Foreigners in Kuopio 2018 Population of foreign citizenship 3103 2,6 % Some 100 nationalities Biggest groups Russians Estonians Syrians Foreign language speakers 4685 Some 80 languages Some 650 international students Growth of foreign population in 2018 + 105 Most common languages Russian Arabic Estonian Source: Statistics Finland Kuopion kaupunki, Business and Administration 5/2019
Foreign citizens living in Kuopio 2000-2018 3 500 3 000 2 500 2 000 1 500 1179 1233 1205 1164 1108 1148 1298 1391 1535 1672 1800 2002 2230 2358 2583 2758 2964 2998 3103 Foreign citizens living in Kuopio 3103 (2,6 %) 31 Dec 2018 Growth of foreign population in 2018 + 105 2000s +1900 1 000 500 0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Men 1689 54 % 3103 Women 1414 46 %
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 3 2 1 0 4,7 3,9 2,6 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 KUOPIO, people with foreign citizenship % Finland, people with foreign citizenship % KUOPIO, foreign language speakers % Finland, foreign language speakers %
Percentage (%) of foreign citizens in Kuopio and reference cities 2018 Vantaa Espoo Helsinki Turku Vaasa Tampere Lappeenranta Lahti Hämeenlinna Jyväskylä Oulu Joensuu Kuopio Kouvola Pori 3,5 3,3 3,0 3,0 2,6 2,6 2,4 Koko maa 4,7 % 4,7 4,5 4,5 6,6 6,1 9,6 11,9 10,9 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 10,0 8,0 6,0 4,0 2,0 0,0 1,6 1,8 2,0 2,0 2,2 2,4 2,5 2,5 2,6 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Vantaa Espoo Helsinki Vaasa Tampere Lahti Lappeenranta Hämeenlinna Jyväskylä Joensuu Oulu Kouvola Kuopio Pori
Foreigners by citizenship, largest groups in 2018 Iran 40 USA 41 UK 44 Ukraine 45 Pakistan 46 Romania 46 Italy 46 Afghanistan 51 Turkey 51 Nepal 54 Sudan 55 Spain 58 Germany 60 Nigeria 67 India 75 Thailand 116 Foreigners 3103 Nationalities 100 (2018) China 111 Russia 569 Estonia 274 Syria 221 Iraq 158 Myanmar 131 Largest nationalities Russians Estonians Syrians In 2018 the most grown groups Syrians +23 Indians +17 Spanish +15
Foreign citizens by age groups 2018 Seniors (65+ y.); 126; 4 % Children (0-14 y.); 520; 17 % Working age (25-64 y.); 2120; 68 % Young people (15-24 y.); 337; 11 % 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 % Maaninka 25, 0,7 % Juankoski 57, 1,3 % Riistavesi 19, 0,9 % central urban area 1844 3,0% Karttula 23, 0,7 % countryside nearby 52, 0,7 % Vehmersalmi 22 1,2 % southern urban areas 775, 2,8 % In Kuopio foreign citizens are scattered across the sub-areas.
Foreign citizens in the central area 2018 Neulamäki 359 Särkiniemi 198 Litmanen 380 Saarijärvi 149 Puijonlaakso 271 Center 268 Foreign citizens 2018 Central urban area Neulamäki 359 Puijonlaakso-Taivaanpankko 271 Center 268 Särkiniemi-Särkilahti 198 Saariijärvi-Rahusenkangas 149 Niuva-Länsipuijo-Rypysuo 117 Itkonniemi-Männistö-Linnanpelto 110 Puijo (Inkilänmäki) 72 Niirala 68 Haapaniemi 61 Julkula 30 Kelloniemi-Likolahti 71 Puijonsarvi (Päiväranta) 33 Rönö and islands nearby 13 Sorsasalo 13 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 Serbo-Croatian; 17 Igbo; 12 Lithuanian; 17 Japanese; 13 Tamil; 19 Dutch; 14 Portuguese; 20 Urdu; 39 Bulgarian; 20 Ukrainian; 40 Hindi; 24 Yoruba; 41 Vietnamese; 41 Tagalog; 29 French; 49 Hungarian; 20 Romanian; 52 Slovak; 18 Italian; 55 Polish; 56 Bengali; 60 Nepali ; 62 Persian, Farsi; 93 Burmese; 96 Turkish; 104 Somali; 32 Kurdish; 33 Swahili; 38 Albanian; 38 German; 104 Spanish; 118 Swedish; 123 Chinese; 129 Thai; 162 Other; 231 Foreign-language speakers 4685 English 252 Estonian; 289 Russian; 1295 Arabic; 727 Foreign-language speakers 4685 80 languages Most common languages Russian Arabic Estonian
Percentage of foreign unemployed jobseekers of foreign workforce 31 Mar 2019 Espoo Helsinki Vantaa Kuopio Oulu Vaasa Jyväskylä 17,6 18,1 19,3 20,5 21,2 22,1 22,1 % Kuopio 31 Mar 2019 Foreign workforce 1361 Foreign unemployed jobseekers 279 Lappeenranta Turku Tampere Pori Kouvola Joensuu 23,3 23,4 23,5 26,3 26,9 27,2 Percentage of foreign unemployed jobseekers the foreign workforce 27,3 % / 31 Mar 2017 22,3 % / 31 Mar 2018 20,5 % / 31 Mar 2019 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.