Vietnamese people in Finland

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Vietnamese people in Finland
Người Việt tại Phần Lan
Vietnamilaiset Suomessa /
Suomen vietnamilaiset
Total population
13,695 Vietnamese born;
16,129 Vietnamese speakers (2024)) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Tampere and Turku regions & Närpes
Languages
Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish
Religion
Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism [2] and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese people in Finland are people who originate from Vietnam and who live in Finland. People can be born in Vietnam, have Vietnamese ancestry and/or be citizens of Vietnam. As of 2024, there were 13,695 people born in Vietnam living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Vietnamese citizenship was 10,076. The number of people who spoke Vietnamese as their mother tongue was 16,129. [1]

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Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19901,643—    
19952,785+11.13%
20003,588+5.20%
20054,202+3.21%
20105,637+6.05%
20158,273+7.97%
202011,562+6.92%
202416,129+8.68%
Vietnamese speakers. Source: Statistics Finland

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

People with Vietnamese citizenship living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.

People with Vietnamese as mother tongue living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.

Religion

The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.[ citation needed ]

Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  2. ↑ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt Archived May 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan Archived January 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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