Russians in Finland - Population

Population

Table 1: Russian-speaking people in 2008
City People Increase in 2000–08
Helsinki 12,470 54.8%
Vantaa 3,958 138.3%
Espoo 3,029 95.0%
Turku 2,495 38.8%
Tampere 2,121 74.9%
Lahti 1,787 50.7%
Lappeenranta 1,711 62.2%

According to Russian Embassy in Finland, there are about 50,000 Russian-speaking people in Finland. However in 2008 study of Aleksanteri Institute, calculated 45,000 Russian-speaking people. According to Statistics Finland, there were 48,740 Russian-speaking people in 2008. However half of Russian-speaking immigrants are Ingrian Finns and other Finno-Ugric people. In 2008, there were 26,909 people with citizenship of the Russian Federation – dual citizens included. Furthermore there are people who have received only Finnish citizenship, and Estonian Russians. Two common reasons for immigration were marriage, and descendant from Ingrian Finns.

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