Finland: the population. Finland and its largest cities
Those who are going to go to Finland or justare interested in the life of this quiet European country, it will certainly be interesting to know what its population is, what it does, where it prefers to live and how it changes during the year. We'll talk about all this below, and now we'll get to know Finland a little more.
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. In 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. Another 10% - reservoirs.
Summer here is pretty cool. Even in the hottest days, the air temperature does not exceed +30 degrees, and the rest of the time is about 20 degrees above zero.
Currently, the country does not have its own currency, therefore all payments for goods in shops and services are made with the participation of the common European currency - the euro.
Census in Finland
Few people know, but for many years here is notconduct a census in order to determine how the population has changed. Finland, along with Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, abandoned the traditional way currently used in Russia.
Finland population counter
Get up-to-date and accurate information aboutpopulation of any country, mortality, fertility and sex of the residents can be through special meters that work online on the Internet. Data, as a rule, are presented in the form of a list and are regularly updated. Here is the list of items that should be contained in such a counter:
- Population. Finland currently boasts an indicator of 5.4 million people.
- The number and percentage of men and women. In Finland, these figures are approximately equal.
- The number of children born this year and this day.
- Death rates for a specific day and from the beginning of the year.
- Population growth.
Additional data may be averageIndicators informing about how often the country is born or die. For example, birth is recorded every 564 seconds, and death - every 571 seconds. And although the birth rate here exceeds the death rate, Finland can boast not so much. The population, whose number is constantly growing, increases by 0.1% per year.
Composition of population
As we have already explained, the distribution of inhabitants by sex in Finland is fairly uniform. Women are somewhat larger, but this difference is insignificant.
As far as language proficiency is concerned,quite simply. The native language for the overwhelming majority of the population (93.5%) is Finnish. In Finland, also speak Swedish (5.9%) and in the Sami language (less than 1%). 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. Most often it's English, French and German.
Largest cities
The population of Finland is mainlythe coast and the southern part of the country. The greatest concentration it reaches on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. And the population of the cities of Finland often does not exceed 70 thousand people. But there are also exceptions.
