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  • Population......................................................................4,593,041 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.4% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................11.67 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate................................................9.45 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups....................................................................Norwegian, Sami 20,000

Norway: Migrant Quality, Not Quantity
Since the 1970s, Norway has become home to thousands of non-European immigrants and refugees. MPI's Betsy Cooper takes a detailed look at how the country seeks to control migration while keeping the door open to labor from an expanding Europe.
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Other Resources
Statistics Norway
http://www.ssb.no/www-open/english

Norwegian Directorate of Immigration
http://www.udi.no/default.aspx?id=2112

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
Data
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in the Global Data Center
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