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Fri, 22 May, 2015 12:07:04 AM FTimes Report, May 22  Population increase by month 2012–2015*. Source: Population Statistics, Statistics Finland. Finland's total population was 5,474,210 at the end of April, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary data.
Over the January to April period, the country's population increased by 2,460 persons, which is 2,840 persons fewer than in the corresponding period of the year before.
The reason for the population increase was migration gain from abroad. The number of immigrants was 2,760 higher than that of emigrants.
There was no natural population growth, since deaths exceeded births by 300 persons, the data show.
A total of 7,010 persons immigrated to Finland from abroad and 4,250 persons emigrated from Finland as per the statistics for the January to April period.
The number of immigrants was 1,690 lower and the number of emigrants 120 lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
In all, 1,790 of the immigrants and 2,970 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.
During the January to April period, 18,000 children were born, which is 630 children fewer than in the corresponding period of 2014 while the number of deaths was 18,300, which is 640 higher than one year earlier.
The number of inter-municipal migrations totalled 71,390 over the January to April period.
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