Population
Population by age group, end-2013
Area, population and GDP by region
Families and children by the number of children, 2013
Population by age group, end-2013
| Age | Males | Females | Total |
| 0– 4 | 154 901 | 148 105 | 303 006 |
| 5– 9 | 153 815 | 147 058 | 300 873 |
| 10–14 | 148 863 | 142 279 | 291 142 |
| 15–19 | 159 903 | 153 643 | 313 546 |
| 20–24 | 174 276 | 166 595 | 340 871 |
| 25–29 | 174 367 | 165 567 | 339 934 |
| 30–34 | 180 608 | 170 172 | 350 780 |
| 35–39 | 174 775 | 165 351 | 340 126 |
| 40–44 | 161 204 | 154 636 | 315 840 |
| 45–49 | 186 147 | 182 119 | 368 266 |
| 50–54 | 187 930 | 187 002 | 374 932 |
| 55–59 | 184 987 | 189 252 | 374 239 |
| 60–64 | 186 942 | 194 226 | 381 168 |
| 65–69 | 170 935 | 185 301 | 356 236 |
| 70–74 | 107 976 | 127 939 | 235 915 |
| 75–79 | 81 987 | 109 574 | 191 561 |
| 80–84 | 54 199 | 89 561 | 143 760 |
| 85–89 | 27 473 | 60 612 | 88 085 |
| 90– | 9 076 | 31 914 | 40 990 |
| Total | 2 680 364 | 2 770 906 | 5 451 270 |
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In 2013 the mean age of males was 40.5 years and that of females 43.3 years. The age of 100 years or more had been reached by 706 persons, 89 of whom were males and 617 females. |
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Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes1.xls
Last updated: 21.3.2014
Population structure
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Unit |
1900 | 1950 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| 31. Dec. | ||||||||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 000 | 2 656 | 4 030 | 4 998 | 5 181 | 5 256 | 5 277 | 5 300 | 5 326 | 5 351 | 5 375 | 5 401 | 5 427 | 5 451 |
| Males | 1 000 | 1 311 | 1 926 | 2 426 | 2 529 | 2 572 | 2 584 | 2 597 | 2 612 | 2 625 | 2 638 | 2 652 | 2 667 | 2 680 |
| Females | 1 000 | 1 345 | 2 104 | 2 572 | 2 652 | 2 683 | 2 693 | 2 704 | 2 715 | 2 726 | 2 737 | 2 749 | 2 760 | 2 771 |
| Age | ||||||||||||||
| 0–14 years | % | 35,0 | 30,0 | 19,3 | 18,1 | 17,3 | 17,1 | 16,9 | 16,7 | 16,6 | 16,5 | 16,5 | 16,4 | 16,4 |
| 15–64 years | % | 59,6 | 63,3 | 67,2 | 66,9 | 66,7 | 66,5 | 66,6 | 66,5 | 66,4 | 66,0 | 65,4 | 64,8 | 64,2 |
| 65– years | % | 5,4 | 6,7 | 13,5 | 15,0 | 16,0 | 16,5 | 16,5 | 16,7 | 17,0 | 17,5 | 18,1 | 18,8 | 19,4 |
| Language 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Finnish | % | 86,75 | 91,10 | 93,53 | 92,42 | 91,64 | 91,51 | 91,24 | 90,95 | 90,67 | 90,37 | 90,04 | 89,68 | 89,33 |
| Swedish | % | 12,89 | 8,64 | 5,94 | 5,63 | 5,50 | 5,49 | 5,46 | 5,44 | 5,43 | 5,42 | 5,39 | 5,36 | 5,34 |
| Lappish | % | 0,06 | 0,06 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,04 | 0,04 |
| Russian | % | 0,29 | 0,12 | 0,08 | 0,54 | 0,75 | 0,80 | 0,85 | 0,92 | 0,97 | 1,01 | 1,08 | 1,15 | 1,22 |
| Other | % | 0,01 | 0,08 | 0,42 | 1,37 | 2,07 | 2,17 | 2,41 | 2,66 | 2,90 | 3,16 | 3,45 | 3,77 | 4,09 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||
| Single | % | 60,9 | 53,3 | 45,5 | 47,1 | 47,2 | 47,3 | 47,3 | 47,3 | 47,3 | 47,4 | 47,5 | 47,5 | 47,7 |
