Population and society

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Development of population, 1750-2023

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Population structure on 31 December

  1900 1950 2000 2020 2021 2022 2023
Population, thousand  
Total 2 656 4 030 5 181 5 534 5 548 5 564 5 604
Males 1 311 1 926 2 529 2 734 2 743 2 753 2 774
Females 1 345 2 104 2 652 2 800 2 805 2 810 2 830
Age, %    
0–14 35,1 30,0 18,1 15,6 15,4 15,1 14,9
15–64 59,6 63,4 66,9 61,7 61,6 61,6 61,8
65–84 5,2 6,4 13,5 19,9 20,2 20,4 20,5
85– 0,1 0,2 1,5 2,8 2,8 2,9 2,9
Average age, years    
Males 26,3 28,6 37,7 42,1 42,3 42,4 42,5
Females 27,5 31,6 41,0 44,7 44,8 45,0 45,1
Language 1), %    
Finnish 86,8 91,1 92,4 86,9 86,5 85,9 84,9
Swedish 12,9 8,6 5,6 5,2 5,2 5,2 5,1
Sami 0,10 0,10 0,03 0,04 0,04 0,04 0,04
Other 0,3 0,2 1,9 7,8 8,3 8,9 10,0
Marital status, %    
Single 60,9 53,3 47,1 48,9 49,2 49,5 49,9
Married 2) 33,6 39,4 38,3 35,3 34,9 34,7 34,3
Divorced and widowed 2) 5,5 7,2 14,6 15,8 15,9 15,8 15,8
Religion, %    
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 3) 98,1 95,0 85,1 67,8 66,6 65,2 63,6
Greek Orthodox Church 4) 1,7 1,7 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,0
Other 0,2 0,5 1,1 1,7 1,8 1,8 1,8
Population Register or unknown - 2,8 12,7 29,4 30,6 32,0 33,6

1) Finnish and Swedish are the official languages
2) In 2020–2023 incl. registered partnerships
3) Incl. other Lutheran churches
4) Incl. other Orthodox churches

Age structure of population on 31 December

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Population and population projection by age group

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Vital statistics

  2000 2010 2020 2023
Live births 56 742 60 980 46 463 43 383
Deaths 49 339 50 887 55 488 61 339
Natural population increase 7 403 10 093 -9 025 -17 956
Intermunicipal migration 1) 237 443 264 266 296 852 286 968
Intramunicipal migration 1) 550 281 575 419 599 974 567 664
Immigration to Finland 16 895 25 636 32 898 73 236
Emigration from Finland 14 311 11 905 15 084 15 322
Net migration  2 584 13 731 17 814 57 914
Marriages 2) 27 751 31 925 22 082 20 693
Divorces 2) 14 096 13 807 13 478 11 475
Total change 9 813 23 849 8 501 39 881
Population 5 181 115 5 375 276 5 533 793 5 603 851

1) Regional division as on 1 January 2024
2) Marriages contracted and divorces where at least one of the spouses is living permanently in Finland

Vital statistics 1950-2023

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Live births and deaths, 1950-2023

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Life expectancy

The number of years that a person would live provided that the rate of mortality remains unchanged

Age 2000 2010 2022
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Years
  0 74,1 81,0 76,7 83,2 78,6 83,8
10 64,6 71,4 67,0 73,5 68,9 74,0
20 54,8 61,5 57,2 63,6 59,0 64,1
30 45,4 51,7 47,8 53,8 49,5 54,3
40 36,1 42,1 38,3 44,0 39,9 44,5
50 27,3 32,7 29,3 34,6 30,6 35,0
60 19,2 23,7 21,1 25,5 21,9 25,7
70 12,1 15,2 13,8 17,0 14,3 17,2
80 6,6 8,2 7,6 9,4 7,9 9,6

Causes of death, 2022

Cause of death Deaths % Males % Females %
Diseases of the circulatory system 19 526 31 10 136 32 9 390 30
Neoplasms 13 495 21 7 114 22 6 381 20
Dementia, Alzheimer's disease 12 313 19 4 178 13 8 135 26

