Finland Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2017 by City Immigrants
Europe, Finland, World Population May 17, 2017,
Finland Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2017
Finland Demographics Population Religion Percentage 2017
Finland numbers some 5.5 million people and has an average population density of 17 inhabitants per square kilometre.
This makes it the third most sparsely populated country in Europe, after Iceland and Norway. Population distribution is very uneven: the population is concentrated on the small southwestern coastal plain. About 85% live in towns and cities, with one million living in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area alone. In Arctic Lapland, on the other hand, there are only 2 people to every square kilometre.
Finland is a relatively ethnically homogeneous country. The dominant ethnicity is the Finnish people but there are also notable historic minorities of Swedes, Sami and Roma people. As a result of recent immigration there are now also considerable groups of ethnic Russians, Estonians and Somalis in the country. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish, the latter being the native language of about five per cent of the Finnish population.From the 13th to the early 19th century Finland was a part of Sweden.
With 73 percent of Finns in its congregation, the Lutheran Church is the largest religious group in the country.
Finland demographics Population by Religion
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Religion in Finland (Statistics Finland 2016) |
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|
Year |
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
Finnish Orthodox Church |
Other |
No religious affiliation |
|
1900 |
98.10% |
1.70% |
0.20% |
0.00% |
|
1950 |
95.00% |
1.70% |
0.50% |
2.80% |
|
1980 |
90.30% |
1.10% |
0.70% |
7.80% |
|
1990 |
87.80% |
1.10% |
0.90% |
10.20% |
|
2000 |
85.10% |
1.10% |
1.10% |
12.70% |
|
2010 |
78.30% |
1.10% |
1.40% |
19.20% |
|
2011 |
77.30% |
1.10% |
1.50% |
20.10% |
|
2012 |
76.40% |
1.10% |
1.50% |
21.00% |
|
2013 |
75.20% |
1.10% |
1.50% |
22.10% |
|
2014 |
73.80% |
1.10% |
1.60% |
23.50% |
|
2015 |
73.00% |
1.10% |
1.60% |
24.30% |
|
2016 |
72.00% |
1.10% |
1.60% |
25.30% |
Finland demographics Population by Immigrants
|
Immigrants |
Population |
|
Soviet Union Former Soviet Union |
53,710 |
|
Estonia Estonia |
39,327 |
|
Sweden Sweden |
29,484 |
|
Russia Russia |
10,992 |
|
Somalia Somalia |
9,618 |
|
Iraq Iraq |
9,264 |
|
China China |
8,879 |
|
Thailand Thailand |
8,563 |
|
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Former Yugoslavia |
6,728 |
|
Germany Germany |
6,253 |
Finland demographics Population by Race
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Finland demographics Population by Race |
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|
Finn |
93.4%, |
|
Swede |
5.6%, |
|
Russian |
0.5%, |
|
Estonian |
0.3%, |
|
Roma |
0.1%, |
|
Sami |
0.10% |
Finland Population by City
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Finland – Largest Cities |
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S.no. |
Name |
Population |
Latitude/Longitude |
|
1 |
Helsinki |
558,457 |
60.17 / 24.935 |
|
2 |
Espoo |
256,760 |
60.205 / 24.652 |
|
3 |
Tampere |
202,687 |
61.499 / 23.787 |
|
4 |
Vantaa |
190,058 |
60.294 / 25.041 |
|
5 |
Turku |
175,945 |
60.451 / 22.269 |
|
6 |
Oulu |
128,618 |
65.012 / 25.468 |
|
7 |
Lahti |
98,826 |
60.983 / 25.662 |
|
8 |
Kuopio |
89,104 |
62.892 / 27.677 |
|
9 |
Jyvaskyla |
85,026 |
62.241 / 25.721 |
|
10 |
Pori |
76,772 |
61.483 / 21.783 |
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