Finland - Demographics

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Finland

Population of Finland, 1750–2010
year		population
1750	421,500
1760	491,100
1770	561,000
1780	663,900
1790	705,600
1800	832,700
1810	863,300
1820	1,177,500
1830	1,372,100
1840	1,445,600
1850	1,636,900
1860	1,746,700
1870	1,768,800
1880	2,060,800
1890	2,380,100
1900	2,655,900
1910	2,943,400
1920	3,147,600
1930	3,462,700
1940	3,695,617
1950	4,029,803
1960	4,446,222
1970	4,598,336
1980	4,787,778
1990	4,998,478
2000	5,181,115
2010	5,375,276
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The population of Finland is currently about 5,400,000. Finland has an average population density of 16 inhabitants per square kilometre. This is the third-lowest population density of any European country, behind those of Norway and Iceland. Finland's population has always been concentrated in the southern parts of the country, a phenomenon that became even more pronounced during 20th-century urbanisation. The largest cities in Finland are those of the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area—Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. Other cities with population over 100.000 are Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Lahti.

The share of foreign citizens in Finland is 3.4%, among the lowest in the European Union. Most of them are from Russia, Estonia and Sweden. The children of foreigners are not automatically given Finnish citizenship. If they are born in Finland and cannot get citizenship of any other country, they become citizens.