COVID-19 virus infection

4 349 7 2 278 7 2 071 7
Accidents excl. alcohol poisonings 2 288 4 1 415 4 873 3
Diseases of the respiratory system 1 940 3 1 235 4 705 2
Alcohol related diseases and accidental poisoning by alcohol 1 664 3 1 251 4 413 1
Diseases of the digestive system 1 383 2 651 2 732 2
Suicides 740 1 556 2 184 1
Other causes of death 5 474 9 2 889 9 2 585 8
Deaths total 63 172 100 31 703 100 31 469 100

Migration, 1950-2023

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Source: Statistics Finland, migration

Migration (xlsx)

Updated: 28.5.2024

Population by origin and language, 2023

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Population by language on 31 December

  2020 2021 2022 2023 %
National languages, total 5 100 946 5 090 199 5 067 978 5 045 557 90,0
Finnish 4 811 067 4 800 243 4 778 891 4 757 476 84,9
Swedish 287 871 287 933 287 052 286 030 5,1
Sami 2 008 2 023 2 035 2 051 0,0
Foreign languages, total 432 847 458 042 495 992 558 294 10,0
Russian 84 190 87 552 93 535 99 606 1,8
Estonian 49 551 50 232 50 318 50 202 0,9
Arabic 34 282 36 466 39 069 41 311 0,7
English 23 433 25 638 29 448 33 796 0,6
Ukrainian 5 961 7 278 8 761 26 519 0,5
Somali 22 794 23 656 24 647 25 654 0,5
Farsi, Persian 15 105 16 432 18 097 20 421 0,4
Albanian 12 664 13 830 15 576 17 779 0,3
Chinese 13 778 14 780 15 735 17 501 0,3
Kurdish 15 368 15 850 16 603 17 270 0,3
Total 5 533 793 5 548 241 5 563 970 5 603 851 100

Population by citizenship

Country of citizenship 2021 2022 2023 Increase of population 2022–2023, %
Finland 5 251 777 5 240 284 5 230 878 -0,2
Foreign countries, total 296 464 323 686 372 973 15,2
Estonia 51 805 51 819 51 597 -0,4
Russia 30 049 33 428 35 359 5,8
Ukraine 7 202 8 441 28 100 232,9
Iraq 15 075 15 322 14 730 -3,9
China 11 405 12 297 14 020 14,0
India 8 245 10 487 13 068 24,6
Philippines 5 351 8 140 11 540 41,8
Afghanistan 7 686 8 362 9 222 10,3
Vietnam 7 237 7 757 8 795 13,4
Thailand 7 925 8 073 8 396 4,0
Former Serbia and Montenegro 5 432 6 528 7 934 21,5
Sweden 7 921 7 943 7 779 -2,1
Syrian Arab Republic 7 203 7 855 7 635 -2,8
Türkiye 6 079 6 733 7 422 10,2
Somalia 6 581 6 674 6 683 0,1
Others 111 268 123 827 140 693 13,6
Total 5 548 241 5 563 970 5 603 851 0,7

Finnish citizenships granted

Persons permanently resident in Finland

Country of previous citizenship 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Russia 1 946 1 546 1 161 2 062 1 906
Iraq 589 602 744 950 1 517
Syria 299 205 360 352 805
Somalia 583 541 436 554 728
Afganistan 309 264 227 363 681
Estonia 658 516 370 626 486
Sweden 248 196 282 199 332
Ukraine 255 220 171 321 309
Nigeria 113 100 67 160 306
Thailand 281 304 209 325 296
Others 4 368 3 322 2 616 4 286 4 858
Total 9 649 7 816 6 643 10 198 12 224

Applicants for asylum 

Year Applicants
for asylum
Decisions on asylum 1) Family reunification
Asylum granted Residence permit granted 2) Negative  decision Applications accepted 3) Applications rejected 3)
2019 4 550 2 073 886 2 875 1 531 613
2020 3 209 1 500 566 1 196 1 360 350
2021 2 545 1 752 380 893 1 214 221
2022 5 827 1 367 393 878 1 281 187
2023 5 372 1 281 290 752 1 731 116

1) Decisions of the Finnish Immigration Service
2) Incl. residence permits granted on the basis of humanitarian and subsidiary protection
3) Decision concern one person

Corrected on 25 April 2024.

