Finland People:
Population:
5,223,442 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.3% (male:460,977; female:443,859)
15-64 years: 66.8% (male:1,764,874; female:1,723,385)
65 years and over: 15.9% (male:328,952; female:501,395) (2005)
Median age:
total: 40.97 years
male: 39.43 years
female: 42.52 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.16% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
10.5 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
9.79 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.89 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.57 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 3.89 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 3.24 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 78.35 years (2005 est.)
male: 74.82 years
female: 82.02 years
Total fertility rate:
1.73 children born/woman (2005 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 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Sami 0.1%
Religions:
Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003)
Languages:
Finnish (official) 92%, Swedish (official) 5.6%, other (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities) 2.4%, (2003)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100% (2000)
male: 100%
female: 100%
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