Refugees

4   Refugees, by country background, citizenship and sex. 1 January 2002
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with Norwegian citizenship Refugees with foreign citizenship Sex
Male Female
Total 88 036 44 513 43 523      50 409      37 627
The Nordic countries 19 14 5 12 7
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  118 51 67 61 57
Eastern Europe 25 391 10 306 15 085 13 297 12 094
North America, Oceania 20 4 16 9 11
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 62 488 34 138 28 350 37 030 25 458
           
Selected countries          
           
Bosnia-Herzegovina 13 006 4 735 8 271 6 553 6 453
Iraq 11 553 1 950 9 603 7 855 3 698
Vietnam  10 346 9 721  625 5 535 4 811
Iran 9 234 5 950 3 284 5 504 3 730
Somalia 8 203 2 693 5 510 4 545 3 658
Serbia and Montenegro 6 749 2 154 4 595 3 686 3 063
Sri Lanka 5 193 3 863 1 330 3 244 1 949
Chile 4 546 2 991 1 555 2 491 2 055
Afghanistan 1 965  271 1 694 1 112  853
Croatia 1 887  440 1 447 1 024  863
Turkey 1 751 1 392  359 1 060  691
Eritrea 1 332 1 123  209  764  568
Ethiopia 1 099  292  807  621  478
Pakistan  977  568  409  612  365
Poland  954  839  115  456  498
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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