Foreigners in Kuopio 2019

Population of foreign Foreign language citizenship speakers 4885 3179 4,1% 2,7 % 83 foreign languages Growth of foreign population in 2019 Most common + 76 languages Russian 112 nationalities Arabic Biggest groups Estonian Russians Estonians Some 1000 Syrians international students Born in 133 countries

Source: Statistics Finland City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Foreign citizens living in Kuopio 2010 - 2019

31 Dec 2019 3 500 3179 3103 Foreign citizens living 2964 2998 3 000 in Kuopio 2758 2583 3179 (2,7 %) 2 500 2358 2230 2002 Growth of foreign 2 000 1800 population in 2019 +76 1 500 in the 2010s + 1507

1 000 Men Women 1741 1438 500 55 % 45 % 3179 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Percentages of foreign citizens and foreign-language speakers Kuopio vs. Finland 2010 – 2019 (31 Dec)

8,0 31 Dec 2019 7,5 Foreign citizens 7,0 living in Kuopio Finland, people 3179 6,0 with foreign citizenship % 2,7 % 5,0 4,8 Kuopio, people Foreign-language with foreign speakers 4,0 4,1 citizenship % 4885 3,0 2,7 Finland, foreign 4,1 % language 2,0 2,1 speakers % Kuopio, foreign 1,0 language speakers % 0,0 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Percentages of foreign citizens (%) in Kuopio and reference cities 2019

14,0 12,6 2018 12,0 11,6 2019 10,0 9,7 Finland 8,0 6,7 31 Dec 2019 6,0 Foreign citizens living 4,9 4,6 in Kuopio 4,0 3,4 3,1 3179 (2,7 %) 2,7 2,5 2,0

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City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Percentages of (%) foreign-language speakers in Kuopio and reference cities in the 2010s

31 Dec 2019 Foreign-language 22,0 Vantaa speakers 20,0 in Kuopio Espoo 18,0 4885 4,1% 16,0 Helsinki 14,0 Turku 83 12,0 Tampere foreign languages

10,0 Lahti 8,0 Jyväskylä 6,0 Oulu 4,0 3,8 3,9 4,1 3,2 3,4 3,6 2,7 2,9 2,0 2,2 2,5 Kuopio 0,0 Pori 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Foreigners by citizenship 2019

Russia 557

Other nationalities Foreigners have 1055 112 nationalities

Estonia 269 3179 Largest nationalities foreigners Russians, 112 Estonians nationalities Syrians

Syria 240 In 2019 the most Nigeria 54 grown groups Sudan 55 Iraq 163 Pakistans +19 Iran 57 Afghanistan 58 Syrians +19 Germany 59 Turkey 62 Myanmar 120 Iranians +17 Spain 64 India 81 Thailand 113 Pakistan 65 China 107

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Foreign-language speakers 2019

Russian 1334 Other language Foreign-language 1506 speakers in Kuopio 4885, 4,1%.

83 foreign languages 4885 foreign-language Most common foreign speakers languages 83 Russian, Arabic foreign languages Estonian and English German 102 Turkish 111 The most grown Arabic 758 Persian, Farsi 113 groups in 2019 Chinese 122 Russian, Arabic Spanish 128 and Kurdish Thai 164 English 254 Estonian 293

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Foreign-language speakers by age groups 2019

Seniors (65+); The foreign-language 214; 4 % Childern (0-14); speakers are younger than 915; 19 % residents of Kuopio on average.

Almost one third of foreign- language speakers are schoolchildren or students. Young people (15 - 24); 642; 13 % Working age (25 - 64); 3115; Residents of Kuopio by language and age, % 64 % 0-24 25-64 65+ Finnish, Swedish 27,6 50,4 22,0 Foreign language 31,9 63,8 4,4 Total 27,8 50,9 21,3

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Foreign-language speakers by sub-area 31 Dec 2019

Sub-areas, with most foreign-language speakers Litmanen 664 Neulamäki 539 Keskusta 417 Puijonlaakso-Taivaanpankko 373 Pirtti 283 Saarijärvi-Rahusenkangas 271 In Kuopio foreign Särkiniemi-Särkilahti 244 citizens are scattered Niuva-Länsipuijo-Rypysuo 241 across the sub-areas. Jynkkä 188 Itkonniemi-Männistö-… 182 Puijo (Inkilänmäki) 136 Foreign-language Lehtoniemi-Keilankanta 119 speakers live mostly Kelloniemi-Likolahti 117 in areas where most Haapaniemi 111 people live. Niirala 109 Nilsiä 94 Rautaniemi 91 Juankoski 90 Levänen 90 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Foreign students in Kuopio 2018

Upper secondary general education Vocational education University of applied sciences education University education Some 1000 foreign students where studing in Kuopio 2018. Total 1462 Total 1015 605 The numper of foreign students has almost doubled since 2010. 510 425 364

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73 26 0 Foreign students Foreign-language speaking students Students in 2018 24 637 - foreigners 1 015 2018 - foreign-language Statistics on post-comprehensive school education leading to a qualification or degree speakers 1 462

City of Kuopio, Business and Administration Definitions from Statistics Finland

• Foreign nationals who intend to live permanently in Finland must have fulfilled during a year the preconditions of residence (EU national) and have a valid residence permit for longer time than one year. An asylum seeker is granted refugee status if he or she is granted asylum.

• Persons whose native language is some other than Finnish, Swedish or Sami.

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