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11a8 -- Immigration and emigration by nationality, origin and language, 1990-2022

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Immigration to Finland:
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Net migration:
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Statistics Finland, migration
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Field for searching for a specific value in the list box. This is examples of values you can search for.TOTAL , Finland , FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TOTAL ,

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Field for searching for a specific value in the list box. This is examples of values you can search for.Total , Persons with Finnish background total , Persons with Finnish background, born in Finland ,

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Nationality

Countries (ISO 3166).
The used classification of continents is the classification of Eurostat, where Cyprus and Turkey belong to Europe.
In the classification of continents, Europe does not include the figures for Finland.
Non-autonomous states are combined with the mother country.
Czech Republic = Czech Republic + Former Czechoslovakia
Sudan = Sudan + Former Sudan
If a person has two nationalities and one of them is Finnish, he/she will be included in statistics as a Finnish national.
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HDI = Human Development Index
Ranking according to the HDI index by country:
The former Soviet Union is included in the Russia HDI category
The former Czechoslovakia is included in the Czech Republic HDI category
The former Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are included in the Serbia HDI category

Language

Languages (ISO 639-1)
The national languages are Finnish, Swedish and Sami

Origin

The origin and background country data are explained on the Concepts webpage, see the link.
Origin and background country are updated to the whole time series yearly according to the latest information.
The group Persons with foreign background, born abroad includes persons with unknown origin.

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Net migration

Net migration is the difference between immigration and emigration.