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Fri, 20 May, 2016 12:02:04 AM FTimes Report, May 20  Population increase by month 2013–2016*. Source: Population Statistics, Statistics Finland. Finland's population stood at 5,489,821 at the end of April, according to Statistics Finland's preliminary data.
The country's population went up by 2,513 persons during January-April.
The reason for the increase was migration gain from abroad, since immigration exceeded emigration by 3,873.
The number of births was 1,360 lower than that of deaths.
During January-April, 17,429 children were born, which is 671 fewer than in the corresponding period in 2015, the data show.
The number of deaths was 18,789, which is 339 higher than one year earlier.
A total of 8,458 persons immigrated to Finland from abroad and 4,585 persons emigrated from Finland as per the preliminary statistics for April.
The number of immigrants was 389 higher and the number of emigrants 64 higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
In all, 1,990 of the immigrants and 3,157 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.
The number of inter-municipal migrations totalled 72,458 during January-April.
Compared with the previous January-April, the decrease was 1,761 migrations according to the municipal division of 2016.
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