Birth rate stays lower, death higher in July

Finland's population was 5,553,955 at the end of July, according to Statistics Finland.

The number of births was 9,699 lower than that of deaths.

Country’s population increased by 5,714 persons during January-July. The reason for the increase was migration gain from abroad, since immigration exceeded emigration by 13,913

According to the preliminary statistics for January-July, 20,522 persons immigrated to Finland from abroad and 6,609 persons emigrated from Finland.

The number of immigrants was 920 higher and the number of emigrants 71 higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year.

In all, 4,338 of the immigrants and 4,118 of the emigrants were Finnish citizens.

The number of inter-municipal migrations totalled 154,980 during January-July.

Compared with the corresponding period in 2021, the decrease was 8,128 migrations according to the municipal division of 2022.