[FI] Population structure

Full name of the series in original language

Väestörakenne

Abstract

Description
These statistics on the structure of the population describe Finnish and foreign citizens permanently resident in Finland at the turn of the year. The statistics contain data on the population’s place of residence, age, native language, nationality and country of birth, as well as on the spouse, all children and parents of an individual person. The statistics also contain data on the day a person was married or divorced. The data are obtained from the Population Register Centre’s population information system.

Data content
The permanent resident population of Finland comprises the Finnish citizens and foreign citizens who reside permanently in Finland even if they were temporarily living abroad. A foreign national is included in statistics on the population of Finland if he or she intends to live or has lived in the country for at least 12 months. An asylum seeker is not included in the statistics on the resident population until the Directorate of Immigration has granted him or her a permanent residence permit.

The staff of foreign embassies, trade missions and consulates, their family members and personal employees included, are not counted among the resident population unless they are Finnish citizens. By contrast, the Finnish staff of Finnish embassies and trade missions abroad and persons serving in the UN peacekeeping forces are counted among the resident population.

The statistics contain data on the place of residence (domicile code) and its co-ordinates for each person. In addition, the information concerning each person comprise data on gender, time of birth, age, marital status, language, nationality and country of birth, as well as data on a possible spouse and all biological or adopted children, and a person’s parents. There is also information on a person’s possible date of marriage or divorce, when a person has become widowed, and on the ordinal number of his or her current marriage or registered partnership.

Data collection methods and data sources
The data are obtained from the Population Information System of the Population Register Centre according to the situation at the turn of the year.

Updating frequency
Statistics on the structure of the population are compiled annually according to the prevalent situation at the turn of the year.

Time of completion or release
Notifications about population changes having taken place in the previous year are received until the end of January. Data describing the population at the turn of the year are drawn from the Population Information System in February.

The population data file is completed during March of the year following the statistical reference year. The paper publication on population by municipality (Population by municipality and in size order) comes out in March at the same time as the data are published on Statistics Finland’s website. More information about the population structure is available from the publication “Population structure and changes by municipality”, published in June.

Geographic coverage

Finland

Time method

Longitudinal

Time period

1980 => 2013

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

Access mode

Update date

15/09/2021