As of 2023, the largest groups of non-Finnish speaking people in Finland lived in the capital region Uusimaa. There were roughly 1.31 million Finnish speakers, almost 130,000 Swedish speakers, and 316,400 speakers of other languages living in Uusimaa. In Ă…land, individuals with Swedish as their first language were the largest group with approximately 26,100 inhabitants. The most Sami-speaking people, around 1,554, lived in the region of Lapland.
Population of Finland in 2023, by region and language
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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