Families, 2023

Family type All families Average size of family Families with children aged 0–17 Families with children aged 0–6
Total 1 466 954 2,70 550 183 242 902
Married or registered couple with children 374 173 3,92 302 489 132 644
Cohabiting couples 1) with children 128 484 3,67 116 155 69 971
Mother with children 152 835 2,56 110 685 36 984
Father with children 36 031 2,34 20 854 3 303
Married or registered couple without children 535 126 2,00 . .
Cohabiting couple without children, opposite-sex spouses 240 305 2,00 . .

1) Incl. same-sex spouses, of which one is the confirmed mother

 

Source: Statistics Finland, families

Families (xlsx)

Updated: 3.6.2024

Families with children

A family with underage children is a family comprising at least one child aged under 18 living at home

Families with children Total 1 child 2 children 3 children 4+ children
2000 612 627 268 369 230 758 85 025 28 475
2010 582 360 254 551 222 596 76 860 28 353
2020 556 052 238 258 218 750 71 378 27 666
2023 550 183 242 917 215 720 66 165 25 381
2023, % 100 44,2 39,2 12,0 4,6

Demographic dependency ratio by municipality, 2023

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Regional division as on 1 January 2024

Population data by region

Region Population 31.12. Increase of population, %
Regional division as on 1 January 2024 2022 2023 2022–2023
Uusimaa 1 733 033 1 759 537 1,5
Southwest Finland 485 567 490 786 1,1
Satakunta 212 556 211 740 -0,4
Kanta-Häme 169 537 169 547 0,0
Pirkanmaa 532 671 539 309 1,2
Päijät-Häme 204 528 204 479 0,0
Kymenlaakso 159 488 158 658 -0,5
South Karelia 125 353 125 162 -0,2
South Savo 130 451 129 914 -0,4
North Savo 247 689 248 190 0,2
North Karelia 162 540 162 321 -0,1
Central Finland 272 437 273 271 0,3
South Ostrobothnia 190 774 190 539 -0,1
Ostrobothnia 176 323 177 602 0,7
Central Ostrobothnia 67 805 67 736 -0,1
North Ostrobothnia 416 543 418 205 0,4
Kainuu 70 521 70 164 -0,5
Lapland 175 795 176 150 0,2
Åland 30 359 30 541 0,6
Whole country 5 563 970 5 603 851 0,7

Population in the largest municipalities

The total number of municipalities 309
Regional division as on 1 January 2023

Municipality Population Increase of population
31.12.2023 2022–2023 %
1. Helsinki 674 500 10 472 1,6
2. Espoo 314 024 8750 2,9
3. Tampere 255 050 6 041 2,4
4. Vantaa 247 443 4 624 1,9
5. Oulu 214 633 2 785 1,3
6. Turku 201 863 3 963 2,0
7. Jyväskylä 147 746 1 859 1,3
8. Kuopio 124 021 1 427 1,2
9. Lahti 120 693 518 0,4
10. Pori 83 106 -99 -0,1

Development of selected offences

Offences recorded by the police, Finnish Customs and the Finnish Border Guard

  2020 2021 2022 2023
Offences and infractions total 686 045 501 398 494 737 529 776
Offences against the Criminal Code 543 429 482 593 475 942 511 223
Theft, petty theft 139 121 127 791 128 250 130 018
- Breaking into a residence or summer house 4 722 3 896 3 591 3 650
- Breaking into business premises 3 064 2 446 2 218 2 072
- Shoplifting 52 453 52 319 54 266 59 828
Robbery 1 996 1 893 2 329 2 727
Damage to property 33 443 31 806 30 922 30 532
Fraud, embezzlement 37 269 39 592 40 890 45 409
Means of payment frauds and offences 7 363 6 649 11 713 15 073
Manslaughter, murder, killing 86 83 79 57
Attempted manslaughter, murder or killing 383 374 349 355
Assault 33 285 34 123 38 160 41 271
Sexual crimes 4 392 5 376 5 473 1) 7 292
Traffic offences 132 434 134 442 119 329 118 995
- Drunken driving 20 216 17 370 16 098 15 889
- Drunken driving, under the influence of alcohol 9 510 8 835 9 141 8 900
- Drunken driving, under the influence of other intoxicant 9 248 7 338 5 747 5 766
Violation of privacy, peace and honour 31 784 12 369 11 479 12 724
Offences involving narcotics 37 077 28 212 25 140 26 750
- Unlawful use of narcotics 23 785 19 295 17 213 18 578