| Males | % | 63,0 | 55,6 | 49,5 | 51,1 | 51,2 | 51,2 | 51,3 | 51,3 | 51,3 | 51,3 | 51,4 | 51,4 | 51,6 |
| Females | % | 58,9 | 50,8 | 41,7 | 43,2 | 43,4 | 43,5 | 43,5 | 43,5 | 43,6 | 43,6 | 43,7 | 43,8 | 44,0 |
| Married 2) | % | 33,6 | 39,4 | 41,6 | 38,3 | 37,8 | 37,7 | 37,6 | 37,6 | 37,5 | 37,5 | 37,3 | 37,3 | 37,0 |
| Males | % | 34,0 | 41,2 | 42,8 | 39,2 | 38,5 | 38,4 | 38,3 | 38,3 | 38,2 | 38,1 | 38,0 | 37,9 | 37,6 |
| Females | % | 33,2 | 38,0 | 40,5 | 37,5 | 37,0 | 36,9 | 36,9 | 36,9 | 36,9 | 36,8 | 36,7 | 36,7 | 36,5 |
| Divorced and widowed 2) | % | 5,5 | 7,2 | 12,9 | 14,6 | 15,0 | 15,1 | 15,1 | 15,1 | 15,1 | 15,2 | 15,2 | 15,2 | 15,3 |
| Males | % | 3,0 | 3,2 | 7,6 | 9,7 | 10,3 | 10,3 | 10,4 | 10,4 | 10,5 | 10,6 | 10,6 | 10,7 | 10,8 |
| Females | % | 7,9 | 11,2 | 17,8 | 19,3 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 | 19,6 |
| Religion | ||||||||||||||
| Lutheran National Church | % | 3) 98,1 | 95,0 | 87,8 | 85,1 | 83,2 | 82,5 | 81,8 | 80,7 | 79,9 | 78,3 | 77,3 | 76,4 | 75,3 |
| Greek Orthodox Church in Finland | % | 4) 1,7 | 1,7 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 | 1,1 |
| Other | % | 0,2 | 0,5 | 0,9 | 1,1 | 1,2 | 1,2 | 1,3 | 1,3 | 1,4 | 1,4 | 1,5 | 1,4 | 1,4 |
| Census register or unknown | % | - | 2,8 | 10,2 | 12,7 | 14,5 | 15,1 | 15,9 | 16,9 | 17,7 | 19,2 | 20,1 | 21,0 | 22,1 |
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1) Finnish and Swedish are the official languages 2) From 2005 including registered partnerships 3) Incl. other Lutheran churches 4) Incl. other Orthodox churches |
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Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes2.xls
Last updated: 24.3.2014
Population projection
| Unit | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | |
| Population | 1 000 | 5 631 | 5 848 | 5 985 | 6 096 | 6 228 |
| 0–14 years | % | 16,6 | 16,0 | 15,4 | 15,4 | 15,2 |
| 15–64 years | % | 60,8 | 58,4 | 58,4 | 57,7 | 56,6 |
| 65– years | % | 22,6 | 25,6 | 26,2 | 26,9 | 28,2 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes3.xls
Last updated: 13.12.2012
Area, population and GDP by region
| Region | Land area | Population | Change, % | GDP 2) | GDP per capita |
| km2 | € mil. | Whole country = 100 | |||
| 1.1.2014 | 31.12.2013 1) | 2013 1) | *2011 | *2011 | |
| Mainland Finland: | 302 339 | 5 422 604 | 0,5 | 187 422 | 100 |
| Uusimaa | 9 097 | 1 585 473 | 1,2 | 71 321 | 132 |
| Varsinais-Suomi | 10 661 | 470 880 | 0,4 | 14 843 | 91 |
| Satakunta | 7 819 | 224 556 | -0,2 | 7 423 | 93 |
| Kanta-Häme | 5 199 | 175 481 | 0,0 | 4 892 | 80 |
| Pirkanmaa | 12 585 | 500 166 | 0,7 | 16 184 | 94 |
| Päijät-Häme | 5 124 | 202 424 | -0,1 | 5 754 | 81 |
| Kymenlaakso | 5 148 | 180 845 | -0,3 | 5 493 | 86 |
| South Karelia | 5 329 | 132 252 | -0,1 | 4 724 | 101 |
| Etelä-Savo | 14 260 | 152 518 | -0,6 | 3 981 | 74 |
| Pohjois-Savo | 16 768 | 248 430 | 0,1 | 7 309 | 84 |
| North Karelia | 17 762 | 165 445 | -0,2 | 4 500 | 77 |
