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Ethnic groups Svalbard, in 36 editions.
The entry for Svalbard published Ethnic groups in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Ethnic groups in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 9
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Ethnic divisions” (1990 to 1996) and “Ethnic groups” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Same as 2024Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- 64% Russian, 35% Norwegian, 1% other (1981)
64% Russian, 35% Norwegian, 1% other (1981)
The same text in 5 editions, 1991 to 1995.
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
64% Russian, 35% Norwegian, 1% Russian 64%, Norwegian 35%, other 1% (1981)
Published as “Ethnic divisions”
- Russian and Ukrainian 62%,
- Norwegian 38%,
- other NEGL% (1994)
Russian 64%, and Ukrainian 62%, Norwegian 35%, 38%, other 1% (1981)
NEGL% (1994)
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
- Russian and Ukrainian 62%,
- Norwegian 38%,
- other NEGL% (1994)
Russian and Ukrainian 62%, Norwegian 38%, other
(1994)
- Russian and Ukrainian 62%,
- Norwegian 38%,
- other NEGL% (1994)
Russian and Ukrainian 62%, Norwegian 38%, other NEGL%
NEGL% (1994)
- Russian and Ukrainian 62%,
- Norwegian 38%,
- other NEGL% (1994)
Russian and Ukrainian 62%, Norwegian 38%, other
The same text in 16 editions, 2001 to 2016.
Norwegian 55.4%, Russian and Ukrainian 62%, Norwegian 38%, 44.3%, other NEGL% (1994) 0.3% (1998)
The same text in 2017 and 2018.
Norwegian 55.4%, 59.8%, Russian and Ukrainian 44.3%, 20.4%, other 0.3% (1998) 19.4% (primarily Swedish, Thai, and Philippine) (2016 est.)
The same text in 2019 and 2020.
Norwegian 58%, foreign population 42% (consists primarily of Russians, Thais, Swedes, Filipinos, and Ukrainians) (2019 est.)
note: foreigners account for almost one third of the population of the Norwegian settlements, Longyearbyen and Ny-Alesund (where the majority of Svalbard's resident population lives), as of mid-2019
Rewritten: too little of the 2018 text remains to mark the changes.
Norwegian 58%, foreign population 42% (consists primarily of Russians, Thais, Swedes, Filipinos, and Ukrainians) (2019 est.)
note: foreigners account for almost one third of the population of the Norwegian settlements, Longyearbyen and Ny-Alesund (where the majority of Svalbard's resident population lives), as of mid-2019
The same text in 5 editions, 2021 to 2025.
Norwegian 61.1%, foreign population 38.9% (consists primarily of Russians, Thais, Swedes, Filipinos, and Ukrainians) (2021 est.)
note: foreigners account for almost one third of the population of the Norwegian settlements, Longyearbyen and Ny-Alesund (where the majority of Svalbard's resident population lives), as of mid-2021
Norwegian 58%, 61.1%, foreign population 42% 38.9% (consists primarily of Russians, Thais, Swedes, Filipinos, and Ukrainians) (2019 (2021 est.)
note: foreigners account for almost one third of the population of the Norwegian settlements, Longyearbyen and Ny-Alesund (where the majority of Svalbard's resident population lives), as of mid-2019 mid-2021
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Svalbard: Ethnic groups.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/svalbard/ethnic-groups.