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Finland People 1996

Population:

5,085,206 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

19% (female 469,666; male 491,484)

15-64 years:

67% (female 1,683,371; male 1,716,307)

65 years and over:

14% (female 457,061; male 267,317) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.3% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

12.22 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

9.77 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

5.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

76.22 years

male:

72.51 years

female:

80.11 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.79 children born/woman (1995 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%

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%

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