| Central Finland | 16 703 | 275 320 | 0,1 | 7 828 | 82 |
| South Ostrobothnia | 13 444 | 193 977 | 0,0 | 5 467 | 81 |
| Ostrobothnia | 7 752 | 180 384 | 0,4 | 6 384 | 102 |
| Central Ostrobothnia | 5 019 | 68 677 | 0,1 | 2 262 | 94 |
| North Ostrobothnia | 35 508 | 403 287 | 0,7 | 11 639 | 84 |
| Kainuu | 21 500 | 79 975 | -0,9 | 2 039 | 71 |
| Lapland | 92 660 | 182 514 | -0,2 | 5 379 | 84 |
| Åland | 1 552 | 28 666 | 0,6 | 1 171 | 119 |
| Whole country | 303 891 | 5 451 270 | 0,5 | 188 679 | 100 |
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1) According to the regional division of 1 January 2014 2) Gross domestic product at market prices * preliminary data |
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Sources: Statistics Finland, National Accounts, Demographic statistics; National Land Survey of Finland
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes4.xls
Last updated: 27.3.2014
Largest municipalities
| Population | Change, % | |
| 31.12.2013 1) | 2013 1) | |
| Helsinki | 612 664 | 1,4 |
| Espoo | 260 753 | 1,5 |
| Tampere | 220 446 | 1,4 |
| Vantaa | 208 098 | 1,4 |
| Oulu | 193 798 | 1,5 |
| Turku | 182 072 | 1,0 |
| Jyväskylä | 134 658 | 0,9 |
| Kuopio | 106 342 | 1,1 |
| Lahti | 103 364 | 0,3 |
| Kouvola | 86 926 | -0,4 |
| Pori | 83 497 | 0,3 |
| Joensuu | 74 471 | 0,4 |
| Lappeenranta | 72 658 | 0,3 |
| Hämeenlinna | 67 806 | 0,5 |
| Vaasa | 66 321 | 1,0 |
| Rovaniemi | 61 215 | 0,6 |
| Seinäjoki | 60 354 | 1,3 |
| Kotka | 54 771 | -0,2 |
| Mikkeli | 54 635 | 0,2 |
| Salo | 54 478 | -0,7 |
| At the beginning of 2014, there were a
total of 320 municipalities, 57 of which were urban municipalities, 64 semi-urban municipalities and 199 rural municipalities. 1) According to the regional division of 1 January 2014 |
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Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes5.xls
Last updated: 21.3.2014
Families, 2013
| All families | With children aged 0–17 |
With children aged 0–6 |
Persons per family | |
| Total of families | 1 471 085 | 575 683 | 289 448 | 2,8 |
| Change 2012/2013, % | 0,4 | -0,5 | 0,1 | |
| Family type | ||||
| Married couple without children | 525 933 | . | . | 2,0 |
| Cohabiting couple without children | 208 264 | . | . | 2,0 |
| Married couple with children | 434 571 | 347 817 | 177 650 | 4,0 |
| Cohabiting couple with children | 120 040 | 109 104 | 69 140 | 3,7 |
| Mother with children | 149 110 | 102 152 | 39 483 | 2,5 |
| Father with children | 30 955 | 16 163 | 2 858 | 2,3 |
| Registered male couple 1) | 905 | 2 | . | 2,0 |
| Registered female couple 1) | 1 307 | 445 | 317 | 2,5 |
| 1) Incl. registered partnerships with children | ||||
Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes6.xls
Last updated: 11.12.2014
Families and children by the number of children, 2013
| Number of children under 18 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4– | Total | |
| Children in families | 250 318 | 441 312 | 227 175 | 137 801 | 1 056 606 |
