As of 2019, approximately 4.82 million inhabitants in Finland were Finnish-speaking. While the majority of the population have Finnish as their first language, around 200 thousand people spoke Swedish as their first language, and two thousand people were Sami-speaking. In 2019, the number of people speaking other languages increased to almost 413 thousand.
Population of Finland from 2009 to 2019, by language (in thousands)
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Statistics Finland. (March 24, 2020). Population of Finland from 2009 to 2019, by language (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 07, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/529490/population-of-finland-by-language/
Statistics Finland. "Population of Finland from 2009 to 2019, by language (in thousands)." Chart. March 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 07, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/529490/population-of-finland-by-language/
Statistics Finland. (2020). Population of Finland from 2009 to 2019, by language (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 07, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/529490/population-of-finland-by-language/
Statistics Finland. "Population of Finland from 2009 to 2019, by Language (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/529490/population-of-finland-by-language/
Statistics Finland, Population of Finland from 2009 to 2019, by language (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/529490/population-of-finland-by-language/ (last visited March 07, 2021)