 896 2 569 834 2 172 2 654 1 207 311 130 87
Vietnam 10 422 8 724 1 698 5 700 745 2 852 2 826 1 884 730 324 356
Iran 8 260 5 336 2 924 154 1 281 734 1 071 2 962 1 480 365 106 107
Iraq 6 524 1 372 5 152 406 1 375 448 1 436 1 756 750 220 58 75
Somalia 6 098 2 063 4 035 316 1 283 660 1 504 1 660 483 126 41 25
Sri Lanka 5 063 3 356 1 707 13 461 318 886 2 304 816 193 39 33
Chile 4 592 2 779 1 813 . 392 383 719 1 290 1 178 456 97 77
Turkey 1 637 1 283 354 12 211 161 343 525 317 53 8 7
Ethiopia 1 548 1 112 436 15 142 115 364 634 226 42 7 3
Croatia 1 041 17 1 024 91 221 49 218 267 137 38 10 10
Polen 970 826 144 . 40 80 142 182 383 117 14 12
Pakistan 846 527 319 8 92 55 125 315 188 49 7 7
Lebanon 752 576 176 2 138 35 88 382 79 12 4 12
Hungary 713 703 10 . 3 . 3 7 84 136 291 189
Afghanistan 617 233 384 27 109 52 142 167 68 31 14 7
Syria 425 293 132 8 92 48 62 121 78 12 . 4
Eritrea 356 267 89 2 12 37 81 146 61 13 1 3
Ghana 295 257 38 . 23 23 42 106 93 7 1 .
India 277 187 90 . 15 10 40 86 80 29 7 10
Sudan 260 64 196 13 30 12 74 104 19 7 . 1
Algeria 210 105 105 6 38 20 22 83 40 1 . .
Cambodia 188 174 14 . 33 28 31 26 36 21 3 10
Kenya 188 93 95 12 34 22 31 46 36 4 2 1
Uganda 183 97 86 2 38 16 32 58 28 8 1 .
Romania 183 150 33 1 13 15 31 49 56 11 1 6
Czech Republic 170 164 6 . 1 1 13 13 41 68 16 17
China 135 98 37 2 3 4 14 50 33 9 4 16
Rwanda 147 16 131 14 22 10 40 33 14 4 1 .
Zaire 142 49 93 10 3 . 20 61 16 3 . .
Peru 129 34 95 2 24 10 12 46 27 7 . 1
Czechoslovakia 136 129 7 . 3 . 7 19 39 45 15 8
Macedonia 127 77 50 . 25 13 16 40 25 4 1 3
Morocco 122 77 45 1 1 1 18 79 20 2 . .
Colombia 115 68 47 6 19 7 25 26 21 11 . .
Russia 102 27 75 2 16 14 16 24 25 3 1 1
Sierra Leone 90 36 54 6 15 4 21 33 10 1 . .
Kuwait 90 24 66 5 26 10 19 19 9 2 . .
Bangladesh 88 70 18 . 14 6 12 31 22 3 . .
Tunisia 82 54 28 2 15 2 3 45 13 2 . .
El Salvador 74 50 24 . 15 11 16 23 5 2 1 1
Soviet Union 64 52 12 . 8 4 8 14 14 6 4 6
Albania 62 19 43 9 10 7 13 12 8 . 2 1
Thailand 51 23 28 . 6 2 8 26 8 1 . .
Philippines 58 37 21 . 3 7 9 14 16 5 3 1
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.

Explanation of symbols