1) Change in legislation

Parliamentary elections 2023

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats
% points 2023 2019
National Coalition Party 644 555 20,8 3,8 48 38
Finns Party 640 981 20,1 2,6 46 39
Finnish Social Democratic Party 617 552 19,9 2,2 43 40
Centre Party of Finland 349 640 11,3 -2,5 23 31
Green League 217 795 7,0 -4,5 13 20
Left Alliance 218 430 7,1 -1,1 11 16
Swedish People´s Party in Finland 133 518 4,3 -0,2 9 9
Christian Democrats in Finland 130 694 4,2 0,3 5 5
Movement Now 74 995 2,4 - 1 1
Other parties 72 274 2,3 - - -
Others 15 170 0,5 -2,4 1 1
Total 3 095 604 100 0,0 200 200
Female candidates 1 546 685 50,0   92 94

Voting turnout of Finnish citizens resident in Finland 72.0%, Finns resident abroad included 68.5%

Voting turnout in parliamentary elections, 1908–2023

Finnish citizens resident in Finland

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European Parliament elections 2024

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Number of Euro-MPs elected
% points
National Coalition Party 453 636 24,8 4,0 4
Left Alliance 316 859 17,3 10,4 3
Finnish Social Democratic Party 272 034 14,9 0,3 2
Centre Party of Finland 215 165 11,8 -1,7 2
Green League 206 332 11,3 -4,7 2
Finns Party 139 160 7,6 -6,2 1
Swedish People´s Party in Finland 112 245 6,1 -0,2 1
Christian Democrats in Finland  75 426 4,1 -0,8 -
Other parties 38 392 2,1 - -
Total 1 829 249 100 - 15
Females 1 072 191 58,6 2,0 9

Voter turnout in Finland 42.4%

Municipal elections 2021

Party Votes %
National Coalition Party 522 623 21,4
Finnish Social Democratic Party 433 811 17,7
Centre Party of Finland 363 364 14,9
Finns Party 354 236 14,5
Green League 259 104 10,6
Left Alliance 194 385 7,9
Swedish People´s Party in Finland 121 494 5,0
Christian Democrats in Finland 88 259 3,6
Movement Now 38 943 1,6
Other parties 19 611 0,8
Constituency associations 50 482 2,1
Total 2 446 312 100

Voting turnout 55.1%

Presidential elections 2024

First round Votes %
Valid ballots 3 243 451 100
Alexander Stubb 882 388 27,2
Pekka Haavisto 836 712 25,8
Jussi Halla-aho 615 802 19,0
Olli Rehn 496 759 15,3
Li Andersson 158 579 4,9
Jutta Urpilainen 140 867 4,3
Sari Essayah 47 847 1,5
Mika Aaltola 47 467 1,5
Harry Harkimo 17 030 0,5
Invalid ballots 9 095 0,3

Voting turnout of Finnish citizens resident in Finland 75.0%, Finns resident abroad included 71.5%.

Second round Votes %
Valid ballots 3 052 078 100
Alexander Stubb 1 575 444 51,6
Pekka Haavisto 1 476 634 48,4
Invalid ballots 20 389 0,7

Voting turnout of Finnish citizens resident in Finland 70.7%, Finns resident abroad included 67.6%.

County elections 2022

Party Votes %
National Coalition Party 401 853 21,6
Finnish Social Democratic Party 359 462 19,3
Centre Party of Finland 356 851 19,2
Finns Party 206 637 11,1
Left Alliance 148 720 8,0
Green League

137 221

7,4
Swedish People´s Party in Finland 91 409 4,9
Christian Democrats in Finland 78 914 4,2
Movement Now 33 767 1,8
Valta kuuluu kansalle (VKK) 24 189 1,3
Other parties 7 819 0,4
Constituency associations 12 684 0,7
Total 1 859 526 100

Voting turnout 47.5%

Corrected on 11 April 2022. The corrections are indicated in red.

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Last updated 16 Aug 2024