Finland: People

The World Factbook 1993: Finland People

Population: 5,050,942 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.37% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 12.61 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 9.91 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.65 years male: 71.85 years female: 79.62 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.79 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Finn(s) adjective: Finnish

Ethnic divisions: Finn, Swede, Lapp, Gypsy, Tatar

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%

Languages: Finnish 93.5% (official), Swedish 6.3% (official), small Lapp- and Russian-speaking minorities

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 100% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 2.533 million

by occupation: public services 30.4%, industry 20.9%, commerce 15.0%, finance, insurance, and business services 10.2%, agriculture and forestry 8.6%, transport and communications 7.7%, construction 7.2%