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Population of Finland in 2024, by region and language

Characteristic	Finnish	Swedish	Sami	Foreign languages
Uusimaa	1,314,227	128,452	141	339,480
Pirkanmaa	502,826	2,187	32	40,361
Southwest Finland	412,634	27,561	19	54,605
North Ostrobothnia	398,021	783	192	19,335
Central Finland	258,625	443	28	15,016
North Savo	235,456	277	3	13,079
Satakunta	197,884	804	1	12,572
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South Ostrobothnia	181,064	631	5	8,229
Lapland	165,705	518	1,587	8,341
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North Karelia	151,254	162	7	10,668
Kymenlaakso	143,885	1,163	4	12,390
South Savo	121,607	222	2	7,545
South Karelia	113,066	215	3	11,799
Ostrobothnia	71,269	88,370	6	19,104
Kainuu	65,472	81	4	4,082
Central Ostrobothnia	58,535	5,901	2	3,285
Å��Ի�	1,393	26,117	0	3,144

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April 2025

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Finland

Survey time period

2024

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As of December 31

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The national languages of Finland are Finnish, Swedish, and Sami. Sami is the official minority language in Enontekiö, Inari, Sodankylä and Utsjoki municipalities.

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As of 2024, the largest groups of non-Finnish speaking people in Finland lived in the capital region Uusimaa. There were roughly 1.31 million Finnish speakers, over 128,000 Swedish speakers, and 339,500 speakers of other languages living in Uusimaa. In Å��Ի�, individuals with Swedish as their first language were the largest group, with approximately 26,100 speakers. The most Sami-speaking people, around 1,587, lived in the region of Lapland.