Finland

Print

Primary tabs

Official Name
Republic of Finland
Population Full

5,528,000 (2020 census)

Principal Languages
Finnish, Swedish
Literacy Rate
100% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1971), CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2013), ECRML (1994), FCPNM (1997), ICCPR (1975), UNCRPD (2016), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Salminen 1997, Salminen 1999, Salminen 2007, Stephens 1976
Deaf Population
8,000 (Van Cleve 1986)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Finland is 15. All are living languages. Of these, 9 are indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 4 are institutional, 5 are developing, 1 is vigorous, 2 are in trouble, and 3 are dying. Also listed are 33 unestablished languages.