5. POPULATION OF FINLAND: 5.3M NATIONALITY NATIVE LANGUAGE STATE OF BIRTH Finnish 5 167 776 Foreigners 123 708 BIGGEST GROUPS Russia 26 211 Estonia 20 006 Sweden 8 349 Somalia 4 852 China 3 978 Thailand 3 470 Germany 3 318 Turkey 3 182 Britannia 3 143 Iraq 3 036 Finnish 4 836 183 Swedish 289 596 Saame 1 777 Foreign 172 928 BIGGEST GROUPS Russian 45 224 Estonian 19 812 English 10 589 Somali 9 810 Arabic 8 119 Kurd 5 893 Albanian 5 791 China 5 733 Finland 5 097 956 Other 202 528 BIGGEST GROUPS Former USSR 43 805 Sweden 30 203 Estonia 16 728 Russia 5 872 Somalia 5 802 Form. Yugoslavia 5 470 Germany 5 289 China 5 269 Iraq 4 794 Thailand 4 761 Working age population: 66 % of Finnish population (between 15-64 years) 79 % of foreign population (~ 105 000)
11. VOIMAA in a Nutshell VOIMAA enlarge the career development of immigrants to the tasks of expertise. To achieve this we build paths to higher education and develop new models for in-service training together with employers.