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| Capital: |
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Oslo
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Country names:
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| Conventional long form |
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Kingdom of Norway
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| Conventional short form |
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Norway
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| Local long form |
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Kongeriket Norge
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| Lokal short form |
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Norge
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Languages
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| Main language |
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Norwegian, Bokmal
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| Total number of people using the Language in all countries |
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5,000,000
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| Other languages |
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Danish, English, Finnish, Finnish Kven, Kurmanji, Norwegian Bokmal, Norwegian Sign Language, Romani Vlax, Russian, Saami Lule, Saami North, Spanish, Swedish, Tibetian, Urdu, Vietnamese
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| Other languages: |
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Bokmaal, Dano-norwegian, Kven, Lapp, North Finnish, Northern Lappish, Norwegian, Norwegian Lapp, Riksmaal, Saame, Saami, Same, Samic
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| Dialects: |
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Central Norwegian, Eastern Norwegian, Holmestrand, Lovari, Northern Norwegian, Oslo, Ruija, Sea Lappish, Torne, Trondheim, Western Norwegian
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| Other dialects: |
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Coastal Norwegian, Midland Norwegian, Nordland, Ostlandet, Trondelaag
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Internet:
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| Domain |
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.no
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| Internet users |
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2.45 Mio. (2001)
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
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13 (2000)
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Geography:
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| Geographic coordinates |
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62 00 N, 10 00 E
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| Area (sq km) |
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324,220.0
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| Land boundaries (km) |
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2,544.0
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Economy:
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| Currency |
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Norwegian Crowns
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N
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| Gross domestic product (US $) |
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138.7 Bio. (2001*)
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| Industrial production growth rate (%) |
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-1% (2001*)
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Imports (US $)
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33.5 Bio. (f.o.b.. 2001*)
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| Inflation rate |
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3.1% (2001*)
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People:
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| Population |
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4,525,116
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| Age structure (%) |
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- 0 - 14 years
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20% (M: 464,789; F: 439,117)
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- 15 - 64 years
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65% (M: 1,491,720; F: 1,451,450)
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| - 65 years and over |
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15% (M: 281,551; F: 396,489)
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| Labor force |
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2.4 Mio. (2000*)
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