Number of births remains lower than deaths in Jan-Sept

A total of 35,227 children were born and 40,806 people died in the country from January to September and the number of births was 5,579 lower than that of deaths, according to Statistics Finland.

The number of births, however, was 690 higher than in the corresponding period 2019.

The number of deaths was also 715 higher than the number of deaths in January-September period of 2019.

According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, Finland's population at the end of September was 5,533,390.

During January–September Finland's population increased by 8,098 persons. The reason for the population increase was migration gain from abroad: the number of immigrants was 13,616 higher than that of emigrants.

In January to September, 22,405 persons moved to Finland from abroad and 8,789 persons moved abroad from Finland.

The effects of the restrictions due to the corona virus are visible in these figures on international migration. The number of immigrants was 2,908 lower and the number of emigrants 4,656 lower than in the previous year.

The number of emigrants in January to September has last been under 9,000 in the end of 1990s. In all, 7,360 of the immigrants and 5,811 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.