those who are going to go to Finland or simply interested in the life of a peaceful European country, will certainly be interesting to know what its population than it is occupied, which prefers to live and how to change during the year.All this will be discussed later, but now a little closer look at Finland.
About country
It is located in the northern part of Europe - so close to the pole, that a quarter of the country at the same time beyond the Arctic Circle.The area occupied by Finland, of nearly 340 thousand square kilometers.According to this index it occupies the 7th place among all European countries.A distinctive feature of Finland is the fact that almost 75% of its territory is occupied by forests.Another 10% - water.
Despite the location of the country, low temperatures usually do not disturb the population.Finland is one of the warmest countries in Scandinavia - the coldest month of the year the average temperature usually does not fall below 15 degrees.The coldest terrain traditionally considered Lapland.
Summer is pretty cool.Even on the hottest days the temperature does not exceed 30 degrees, and in the rest of the time is about 20 degrees above zero.
Currently, his country has no currency, so all payments to pay for goods in shops and services produced with the participation of the European currency - the euro.
census in Finland
Few people know, but for many years it did not conduct a census to determine how the population has changed.Finland, together with Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, rejected the traditional method currently used in Russia.
Central Population Register was created in 1960.He became a kind of database of the inhabitants of the country, where each received a unique identification code.Already in 1970 the system was activated as an alternative to the census, and in 1990 a survey of the population refused to do.In addition, the country has a tax and pension register.They provide data on the state what the salary received and how the population lives.Finland through registers and collects information about the various buildings and facilities.At present, this system of calculation operates in 60 countries, that is one in three.
counter Finnish population
-date and accurate information on the population of a country, mortality, fertility and sex of residents through special counters can be running on the Internet in a mode online.The data are usually presented in a list and updated regularly.Here is a list of items that must be contained in a counter:
- population.Finland currently boasts a figure of 5.4 million people.
- number and percentage of men and women.In Finland, these figures are roughly equal.
- number of children born this year and is currently day.
- mortality rates on a particular day and the beginning of the year.
- population growth.
additional data may be average to inform about how often in the country are born or die.For example, the birth is recorded every 564 seconds, and death - every 571 seconds.Although the birth rate exceeds the death rate here is not so much of a performance boasts Finland.Population, which is growing in the year increased by only 0.1%.
composition of the population
As we have seen, the distribution of inhabitants by sex in Finland is fairly even.Women are slightly more, but the difference is insignificant.
As for knowledge of languages, everything is quite simple.The native language for the majority of the population (93.5%) is Finnish.Finland also speak Swedish (5.9%) and Sami (less than 1%).Due to the fact that English is not common in the country, and tourists visit Finland in great numbers, employees of government agencies and Service workers are often required to speak a foreign language.Most often it is English, French and German.
majority of Finns - Lutherans.This is almost 90% of the population.Moreover, membership in the Lutheran Church of Finland requires residents to pay an additional tax of 1% of revenues.Others religions are not so popular.For example, followers of Christianity, which is also an official is considered only 1% of the population.
largest city of Finland's population is mainly distributed along the coast, and the southern part of the country.The highest concentration of it reaches the Gulf of Finland.Moreover, the urban population of Finland is often no more than 70 thousand people.But there are also exceptions.
largest number of people living in the capital, Helsinki.This is more than half a million people.Behind him in the list followed by Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Turku and Oulu.Their population is over 100 thousand people.The center of the country and its north is almost unpopulated.Therefore, the density of the population in Finland is only 16 persons per square kilometer.
