Demographics
Main article: Demographics of FinlandPopulation of Finland, 1750–2010 | ||||
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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.
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