| % | 23,7 | 41,8 | 21,5 | 13,0 | 100 |
| Families | 250 318 | 220 656 | 75 725 | 28 984 | 575 683 |
| % | 43,5 | 38,3 | 13,2 | 5,0 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vaes7.xls
Last updated: 11.12.2014
Vital statistics
| 1990 | ‰ 1) | 2000 | ‰ 1) | 2010 | ‰ 1) | 2011 | ‰ 1) | 2012 | ‰ 1) | 2013 | ‰ 1) | |
| Live births | 65 549 | 13,1 | 56 742 | 11,0 | 60 980 | 11,4 | 59 961 | 11,1 | 59 493 | 11,0 | 58 134 | 10,7 |
| Deaths | 50 058 | 10,0 | 49 339 | 9,5 | 50 887 | 9,5 | 50 585 | 9,4 | 51 707 | 9,6 | 51 472 | 9,5 |
| Excess of births | 15 491 | 3,1 | 7 403 | 1,4 | 10 093 | 1,9 | 9 376 | 1,7 | 7 786 | 1,4 | 6 662 | 1,2 |
| Immigration | 13 558 | 2,7 | 16 895 | 3,3 | 25 636 | 4,8 | 29 481 | 5,5 | 31 278 | 5,8 | 31 941 | 5,9 |
| Emigration | 6 477 | 1,3 | 14 311 | 2,8 | 11 905 | 2,2 | 12 660 | 2,3 | 13 845 | 2,6 | 13 893 | 2,6 |
| Net immigration | 7 081 | 1,4 | 2 584 | 0,5 | 13 731 | 2,6 | 16 821 | 3,1 | 17 433 | 3,2 | 18 048 | 3,3 |
| Population growth | 24 095 | 4,8 | 9 813 | 1,9 | 23 849 | 4,4 | 25 991 | 4,8 | 25 407 | 4,7 | 24 596 | 4,5 |
| Marriages | 24 997 | 5,0 | 26 150 | 5,1 | 29 952 | 5,6 | 28 408 | 5,3 | 28 878 | 5,3 | 25 119 | 4,6 |
| Registered partnerships | . | . | . | . | 322 | 0,1 | 333 | 0,1 | 329 | 0,1 | 373 | 0,1 |
| Divorces | 13 127 | 2,6 | 13 913 | 2,7 | 13 619 | 2,5 | 13 469 | 2,5 | 13 040 | 2,4 | 13 766 | 2,5 |
| Divorces from registered partnerships | . | . | . | . | 64 | 0,0 | 85 | 0,0 | 103 | 0,0 | 101 | 0,0 |
| Life expectancy at birth | ||||||||||||
| Males | 70,9 | 74,1 | 76,7 | 77,2 | 77,5 | *77,8 | ||||||
| Females | 78,9 | 81,0 | 83,2 | 83,5 | 83,4 | *83,8 | ||||||
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1) Per 1 000 mean population * preliminary data |
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Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vamu1.xls
Last updated: 12.5.2014
Foreigners in Finland
| Country of citizenship | 2012 | % | Annual change, % | 2013 | % | Annual change, % |
| Estonia | 39 763 | 20,3 | 16,9 | 44 774 | 21,6 | 12,6 |
| Russia | 30 183 | 15,4 | 2,0 | 30 757 | 14,8 | 1,9 |
| Sweden | 8 412 | 4,3 | -0,8 | 8 382 | 4,0 | -0,4 |
| Somalia | 7 468 | 3,8 | 0,6 | 7 465 | 3,6 | -0,0 |
| China | 6 622 | 3,4 | 7,5 | 7 121 | 3,4 | 7,5 |
| Thailand | 6 031 | 3,1 | 8,8 | 6 484 | 3,1 | 7,5 |
| Iraq | 5 919 | 3,0 | 3,1 | 6 353 | 3,1 | 7,3 |
| Turkey | 4 272 | 2,2 | 2,7 | 4 398 | 2,1 | 2,9 |
| India | 4 030 | 2,1 | 6,2 | 4 372 | 2,1 | 8,5 |
| United Kingdom | 3 878 | 2,0 | 5,8 | 4 048 | 2,0 | 4,4 |
| Others | 78 933 | 40,4 | 5,8 | 83 357 | 40,2 | 5,6 |
| Total | 195 511 | 100 | 6,8 | 207 511 | 100 | 6,1 |
Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vamu2.xls
Last updated: 21.3.2014
Finnish citizenships granted 1)
| Country of previous citizenship | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Russia | 1 399 | 1 665 | 2 211 | 1 026 | 1 925 | 1 652 | 2 477 | 2 103 |
| Somalia | 445 | 464 | 595 | 290 | 131 | 96 | 609 | 814 |
| Iraq | 405 | 443 | 379 | 207 | 78 | 106 | 457 | 521 |
