Population structure

Statistics on population structure describe persons permanently resident in Finland at the turn of the year. The permanent population consists of persons who have a personal identity code and a permanent municipality of residence in Finland. Population data are available with different regional classifications, such as by municipality, region and wellbeing services county. Data recorded on persons include, for example,

• place of residence
• sex
• age
• marital status
• language
• nationality
• country of birth.

Data are obtained from the Population Information System and published once a year.