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GeographyLocation: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean,west of Sweden
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,515 km, Finland 729 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 167 km Coastline: 21,925 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,330,951 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.37% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.86 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.35 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic), Lapps (Sami) 20,000 Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 87.8% (state church), other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980) Languages: Norwegian (official)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Oslo Independence: 26 October 1905 (from Sweden) Constitution: 17 May 1814, modified in 1884
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $95.7 billion National product real growth rate: 5.5% National product per capita: $22,170 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.3% Unemployment rate: 8.4%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |