Population: 5,068,931 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.34% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 12.41 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 9.84 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.93 years
male: 72.18 years
female: 79.86 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.79 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Finn(s)
adjective: Finnish

Ethnic divisions: Finn, Swede, Lapp, Gypsy, Tatar

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%

Languages: Finnish 93.5% (official), Swedish 6.3% (official), small Lapp- and Russian-speaking minorities

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 2.533 million
by occupation: public services 30.4%, industry 20.9%, commerce 15.0%, finance, insurance, and business services 10.2%, agriculture and forestry 8.6%, transport and communications 7.7%, construction 7.2%

NOTE: The information regarding Finland on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Finland People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Finland People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.