Immigration to Finland exceeded emigration by 14.574 people so far this year

The arrival in Finland of people from other countries to settle down is the key factor that allows the country to continue gaining population. This is clear from the latest data published this Friday by the Finnish Statistical Office, which confirm that until November Finland won almost 9,000 new inhabitants due to the positive migratory balance.

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, Finland's population was 5,522,015 at the end of November. The country's population increased by 8,885 persons during the January-November period. The reason for the increase was migration gain from abroad, since immigration exceeded emigration by 14,574 persons. The number of births was 5,689 lower than that of deaths.

Source: Statistics Finland

More deaths, less births

During January-November, 43,786 children were born, which is 2,712 fewer than in the corresponding period in 2017. The number of deaths was 49,475, which is 495 higher than one year earlier.

According to the preliminary statistics for November, 29,616 persons immigrated to Finland from abroad and 15,042 persons emigrated from Finland. The number of immigrants was 7 higher and the number of emigrants 714 lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year. In all, 7,924 of the immigrants and 10,105 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.

In terms of the internal population movements, the figures also show that the number of inter-municipal migrations totalled 267,169 during January-November. Compared with the corresponding period in 2017, the increase was 1,378 migrations according to the municipal division of 2018.