Finland’s population is approximately 5,250,275 (est. 2009). The majority of people are concentrated on a small southwestern coastal plain. Broken into age groups, we find that: |
| 0-14 years: 16.4% (male 438,425/female 422,777) |
| 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 1,773,495/female 1,732,792) |
| 65 years and over: 16.8% (male 357,811/female 524,975) (2009 est.) |
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The median age is 42.1 years overall. For males, the median age is 40.5 years while females are 43.7 years. As of 2009, the population is growing at about 0.098% per year. |
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There are approximately 10.39 births per 1,000 people (2008 est.) and 10 deaths per 1,000 annually.
In 2008, the estimated number of immigrants were 27,147 people while there were about 13,411 who emigrated. Of the immigrants, 8,199 were returning Finns. |
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| There are on average, 1.73 children born per Finnish woman. The sex ratio is 1.04 male(s)/female. Other age groups ratios are: |
| under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female |
| total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
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The infant mortality rate is 3.47 deaths to 1,000 live births. For males the rate is 3.78 per 1,000 and for female it is 3.15 per 1,000. |
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| The life expectancy in Finland is 78.97 years overall; 75.48 years for males and 82.61 for females. |
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| The 1987-2007 statistics of leading causes of death of the working-age (per 100,000) population are as follows: |
| Men |
Alcohol related-68
Heart Disease-57
Accidents-50.5
Suicide-34
Lung Cancer-19.8
Cerebrovascular disease-17.8 |
| Women |
Alcohol related-16.5
Breast Cancer-15.2
Suicide-11
Heart Disease-8.8
Lung Cancer-7.9
Cerebrovascular disease-7.1 |
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Finland’s population is made of 6 main ethnic groups: Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.6%, Russian 0.5%,
Estonian 0.3%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.1% and Sami 0.1%. 91.5% of the population speak Finnish (the official language), 5.5% speak Swedish (also official) and 3% speak other languages ( there are small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2006). |
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The religious composition is: Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% (2006) |
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| Education |
| Finland boasts a 100% literacy rate. The school life expectancy (primary and tertiary education) is 17 years (2006), costing approximately 6.4% of GDP (2005). |
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| As of 2005 statistics, approximately 310,000 Finns attended universities and polytechnics institutions; up 15% over the figures for 2000. |
