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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 4,252,806 (July 1990), growth rate 0.5% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 14 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 73 years male, 81 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Norwegian(s); adjective--Norwegian.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic) and 
  20. racial-cultural minority of 20,000 Lapps.
  21.  
  22. Religion: 94% Evangelical Lutheran (state church), 4% other 
  23. Protestant and Roman Catholic, 2% other.
  24.  
  25. Language: Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking 
  26. minorities.
  27.  
  28. Literacy: 100%.
  29.  
  30. Labor force: 2,164,000; 33.6% services, 17.4% commerce, 
  31. 16.6% mining and manufacturing, 8.4% transportation, 7.8% 
  32. construction, 6.8% banking and financial services, 6.5% 
  33. agriculture, forestry, and fishing (1986).
  34.  
  35. Organized labor: 66% of labor force (1985).
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