MigrantoMigration trends in Finland
Europe
Finland takes in more people than it loses: 434.5K immigrants against 181.8K emigrants. Net balance +252.7K — 4% of the country's population
5.6M
Population
434.5K
Immigrants
181.8K
Emigrants
+252.7K
Inflow
1 in 13 residents of Finland was born abroad — and 1 in 32 people born in Finland lives abroad
#84 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Finland
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
59.4K immigrants · 266.7K emigrants
2005
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 71%
- Migration accounted for 81% of the country's population growth
- The foreign-born population passed 100K residents
2010
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2015
- Estonia overtook Sweden as the largest source of new arrivals
- The country became a destination — more people arriving than leaving
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 46%
- Migration accounted for 69% of the country's population growth
Today
- Ukraine overtook Estonia as the largest source of new arrivals
- Without migration, the population would have declined
- Net migration doubled — the surplus reached 252.7K
- A significant migration corridor emerged from Ukraine — 63.4K new residents
- Since 1990: 375.1K more foreign-born residents and 84.9K fewer emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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