Nigerians in Finland

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Nigerians in Finland
Nigerians in Finland / Finnish Nigerians
Nigerialaiset Suomessa / Suomen nigerialaiset
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Total population
5,371 Nigerian citizens;
5,959 born in Nigeria (2024) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Turku and Tampere regions
& Vaasa and Kuopio
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English
Religion
Islam, Christianity

Nigerians in Finland are people who originate from Nigeria and who live in Finland. People can be born in Nigeria, have Nigerian ancestry and/or be citizens of Nigeria. As of 2024, there were 5,959 people born in Nigeria living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Nigerian citizenship was 5,371. [1] Nigerians are Finland's second largest African immigrant group after Somalis. [2]

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Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
199089—    
1995208+18.50%
2000291+6.95%
2005515+12.09%
20101,385+21.88%
20152,400+11.62%
20203,055+4.94%
20245,959+18.18%
Nigerian-borns. Source: Statistics Finland

People born in Nigeria and living in Finland, according to Statistics Finland.

Society

Many Nigerian women seeking asylum in Finland are victims of human trafficking. [3]

Finnish people of Nigerian descent

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-21.
  2. ↑ Badmus, Mariam (2024-01-25). "Why Nigerians should pay attention to Finland's election this week". Businessday NG. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Raportti paljastaa: Näin nigerialaiset naiset joutuvat seksityöhön Suomeen". Kaleva.fi. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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