People of Finland
Population: | 5,238,460 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure: | 0-14 years: 16.9% (male 449,548/female 433,253) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 1,768,996/female 1,727,143) 65 years and over: 16.4% (male 344,798/female 514,722) (2007 est.) |
Median age: | total: 41.6 years male: 40 years female: 43.1 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate: | 0.127% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: | 10.42 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate: | 9.93 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate: | 0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.024 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.958 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: | total: 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 78.66 years male: 75.15 years female: 82.31 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate: | 1.73 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 1,500 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: | less than 100 (2003 est.) |
Nationality: | noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish |
Ethnic groups: | Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.2%, Sami 0.1% |
Religions: | Lutheran Church of Finland 84.2%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) |
Languages: | Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2003) |
Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.) |