Finland

Administrative units

maakunta	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2003-12-31 admin.	population 2005-12-31 admin.	population 2007-12-31 admin.
source: Statistics Finland. note: Etelä = South; Pohjois = North; Keski = Central; Karjala = Karelia; Pohjanmaa = Ostrobothnia. note: Åland is an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty.
Åland	Maarianhamina	1,552	26,347	26,766	27,153
Central Finland Region	Jyväskylä	19,386	266,082	267,902	270,701
Central Ostrobothnia Region	Kokkola	5,474	70,584	70,696	70,964
Etelä-Savo Region	Mikkeli	19,181	162,296	160,507	157,862
Itä-Uusimaa Region	Porvoo	2,823	91,689	92,933	94,755
Kainuu Region	Kajaani	24,452	86,573	85,303	83,779
Kanta-Häme Region	Hämeenlinna	5,707	166,648	168,381	171,449
Kymenlaakso Region	Kotka	5,588	185,662	185,196	183,564
Lapland Region	Rovaniemi	98,946	186,917	185,800	184,390
North Karelia Region	Joensuu	21,585	169,129	168,322	166,744
North Ostrobothnia Region	Oulu	37,120	371,931	378,006	383,411
Ostrobothnia Region	Vaasa	7,848	173,111	173,627	174,987
Päijät-Häme Region	Lahti	6,257	198,434	198,975	200,061
Pirkanmaa Region	Tampere	14,668	457,317	468,986	476,631
Pohjois-Savo Region	Kuopio	19,954	251,356	250,064	248,872
Satakunta Region	Pori	8,746	234,777	229,966	228,431
South Karelia Region	Lappeenranta	7,236	136,301	135,604	134,716
South Ostrobothnia Region	Seinäjoki	13,998	193,954	193,812	193,815
Uusimaa Region	Helsinki	6,767	1,338,180	1,359,150	1,388,964
Varsinais-Suomi Region	Turku	10,855	452,444	455,584	459,235
total		338,145	5,219,732	5,255,580	5,300,484

name	population 1999-12-31 admin.	population 2003-12-31 admin.	population 2007-12-31 admin.
Helsinki	559,330	560,905	568,531
Espoo	224,231	231,704	238,047
Tampere	200,966	204,337	207,866
Vantaa	184,039	187,281	192,522
Turku	175,059	174,868	175,286
Oulu	125,928	128,962	131,585
Lahti	98,253	98,413	99,308
Kuopio	88,250	90,726	91,320
Jyväskylä	82,409	84,434	85,402
Pori	76,189	76,144	76,255
Lappeenranta	58,897	59,073	59,286
Rovaniemi	56,955	57,835	58,825
Vaasa	56,953	57,241	57,998
Joensuu	52,659	57,858	57,677
Kotka	54,618	54,838	54,679
source: Statistics Finland. note: numbers based on municipalities.