| Afghanistan | 101 | 102 | 279 | 186 | 108 | 100 | 510 | 479 |
| Estonia | 176 | 182 | 262 | 166 | 243 | 302 | 521 | 436 |
| Iran | 213 | 218 | 329 | 180 | 137 | 145 | 451 | 341 |
| Turkey | 110 | 102 | 195 | 94 | 132 | 166 | 278 | 271 |
| Former Sudan | 2 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 17 | 24 | 228 | 252 |
| Former Serbia and Montenegro | 248 | 232 | 324 | 154 | 109 | 106 | 297 | 209 |
| Myanmar | - | 5 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 177 |
| Others | 1 334 | 1 407 | 2 079 | 1 054 | 1 451 | 1 852 | 3 203 | 3 327 |
| Total | 4 433 | 4 824 | 6 682 | 3 413 | 4 334 | 4 558 | 9 087 | 8 930 |
| 1) Persons permanently resident in Finland | ||||||||
Source: Statistics Finland, Demographic statistics
Table in Excel format suoluk_vamu4.xls
Last updated: 25.11.2014
Asylum-seekers and refugees
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Asylum-seekers | 3 170 | 1 651 | 3 443 | 3 221 | 3 861 | 3 574 | 2 324 | 1 505 | 4 035 | 5 988 | 4 018 | 3 088 | 3 129 | 3 238 |
| Decisions on asylum 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Asylum granted | 9 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 38 | 68 | 89 | 116 | 181 | 169 | 553 | 556 |
| Residence permit granted | 458 | 809 | 577 | 487 | 771 | 585 | 580 | 792 | 696 | l 2) 1 257 | 2) 1 603 | 2) 1 102 | 2) 1 048 | 2) 1 271 |
| No asylum or residence permit granted | 2 121 | 1 045 | 2 312 | 2 443 | 3 418 | 2 472 | 1 481 | 961 | 1 011 | 2 568 | 3 428 | 1 890 | 1 738 | 1 903 |
| Family reunification | ||||||||||||||
| Positive decisions 3) | 214 | 475 | 363 | 303 | 162 | 355 | 129 | 267 | 467 | 444 | 423 | l 495 | 611 | 875 |
| Negative decisions 3) | 302 | 762 | 324 | 499 | 746 | 316 | 209 | 136 | 239 | 349 | 596 | l 1 004 | 1 030 | 1 692 |
| Quota | 700 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 |
| Received refugees 4) | 1 212 | 1 857 | 1 558 | 1 202 | 1 662 | 1 501 | 1 142 | 1 793 | 2 219 | 2 611 | 5) 3 207 | 5) 1 724 | 5) 1 431 | 5) 1 782 |
| Immigrating as refugees, from 1973– | 18 835 | 20 692 | 22 250 | 23 452 | 25 114 | 26 615 | 27 757 | 29 550 | 31 769 | 34 380 | 5) 37 587 | 5) 39 311 | 5) 40 742 | 5) 42 524 |
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1) Decisions of the Finnish Immigration Service 2) Incl. residence permits granted on the basis of humanitarian and subsidiary protection 3) Between 2000 and 2010 one decision can concern more than one person, from 2011 onwards one person 4) Refugees by quota, asylum-seekers having received a favourable decision and persons admitted under the family reunification scheme 5) Excl. refugees at reception centres awaiting placement in municipalities l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series |
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Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finnish Immigration Service
Table in Excel format suoluk_vamu3.xls
Last updated: 22.4.2014
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