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The People of Finland

Finnish People

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Population: 5,250,275 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.4% (male 438,425/female 422,777) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 1,773,495/female 1,732,792) 65 years and over: 16.8% (male 357,811/female 524,975) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 42.1 years male: 40.5 years female: 43.7 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.098% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.97 years male: 75.48 years female: 82.61 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.73 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,400 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality: noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish

Ethnic groups: Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.6%, Russian 0.5%, Estonian 0.3%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.1%, Sami 0.1% (2006)

Religions: Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% (2006)

Languages: Finnish 91.2% (official), Swedish 5.5% (official), other 3.3% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) (2007)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2000 est.)