Finland Times

The total number of Finland's population stand at 5,428,570 at the end of January this year, according to the Statistics Finland's preliminary data.
The data released here on Tuesday also said that  the grew by 1,450 in the last one year and the growth was 250 higher compared to the growth of previous year.
The main reason for the population increase was migration gain from abroad while the Natural population growth, or excess of births to deaths, was 150 persons.
According to the preliminary statistics for January, 2,550 persons immigrated to Finland from abroad and 1,250 persons emigrated from Finland. The number of immigrants was 350 higher and the number of emigrants 100 lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
In all, 650 of the immigrants and 950 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.
During January 4,850 children were born, which is 150 children less than the corresponding period of 2012. The number of deaths was 4,700, which is 50 higher than one year before.