Refugees

4   Different definitions of refugees1, by country background. 1 January 2000.
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with Norwegian citizenship Refugees with foreign citizenship Sex
Male Female
Total 77 084 34 988 42 096   43 457   33 627
The Nordic countries 8 2 6 5 3
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey 113 45 68 62 51
Eastern Europe 25 885 4 975 20 910 13 537 12 348
North America, Oceania 18 5 13 8 10
Asia, Afrika,          
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 51 060 29 961 21 099 29 845 21 215
           
Selected countries          
           
Bosnia-Hercegovina          
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 352 76 11 276 5 603 5 749
Yugoslavia 10 860 2 682 8 178 5 969 4 891
Vietnam 10 422 8 724 1 698 5 583 4 839
Iran 8 260 5 336 2 924 5 004 3 256
Iraq 6 524 1 372 5 152 4 149 2 375
Somalia 6 098 2 063 4 035 3 449 2 649
Sri Lanka 5 063 3 356 1 707 3 147 1 916
Chile 4 592 2 779 1 813 2 516 2 076
Turkey 1 637 1 283 354 983 654
Ethiopia 1 548 1 112 436 935 613
Croatia 1 041 17 1 024 565 476
Polen 970 826 144 466 504
Pakistan 846 527 319 527 319
Lebanon 752 576 176 492 260
Hungary 713 703 10 452 261
Afghanistan 617 233 384 344 273
Syria 425 293 132 251 174
Eritrea 356 267 89 186 170
Ghana 295 257 38 170 125
India 277 187 90 165 112
Sudan 260 64 196 177 83
Algeria 210 105 105 149 61
Cambodia 188 174 14 93 95
Kenya 188 93 95 101 87
Romania 183 97 86 102 81
Uganda 183 150 33 93 90
Czech Republic 170 164 6 89 81
China 135 98 37 71 64
Rwanda 147 16 131 68 79
Zaire 142 49 93 81 61
Peru 129 34 95 64 65
Czechoslovakia 136 129 7 73 63
Macedonia 127 77 50 71 56
Morocco 122 77 45 86 36
Colombia 115 68 47 55 60
Russia 102 27 75 43 59
Sierra Leone 90 36 54 57 33
Kuwait 90 24 66 49 41
Bangladesh 88 70 18 48 40
Tunisia 82 54 28 60 22
El Salvador 74 50 24 34 40
Soviet Union 64 52 12 30 34
Albania 62 19 43 39 23
Thailand 51 23 28 11 40
Philippines 58 37 21 22 36
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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