Population

Statistics

Adoptions

The statistics on adoptions contain data about children adopted from Finland or abroad by a person or persons permanently resident in Finland.

Births

The statistics on births contain all the children whose mother was permanently resident in Finland at the time of their birth.

Changes in marital status

The statistics on changes in marital status describe changes in the marital status of men and women permanently resident in Finland.

Citizenships granted

These statistics describe the foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland who have been granted Finnish nationality during the statistical year.

Deaths

The statistics on deaths cover persons permanently domiciled in Finland on the day of death.

Employment

Employment statistics are annual statistics providing data by region on the population’s economic activity and employment.

Families

Families are formed at the turn of the year from persons living in the same dwelling according to the population information system of the Population Register Centre.

Migration

The statistics on migration describe the moving of individual persons.

Population projection

Population projections describe future population developments.

Population structure

These statistics on the structure of the population describe Finnish and foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland at the turn of the year.

Preliminary population statistics

The preliminary population statistics contain data on population changes and population structure.

See also related statistics

• Causes of death
  Topic: Health
• Dwellings and housing conditions
  Topic: Housing
• Perinatal statistics - parturients, deliveries and newborns
  Topic: Health

Revisions in statistics

• The new Classification of Occupations will be introduced in the employment statistics in November 2012
  Statistics: Employment
  28 Sep 2011
• Statistics Finland has discontinued the publication of statistics on population censuses
  Statistics: Population censuses
  18 Mar 2011
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  Statistics: Preliminary population statistics
  24 Mar 2010
• Employment statistics 2006 - changes in statistics production
  Statistics: Employment
  20 May 2008

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Latest releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Nearly every tenth person aged 25 to 34 of foreign origin
  27 Sep 2013
• Finland's preliminary population figure 5,442,322 at the end of August
  19 Sep 2013
• Finland's preliminary population figure 5,439,741 at the end of July
  22 Aug 2013
• Finland's preliminary population figure 5,436,678 at the end of June
  23 Jul 2013
• Finland's preliminary population figure 5,434,357 at the end of May
  20 Jun 2013
• High level of education protects against unemployment
  05 Jun 2013
• Number of adoptions unchanged in 2012
  31 May 2013

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Future releases

(Statistics Finlands statistics only)

• Employment 2011 (in English)
  9 Oct 2013
• Preliminary population statistics 2013, September (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Oct 2013
• Employment 2011 (in Finnish, in English)
  6 Nov 2013
• Preliminary population statistics 2013, October (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  21 Nov 2013
• Families 2012, annual review (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  22 Nov 2013
• Employment 2012 (in English)
  17 Dec 2013
• Employment 2012, Main type of activity and status in occupation (preliminary data) (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  17 Dec 2013
• Preliminary population statistics 2013, November (in Finnish, in Swedish, in English)
  20 Dec 2013

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Latest press releases

• Statistical images of Finland and Finns
  11 Dec 2012
• Statistics Finland is making further utilisation of statistical data easier
  25 Jan 2012
• One day of life in Finland
  07 Dec 2011

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