Statistics Norway

5   Different definitions of refugees1, by country background and age. 1 January 2003 (Corrected 25 June 2004)
Country background Refugees, total Refugees with Norwegian citizenship Refugees with foreign citizenship Age
0 - 5 6 - 15 16 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 66 67 -
Total 93 613 50 424 43 189     1 620     11 730     7 736     18 294     23 725     18 860     6 938     2 181     2 529
The Nordic countries 9 2 7 . . . . . . . . .
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  118 53 65 . . . 20 32 22 18 . .
Eastern Europe 25 067 13 587 11 480  361 3 514 2 054 4 346 5 003 4 934 2 437 1 028 1 390
North America, Oceania 20 7 13 . . . . . . . . .
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 68 399 36 775 31 624 1 257 8 199 5 671 13 925 18 685 13 900 4 480 1 149 1 133
                         
Selected countries                        
Iraq 13 142 2 529 10 613 295 2905 1173 2743 3541 1715 511 127 132
Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 520 7 282 5 238 36 1442 1021 2204 2257 2575 1459 607 919
Vietnam 10 306 9 954  352 . 253 466 2325 2928 2446 1024 398 466
Somalia 9 858 3 171 6 687 405 1681 998 2534 2673 1184 235 85 63
Iran 9 646 6 256 3 390 91 968 891 1684 2463 2518 700 165 166
Serbia and Montenegro 6 676 3 037 3 639 199 1417 625 1294 1616 1076 284 81 84
Sri Lanka 5 122 4 144  978 9 221 392 761 1945 1331 356 62 45
Chile 4 591 3 282 1 309 . 47 350 856 890 1475 709 153 111
Afghanistan 3 048  287 2 761 187 809 329 578 592 330 138 48 37
Turkey 1 830 1 430  400 10 97 194 428 480 464 138 10 9
Croatia 1 823  386 1 437 46 325 171 288 440 376 127 22 28
Ethiopia 1 482  536  946 39 194 149 344 444 242 63 4 3
Eritrea 1 178  982  196 2 46 66 219 458 257 105 17 8
Pakistan 1 041  603  438 15 106 77 142 300 293 85 11 12
Poland  930  828  102 . 8 31 177 114 329 226 31 14
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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