FINLAND

November 15, 2006

Major countries of destination of migrants from Finland are
Australia, Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Note: The countries are listed in alphabetical order
Source: Composite Matrix, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty.


Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign-Born Population Living in Finland in 2002

Countries of birth
Number
Percent of total foreign-born population
USSR (former)
36,289
23.9
Sweden
28,559
18.8
Estonia
9,473
6.2
Yugoslavia (former)
4,570
3.0
Somalia
4,554
3.0
All other countries
68,612
45.1
TOTAL
152,057
100.0
Note: The former USSR included 15 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The former Yugoslavia included the following states: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
Source: Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland), Population Register 2002.


According to Statistics Finland, the foreign born represented 2.9 percent (152,057) of the total population of Finland in 2002.
Source: Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland), Population Register 2002

For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty:
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html

Migration Information Source:
Finland country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/finland.cfm

Finland's Resources:
Statistics Finland: http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html
Finnish Directorate of Immigration: http://www.uvi.fi/netcomm/
Ministry of Labor: http://www.mol.fi/mol/en/04_migration

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