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  • Population......................................................................4,644,457 (July 2008 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.35% (2008 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................11.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Death rate................................................9.33 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................1.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Ethnic groups....................................................................Norwegian 94.4% (includes Sami, about 60,000), other European 3.6%, other 2% (2007 estimate)

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.

Norway page on the World Migration Map

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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/
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