Those who are going to go to Finland or are just interested in the life of this quiet European country will certainly be interested to know what its population is like, what they do, where they prefer to live and how it changes during the year. We will talk about all this below, and now we will get to know Finland a little closer.
About country
It is located in the northern part of Europe - so close to the pole that a quarter of the country's territory goes beyond the Arctic Circle. The area occupied by Finland is almost 340 thousand square kilometers. According to this indicator, it ranks 7th among all European countries. A distinctive feature of Finland is that almost 75% of its territory is occupied by forests. About 10% more are water bodies.
Despite the location of the country, low temperatures usually do not disturb the population. Finland is one of the warmest countries in Scandinavia - during the coldest month of the year, the average temperature usually does not drop below -15 degrees. The coldest area is traditionallyconsidered Lapland.
Summer here is pretty cool. Even on the hottest days, the air temperature does not exceed +30 degrees, and the rest of the time it is about 20 degrees above zero.
Currently, the country does not have its own currency, so all payments for goods in stores and services are made using the common European currency - the euro.
Census in Finland
Few people know, but for many years there has not been a census in order to determine how the population has changed. Finland, along with Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, abandoned the traditional method currently used in Russia.
The Central Population Register was established back in the 1960s. It became a kind of database about the inhabitants of the country, where everyone received their own identification code. Already in 1970, this system was used as an alternative to the census, and in 1990, the survey of the population was abandoned altogether. In addition, the country has a tax and pension register. They provide the state with data on what salaries it receives and how the population lives. Finland also collects information on various buildings and institutions through registers. Currently, such a counting system operates in 60 countries of the world, that is, in every third.
Finland Population counter
You can get up-to-date and accurate information about the population of any country, mortality, birth rate and gender of residents through special counters that work on the Internet in the modeonline. The data is usually presented in the form of a list and is regularly updated. Here is a list of items that should be contained in such a counter:
- Population. Finland currently boasts 5.4 million people.
- Number and percentage of men and women. In Finland, these figures are approximately equal.
- Number of children born this year and this day.
- Death rates on a specific day and since the beginning of the year.
- Population growth.
Additional data can be averages, informing how often a country is born or dies. For example, a birth is recorded every 564 seconds, and a death every 571 seconds. And although the birth rate here exceeds the death rate, Finland can boast of not such great indicators. The population, which is constantly growing, is increasing by only 0.1% per year.
Composition of population
As we have already found out, the distribution of inhabitants by gender in Finland is fairly even. There are slightly more women, but this difference is insignificant.
As for language proficiency, everything is quite simple here. The mother tongue for the vast majority of the population (93.5%) is Finnish. In Finland, Swedish (5.9%) and Sami (less than 1%) are also spoken. Due to the fact that English is not widely spoken in the country, and tourists visit Finland in large numbers, government employees and service workers are often required to speak foreign languages. Oftenthey are English, French and German.
Most Finns are Lutherans. This is almost 90% of the population. Moreover, membership in the Lutheran Church obliges the inhabitants of Finland to pay an additional tax equal to 1% of income. Other religions are not so popular here. For example, only 1% of the country's population is considered adherents of Christianity, which is also official.
Major cities
The population of Finland is mainly distributed along the coast and the southern part of the country. It reaches its highest concentration on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. Moreover, the population of Finnish cities often does not exceed 70 thousand people. But there are also exceptions.
The largest number of inhabitants live in the capital, Helsinki. That's over half a million people. It is followed by Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Turku and Oulu. Their population is over 100 thousand people. At the same time, the center of the country and its north are practically not populated. Therefore, the population density of Finland is only 16 people per square kilometer.
