| Population |
5,214,512 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 17.5% (male 466,036; female 448,339)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 1,760,472; female 1,719,917)
65 years and over: 15.7% (male 323,082; female 496,666) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 40.7 years
male: 39.1 years
female: 42.2 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.18% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
10.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
9.69 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 3.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 3.91 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 78.24 years
male: 74.73 years
female: 81.89 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.73 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
1,500 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: finn(s)
adjective: finnish |
| Ethnic groups |
Finn 93%, Swede 6%, Sami 0.11%, Roma 0.12%, Tatar 0.02% |
| Religions |
Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1% |
| Languages |
Finnish 93.4% (official), Swedish 5.9% (official), small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: republic of finland
conventional short form: finland
local short form: suomi
local long form: suomen tasavalta |