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Europe > Finland > People

FINNISH PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age at first marriage for men 30.5 years [10th of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 28.3 years [7th of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.5 Time series [127th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 17.1 % [192nd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 17.3 [195th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 427,875 Time series [123rd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 16.6% Time series [185th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 443,738 Time series [129th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 66.8 [77th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 66.7 % [82nd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 1,731,808 Time series [110th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 66.8% Time series [85th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 1,773,232 Time series [110th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 16.2 % [22nd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 518,270 Time series [62nd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 16.6% Time series [19th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 349,826 Time series [69th of 225]
Average size of households 2.5 [7th of 17]
Birth rate 10.39 births/1,000 population Time series [189th of 226]
Chinese population 1,000 [78th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 19.146 per 100,000 people [76th of 126]
Couples with children 50% [14th of 23]
Death rate 10 deaths/1,000 population Time series [68th of 226]
Disabled persons earning capacity 81% [12th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 59% [11th of 15]
Divorce rate 1.85 per 1,000 people [9th of 34]
Divorces per 100 marriages 53.2 divorces per 100 marriag [4th of 20]
Education expenditures 6.4 % of GDP Time series [10th of 55]
Elderly living in institution 6% [10th of 16]
Elderly living with children 14% [7th of 12]
Ethnic groups
Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.6%, Russian 0.5%, Estonian 0.3%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.1%, Sami 0.1%
Female population > Age 10-14 160,242 [121st of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.06 [189th of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 500 [31st of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.01 [15th of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 157,685 [125th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.01 [200th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 160,662 [119th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.07 [200th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 158,477 [123rd of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.03 [206th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 149,811 [123rd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 2.86 [202nd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 166,187 [112nd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.18 [133rd of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 185,074 [99th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.54 [82nd of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 186,768 [91st of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.57 [52nd of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 196,144 [80th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.75 [14th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 207,400 [72nd of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.96 [2nd of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 156,650 [71st of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.99 [11th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 133,344 [70th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.55 [21st of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 114,147 [67th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 2.18 [24th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 107,506 [59th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 2.06 [21st of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 82,948 [62nd of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.59 [21st of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 45,937 [30th of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.88 [17th of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 19,367 [26th of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.37 [14th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 4,695 [29th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.09 [19th of 49]
Gender development 0.928 [9th of 141]
Gender development index 0.94 [4th of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.803 [5th of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.803 [4th of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Helsinki
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
150 (est.) (Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: )
Home ownership 67% [5th of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 9% [6th of 16]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > % Jewish 0.021 % [58th of 97]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > Estimated number of Jews 1,110 [60th of 102]
Lone parent families 9% [4th of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 166,299 [122nd of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.18 [191st of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 87 [34th of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [22nd of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 165,075 [125th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.16 [198th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 169,805 [118th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.25 [198th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 167,743 [119th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.21 [203rd of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 158,686 [122nd of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.03 [202nd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 172,314 [110th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.29 [125th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 190,346 [95th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.64 [70th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 190,080 [86th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.63 [47th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 196,720 [77th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.76 [12th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 206,633 [69th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.95 [4th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 149,272 [70th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.85 [11th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 116,143 [70th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.22 [16th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 88,923 [70th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.7 [24th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 69,717 [65th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.33 [21st of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 40,003 [74th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.76 [42nd of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 16,135 [33rd of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.31 [28th of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 5,242 [30th of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.1 [20th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 1,007 [34th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.02 [24th of 49]
Marriage rate 4.8 [27th of 27]
Median age > Female 43.4 years Time series [6th of 224]
Median age > Male 40.3 years Time series [11th of 224]
Median age > Total 41.8 years Time series [7th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective Finnish Time series
Nationality > Noun Finn(s) Time series
Nobel prize laureates 2 [22nd of 44]
    Nobel prize laureates (per capita) 0.382922 per 1 million people [14th of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 112 yr 259 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 2 October 1887
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 17 June 2000
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Lempi Maria Rothovius
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 15 [9th of 22]
Percentage living in rural areas. 39% [110th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 61% [88th of 199]
Persons per room 0.8 [41st of 60]
Population 5,244,749 Time series [113rd of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 5,244,749 Time series [113rd of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 17.29 % Time series [157th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 66.85 % Time series [57th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 15.86 % Time series [18th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.34 annual % Time series [159th of 195]
Population growth rate 0.112% Time series [192nd of 235]
Population in 2015 5,359 [114th of 225]
Population in largest city 1,090,551 Time series [102nd of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.208 per capita Time series [35th of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 34.02 % Time series [47th of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 1,090,551 Time series [102nd of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.208 per capita Time series [50th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 51 % Time series [54th of 190]
Projected population growth -7.83% [118th of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 1 [39th of 43]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 20 Jun 1991
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 26 Jan 1990
Rural population 2,040,733 Time series [107th of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.389 per capita Time series [111st of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % 0.34 annual % Time series [97th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 [74th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.02 male(s)/female Time series [81st of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.68 male(s)/female Time series [181st of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [158th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.02 [67th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.04 [157th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.66 [182nd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.96 [155th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.04 [122nd of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.96 male(s)/female Time series [167th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [133rd of 224]
Size of houses 14% [18th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 9.2 [20th of 28]
Total fertility rate 1.73 children born/woman Time series [167th of 225]
Total Population 5,231,372 [111st of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 326,541 [121st of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.24 [189th of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 587 [32nd of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.01 [23rd of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 322,760 [124th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.17 [200th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 330,467 [118th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 6.32 [200th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 326,220 [121st of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.24 [207th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 308,497 [121st of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 5.9 [203rd of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 338,501 [112nd of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 6.47 [130th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 375,420 [95th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.18 [76th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 376,848 [88th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 7.2 [52nd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 392,864 [79th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 7.51 [13th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 414,033 [69th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 7.91 [2nd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 305,922 [72nd of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 5.85 [9th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 249,487 [70th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 4.77 [19th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 203,070 [68th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 3.88 [24th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 177,223 [60th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 3.39 [19th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 122,951 [62nd of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.35 [31st of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 62,072 [32nd of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.19 [23rd of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 24,609 [29th of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.47 [17th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 5,702 [30th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.11 [22nd of 49]
Total Population > Female 2,672,021 [111st of 227]
Total Population > Male 2,559,351 [111st of 227]
Urban population 3,205,367 Time series [98th of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.611 per capita Time series [84th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 0.34 annual % Time series [170th of 195]
Urbanization 59 [95th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 58.3% [47th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 59% [92nd of 164]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 100 [9th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 77 [13th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 109 [46th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 6 [142nd of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 6 [158th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 100 [22nd of 172]

SOURCES: 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; divorcereform.org2004; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse, 'The Economic Well-Being of Older People in International Perspective: A Critical Review' (LIS Working Paper 306, June 2002), p. 7; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; Wikipedia: Jewish population ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Finland, Republic of Finland, Suomen Tasavalta, Suomi

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