Finland Times

 

Source: Statistics Finland

The Statistics Finland's statistics on population structure showed nearly every tenth of the persons aged 25 to 34 living permanently in Finland at the end of 2012 were of foreign origin.

 

In the greater Helsinki region, the corresponding proportion at the end of 2012 was nearly one-fifth.

 

In total, there were 279,616 persons with foreign origin living permanently in Finland at the end of 2012, which is 5.2 per cent of the population. Of these, 238,208 persons were first generation immigrants who had been born abroad and 41,408 persons were second generation immigrants who had been born in Finland.

 

The Statistics Finland’s data also showed that the number of people with foreign origin was highest in the region of Åland, where their share of the population was 12.1 per cent and second highest in Uusimaa, 9.6 per cent.

 

Examined by municipality in Mainland Finland, the share of people with foreign origin was highest in Helsinki, 12.6 per cent, Vantaa, 12.3 per cent and Espoo, 11.4 per cent.

 

The lowest shares were found in Reisjärvi and Rautavaara, 0.3 per cent.

 

Fifty-nine per cent of people with foreign origin are of European origin and approximately one-quarter of the population with foreign origin were of Asian origin and 12 per cent of African origin.

 

The Statistics Finland also showed two-thirds of Finns live in their region of birth while Finland's population is further concentrated around urban settlements.

 

According to the locality boundaries produced in cooperation between Statistics Finland and the Finnish Environment Institute, nearly 85 per cent of Finns, or 4,542,020 persons, lived in 745 urban settlements at the end of 2012.

 

According to the situation at the end of 2012, the highest degree of urbanisation in Finland was found in the municipality of Kauniainen.

 

The degree of urbanisation was second highest in Helsinki, almost 100 per cent. The degree of urbanisation in Järvenpää and Kerava was also nearly 100 per cent.