People (Norway)
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     Population:
         4,294,876 (July 1992), growth rate 0.5% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         14 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         10 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         2 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         7 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         74 years male, 81 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         1.8 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Norwegian(s); adjective - Norwegian
     Ethnic divisions:
         Germanic (Nordic, Alpine, Baltic) and racial-cultural minority of 20,000
         Lapps
     Religions:
         Evangelical Lutheran (state church) 87.8%, other Protestant and Roman
         Catholic 3.8%, none 3.2%, unknown 5.2% (1980)
     Languages:
         Norwegian (official); small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
     Literacy:
         99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1976 est.)
     Labor force:
         2,167,000 (September 1990); services 34.7%, commerce 18%, mining and
         manufacturing 16.6%, banking and financial services 7.5%, transportation and
         communications 7.2%, construction 7.2%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing
         6.4% (1989)
     Organized labor:
         66% of labor force (1985)