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About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Population of Svalbard
Topic: Population
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Next release
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Responsible division
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Division for Population Statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Population: All persons with a personal identification number who are resident in a municipality on the mainland, and persons that have been issued with a D-number for tax purposes in Norway, but who are not deemed to be resident in a Norwegian municipality.
Population growth: There are two ways of calculating population growth; 1) the total of excess of births over deaths and net migration, or 2) the difference between the population at the end of the quarter minus population at the beginning of the half-year. Ideally the two methods should give the same result, but extensive experience in corresponding statistics for the Norwegian mainland shows that there is always a discrepancy between these two methods.
Excess of births over deaths: The difference between births and deaths, also called "net natural increase in the total population". A minus sign means an excess of deaths over births.
Births: Live births
Net migration: The difference between inward migration and outward migration. A minus sign means net outward migration. Inward migration, outward migration: Migration is the relocation of one person between Svalbard and a Norwegian municipality or between Svalbard and abroad.
D-number: Persons subject to taxes who are not resident in Norway are issued with a D-number by the tax authorities. The D-number is also issued to other non-residents when the Norwegian authorities require an unambiguous identification definition.
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Standard classifications
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Not relevant