The concepts described on these pages are words and expressions used in statistics with a specific, limited meaning. In everyday speech the word may have a different meaning. In connection with each definition you can find information about which sets of statistics use the concept.
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Nationality
Nationality is determined by the country of issue of passport. A person may have several nationalities or no nationality at all. Possession of an alien's passport is also accepted as a nationality.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Citizenship refers to the legislative tie between an individual and a state that determines the relationship between them and their reciprocal rights and obligations. Citizenship is usually determined at birth, but it can be changed when a person moves to live in another country.
A child receives Finnish citizenship at birth based on the parentage principle, i.e. if the child’s mother is a Finnish citizen or the child’s father is a Finnish citizen and married to the child’s mother. An adopted child aged under 12 of whose adoptive parents at least one is a Finnish citizen will automatically receive Finnish citizenship based on the adoption starting from the day the adoption becomes valid in Finland.
A person may also have more than one nationality (see Nationality Act, 359/2003). If a person has two nationalities and one of them is Finnish, they will be included in statistics as a Finnish citizen. If a foreign national living in Finland has several nationalities, that person will be entered in the statistics as a citizen of the country on whose passport they arrived in the country.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Jaa