Population: 4,963,592 (July 1989), growth rate 0.3% (1989)

Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 71 years male, 79 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Finn(s); adjective--Finnish

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

Religion: 97% Evangelical Lutheran, 1.2% Eastern Orthodox, 1.8% other

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

Literacy: almost 100%

Labor force: 2,570,000; 33.1% services, 22.9% mining and manufacturing, 13.8% commerce, 10.3% agriculture, forestry, and fishing, 7.2% construction, 7.1% transportation and communications (1986)

Organized labor: 80% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Finland on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Finland People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Finland People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.