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Latin Americans in Finland
Total population
Per United Nations: 10,000 (2017)[1]
Per Statistics Finland: at least 10,060 (2023)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku, Porvoo
Languages
Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Catholicism)
Related ethnic groups
Latin Americans in the UK

Latin American migration to Finland means immigrants from Latin America who reside in Finland.

Demographics

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Nationalities

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Origins of people with a close Latin American background[2]
Nationality Population (2023)
Total 10,060
Brazil Brazilians 2,611
Mexico Mexicans 1,346
Colombia Colombians 1,003
Peru Peruvians 770
Chile Chileans 753
Cuba Cubans 694
Argentina Argentinians 619
Venezuela Venezuelans 466
Ecuador Ecuadorians 338
Nicaragua Nicaraguans 296
Dominican Republic Dominicans 262
Bolivia Bolivians 212
Honduras Hondurans 180
Uruguay Uruguayans 139
El Salvador Salvadorans 96
Costa Rica Costa Ricans 90
Guatemala Guatemalans 80
Paraguay Paraguayans 56
Panama Panamanians 35
Haiti Haitians 14
Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans N/A

Languages

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As of 2018, Spanish is spoken by 8,099 people in Finland and Portuguese by 3,024; this includes both Spaniards and Portuguese people.[3]

Spanish and Portuguese speakers by municipality in 2018[4]
№ Municipality Spanish speakers % Portuguese speakers % Total %
1. Helsinki 2,916 0.45 1,021 0.16 3,937 0.61
2. Espoo 977 0.34 327 0.12 1,304 0.46
3. Vantaa 511 0.22 249 0.11 760 0.33
4. Tampere 472 0.20 199 0.084 671 0.28
5. Turku 445 0.23 173 0.09 618 0.31
- Rest of Finland 2,778 0.07 1,055 0.03 3,833 0.10
- Finland 8,099 0.15 3,024 0.05 11,123 0.20

Notable people

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Sara Ferrara
Rafinha

Argentine

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See also categories: descent, expatriates

Brazilian

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See also categories: descent, expatriates

Chilean

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Main article: Chileans in Finland
See also categories: descent, expatriates

Colombian

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See also categories: descent, expatriates

Dominican Republic

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See also categories: descent, expatriates

Mexican

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See also categories: descent, expatriates

Peruvian

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See also categories: descent

Puerto Rican

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See also categories: descent, expatriates

Others

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References

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  1. ^ "United Nations Population Division | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". un.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  2. ^ a b "11rv -- Origin and background country by sex, by municipality, 1990-2023". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 January 2025.

    These numbers include the following 20 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The numbers do not include Puerto Rico because Statistics Finland does not differentiate it from the United States. Also note:

    "Origin and background country". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 January 2025. Origin and background country ... All such persons who have at least one parent who was born in Finland are also considered to be persons with Finnish background. ... Persons whose both parents or the only known parent have been born abroad are considered to be persons with foreign background. ... If either parent's country of birth is unknown, the background country for persons born abroad is their own country of birth. ... For children adopted from abroad, the adoptive parents are regarded as the biological parents.

    I.e., according to Statistics Finland, people in Finland:
     • whose both parents are Latin American-born,
     • or whose only known parent was born in Latin America,
     • or who were born in Latin America and whose parents' countries of birth are unknown.

    Thus, for example, people with one Finnish parent and one Latin American parent or people with more distant Latin American ancestry are not included in this country-based non-ethnic figure.
    Also, Latin American-born adoptees' backgrounds are determined by their adoptive parents, not by their biological parents.
  3. ^ "Väestö". Stat.fi: Statistics – Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ^ "11rl -- Language according to age and sex by region, 1990-2023". Statistics Finland.
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