Statistics Finland reports that by the end of 2024, there were 610.000 people living in the country whose first language was something other than Finnish, Swedish or the indigenous Sámi languages. The country only has a population of 5.5 million and used to be one of the most ethnically homogenous countries in the world. Nearly one-fifth of the population in the southern region of Uusimaa is now of foreign background, according to the agency. Uusimaa is home to the capital region, including the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. “Arabic is already approaching Estonian as the second-most common foreign language in Finland. The number of Arabic speakers has almost tripled compared to 2014,” says Markus Rapo from Statistics Finland. One of the large new groups of migrants are Somalis. Only 2500 Somalis lived in Finland 25 years ago. Today that figure is 30 000. Finland elected a new government in 2023, with the Finns Party becoming the second-largest party of the coalition government. Their goal is to drastically limit non-European migration and increase the incentives for remigration of migrants who have failed to integrate into Finnish society.
The number of migrants in Finland has drastically increased over the past 20 years.
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