Finland had at the end of last year 38,364 Estonian residents who formed the second largest group of foreigners after Russians, it appears from the figures released by the Finnish statistics agency on Friday.
Estonian residents of Finland numbered 38,364 at end 2012 - statistics
23rd March 2013, 10:29
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Residents who had a mother tongue other than Finnish, Swedish or Sami numbered 266,949, making up 4.9 percent of the country's population. Among them were 62,554 Russians, 38,364 Estonians, 14,769 Somalis, 14,666 English-speakers and 12,042 Arabs.
At the end of 2012 Finland had a total population of 5,426,674 including 2,666,622 men and 2,760,052 women. The number of people living in Finland grew by 25,407 during the year.