Refugees

2   Refugees1, by country background and duration of residence in Norway. 1 January 2001
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-   Unknown
Total 83 978 38 879 45 099 26 616 25 658 28 122 2 628  833  121
The Nordic countries 8 2 6 3 2 2 - 1 -
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  117 48 69 10 41 44 10 12  
Eastern Europe 26 129 6 738 19 391 8 571 13 623 2 986  106  818 25
North America and Oceania 18 5 13 - 7 8 3 - -
Asia, Afrika,                  
Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Turkey 57 706 32 086 25 620 18 032 11 985 25 082 2 509 2 96
                   
Selected countries                  
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 489  888 10 601 2 009 9 471 8 1 - -
Yugoslavia 10 662 3 607 7 055 5 199 3 792 1 643 11 6 11
Iraq 10 470 1 741 8 729 8 006 1 769  680 - - 15
Vietnam 10 378 9 299 1 079  149 2 405 6 110 1 714 - -
Iran 8 573 5 694 2 879 2 040 1 719 4 803 4 - 7
Somalia 7 355 2 238 5 117 4 070 2 039 1 229 1 - 16
Sri Lanka 5 099 3 602 1 497  614 1 362 3 116 4 - 3
Chile 4 569 2 892 1 677 8  250 3 729  582 - -
Ethiopia 1 738 1 119  619  449  347  891 37 - 14
Turkey 1 686 1 375  311  145  393 1 139 9 - -
Croatia 1 293 20 1 273 1 162 95 20 1 1 14
Afghanistan 1 082  245  837  704  107  245 - 1 25
Poland  968  834  134 8 41  908 9 2 -
Pakistan  878  565  313 87  162  607 22 - -
Lebanon  742  587  155 68  229  442 - - 3
Hungary  698  688 10 - 3 38 10  647 -
Syria  470  316  154  139  154  174 1 - 2
Eritrea  388  274  114 82 75  210 21 - -
Sudan  303 68  235  189 93 21 - - -
Ghana  293  257 36 4 66  223 - - -
India  275  189 86 5 54  198 17 1 -
Algeria  232  106  126  109 52 71 - - -
Colombia  214 77  137  127 15 70 1 - 1
Kenya  207 96  111 80 47 76 4 - -
Cambodia  188  176 12 4 36  145 3 - -
Romania  186  157 29 10 30  144 - 2 -
Uganda  184 98 86 61 66 38 19 - -
Rwanda  176 17  159  147 26 3 - - -
Zaire  171 53  118 88 44 39 - - -
Czech Republic  167  161 6 - 1 39 33 94 -
China  135 98 37 27 27 69 12 - -
Russia  134 32  102 80 43 9 2 - -
Macedonia  131 79 52 12 46 72 1 - -
Czechoslovakia  130  123 7 - 5 37 31 57 -
Peru  128 56 72 28 59 37 4 - -
Morocco  125 88 37 11 45 67 2 - -
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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