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Thais in Finland

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Thais in Finland
Thaimaalaiset Suomessa /
Suomen thaimaalaiset
Thailand Finland
Total population
13,604 born in Thailand;
12,355 Thai speakers (2024)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Tampere and Turku regions &
Oulu and Lahti
Languages
Thai, Finnish
Religion
Theravada Buddhism

Thais in Finland or Finnish Thais are people who have a background from Thailand and who live in Finland. People can be born in Thailand, have Thai ancestors and/or be citizens of Thailand. As of 2024, there were 13,604 people born in Thailand living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Thai citizenship was 8,506. The number of people who spoke Thai as their mother tongue was 12,355.[1]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990244—    
1995813+27.22%
20001,458+12.39%
20053,033+15.78%
20105,722+13.54%
20158,582+8.44%
202010,553+4.22%
202412,355+4.02%
Thai speakers. Source: Statistics Finland

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

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

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

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-18.