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Growth back to about 25 000
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Estimated population at the term of the year, 1 January 2001

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Growth back to about 25 000

At the turn of the year the population of Norway is expected to reach 4 504 000. This means a total population growth of 25 500, corresponding to most years in the 1990ies, but nearly 8 000 less than in 1999. The natural growth, excess of births over deaths, will count 15 000.

The reason why the estimated population growth this year is much lower than in the top year 1999, is mainly the reduced net in-migration. While immigration to Norway seems to decline by almost 5 000 from 1999 to 2000, emigration are expected to rise by more than 3 000. Estimated figures for immigration and emigration are 37 000 and 26 500, respectively.

The number of births is slightly increasing and would probably reach 60 000 once again in 2000. With 45 000 deaths, like last year, the excess of births over deaths will still remain fairly stable at about 15 000 annually. This means an annual natural growth above 0.3 per cent, or about four times as large as the average for EU countries. In Europe only Iceland and Ireland have a considerably higher growth rate than Norway, while the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg are on the similar level.

Estimates have been carried out just for the country as a whole. Thus no figures for counties or municipalities are available.