Foreigners in Kuopio 2018
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Foreigners in Kuopio 2018 Population of foreign Biggest groups citizenship Russians 3103 Estonians 2,6 % Syrians Some 100 nationalities Foreign language speakers Most common 4685 languages Some 80 languages Russian Arabic Some 650 Estonian Growth of foreign population international students in 2018 + 105 Source: Statistics Finland Kuopion kaupunki, Business and Administration 5/2019 Foreign citizens living in Kuopio 2000 - 2018 3 500 3103 Foreign citizens living 2964 2998 3 000 in Kuopio 2758 3103 (2,6 %) 2583 31 Dec 2018 2 500 2358 2230 2002 Growth of foreign 2 000 1800 1672 population 1535 in 2018 + 105 1 500 1391 1298 1233 1205 2000s +1900 1179 1164 1108 1148 1 000 Men 500 Women 1689 3103 1414 54 % 46 % 0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 International students About 650 foreign students are studying at University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio campus or at Savonia University of Applied Sciences. Some 650 international students are studing in Kuopio 2019. International students in Kuopio 2019 Students University of Eastern Finland Degree students 375 Exchange students 98 Total 473 Savonia University of Applied Sciences Students 181 Total 181 654 Students are not generally included in the statistics data of foreign population. Percentages of foreign citizens and foreign language speakers Kuopio vs. Finland 2000 – 2018 (31 Dec) 8 7 7,1 6 5 4,7 4 3,9 KUOPIO, people with foreign citizenship % 3 2,6 Finland, people with foreign citizenship % 2 KUOPIO, foreign language speakers % 1 Finland, foreign language 0 speakers % 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Percentage (%) of foreign citizens in Kuopio and reference cities 2018 Finland 4,7 % Vantaa 11,9 Espoo 10,9 Helsinki 9,6 Turku 6,6 Vaasa 6,1 Tampere 4,7 Lappeenranta 4,5 Lahti 4,5 Hämeenlinna 3,5 Jyväskylä 3,3 Oulu 3,0 Joensuu 3,0 Kuopio 2,6 Kouvola 2,6 Pori 2,4 0,0 2,0 4,0 6,0 8,0 10,0 12,0 14,0 Percentage (%) of foreign citizens in Kuopio and reference cities 2010 - 2018 14,0 12,0 Vantaa Espoo 10,0 Helsinki Vaasa 8,0 Tampere Lahti Lappeenranta 6,0 Hämeenlinna Jyväskylä 4,0 Joensuu 2,5 2,5 2,6 Oulu 2,2 2,4 2,0 1,6 1,8 2,0 2,0 Kouvola Kuopio 0,0 Pori 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Foreigners by citizenship, largest groups in 2018 Russia 569 Largest nationalities Iran 40 Russians USA 41 Estonians UK 44 Syrians Ukraine 45 Foreigners Pakistan 46 3103 Estonia 274 Romania 46 Nationalities In 2018 the most Italy 46 100 grown groups Afghanistan 51 (2018) Syrians +23 Turkey 51 Syria 221 Indians +17 Nepal 54 Spanish +15 Sudan 55 Spain 58 Germany 60 Iraq 158 Nigeria 67 Myanmar 131 India 75 China 111 Thailand 116 Foreign citizens by age groups 2018 Seniors (65+ y.); 126; 4 % Children (0- 14 y.); 520; 17 % Young people Working age (15-24 y.); (25-64 y.); 337; 11 % 2120; 68 % Some 3100 foreign citizens (2,6 %) lived in Kuopio at the end of 2018. Foreign citizens in Kuopio by region 31 Dec 2018 Nilsiä 51, 0,9 % Juankoski 57, 1,3 % Maaninka 25, 0,7 % Riistavesi central urban area 19, 0,9 % 1844 3,0% southern urban areas Karttula 775, 2,8 % 23, 0,7 % In Kuopio foreign citizens are countryside Vehmersalmi scattered across the sub-areas. nearby 22 1,2 % 52, 0,7 % Foreign citizens in the central area 2018 Foreign citizens 2018 Central urban area Neulamäki 359 Puijonlaakso-Taivaanpankko 271 Center 268 Särkiniemi-Särkilahti 198 Saariijärvi-Rahusenkangas 149 Saarijärvi 149 Niuva-Länsipuijo-Rypysuo 117 Itkonniemi-Männistö-Linnanpelto 110 Puijonlaakso 271 Puijo (Inkilänmäki) 72 Center 268 Niirala 68 Neulamäki 359 Haapaniemi 61 Särkiniemi 198 Julkula 30 Kelloniemi-Likolahti 71 Puijonsarvi (Päiväranta) 33 Rönö and islands nearby 13 Sorsasalo 13 Litmanen 380 Kettulanlahti 8 Southern urban areas Litmanen 380 Pirtti 119 Jynkkä 109 Lehtoniemi-Keilankanta 66 Levänen 44 Rautaniemi 46 Pieni Neulamäki 11 Foreign-language speakers 31 Dec 2018 Telugu; 19 Greek; 13 Serbian; 11 Twi; 19 Amharic; 15 Foreign-language Other; 231 Serbo-Croatian; 17 Igbo; 12 Somali; 32 Kurdish; 33 speakers Lithuanian; 17 Japanese; 13 Swahili; 38 Tamil; 19 Dutch; 14 Albanian; 38 4685 Urdu; 39 Portuguese; 20 80 languages Bulgarian; 20 Ukrainian; 40 Russian; 1295 Yoruba; 41 Hindi; 24 Vietnamese; 41 Tagalog; 29 French; 49 Hungarian; 20 Romanian; 52 Most common Slovak; 18 Italian; 55 Polish; 56 languages Bengali; 60 Foreign-language Nepali ; 62 speakers Russian Persian, Farsi; 93 4685 Arabic Burmese; 96 Estonian Turkish; 104 German; 104 Spanish; 118 Arabic; 727 Swedish; 123 Chinese; 129 Thai; 162 Estonian; 289 English 252 Percentage of foreign unemployed jobseekers of foreign workforce 31 Mar 2019 Espoo 17,6 Kuopio 31 Mar 2019 Helsinki 18,1 % Foreign workforce Vantaa 19,3 1361 Kuopio 20,5 Oulu 21,2 Foreign unemployed Vaasa 22,1 jobseekers 279 Jyväskylä 22,1 Lappeenranta 23,3 Percentage of foreign Turku 23,4 unemployed jobseekers Tampere 23,5 the foreign workforce 27,3 % / 31 Mar 2017 Pori 26,3 22,3 % / 31 Mar 2018 Kouvola 26,9 20,5 % / 31 Mar 2019 Joensuu 27,2 Lahti 30,9 0,0 5,0 10,0 15,0 20,0 25,0 30,0 35,0 Statistics Finland • Foreign nationals are domiciled in Finland if their stay is intended to last or has lasted at least one year. The statistics do not include persons temporarily staying in Finland. An asylum seeker is included in the official population and other Statistics Finland’s statistics only if, in addition to a positive residence permit decision, he/she is granted a personal identity code and a municipality of residence. • Persons speaking a foreign language as their native language and were living permanently in Finland..