• Greater Helsinki
  • A compact, green and healthy city
  • Highly educated professionals
  • Population and workforce
  • Strategic location between East and West
  • The economy of Greater Helsinki
• Finland
  • International accessibility
  • Population and workforce
  • The Finnish Economy
• Baltic Sea Region
  • Population and workforce
  • The economy of the Baltic Sea region
• The Economy
  • Driving force of the Finnish economy
  • Environmental Performance
• Costs
  • Additional costs
  • Salary costs and contributions
• Ecosystems
  • Demographics of business
  • Global corporate B2B brands in Finland
  • International business environment
  • Key ecosystems
    • Cleantech
    • Design & Creativity
    • ICT
    • KIBS, Knowledge Intensive Business Services
    • Life Sciences
    • Logistics
  • Venture Capital
• Workforce
  • Employment
  • Level of education
    • Skills
  • Productivity
• R&D&I (Research, Development & Innovation)
  • Benchmarking the Finnish innovation system
  • Independent research institutes located in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa
  • Patents
    • Domestic companies with the highest number of patent applications filed in 2010
  • R&D expenditure
  • R&D&I support organizations in Greater Helsinki Region
  • Research institutions and communities of science
  • The basic science and innovation profile of Finland as a radar graph
  • The objectives of Finnish innovation policy and funding of R&D 2011-2015
  • Universities and universities of applied sciences
• Infrastructure
  • Business districts
  • Commuting times
  • Well developed and functioning infrastructure
• Taxes

The population on Finland is 5.4 million. The population is in a growing trend. In 2009 60,430 babies were born, which is 900 more than the year before.

The size of the Finnish workforce is 2.7 million. 51 per cent are men and 49 per cent women.

Despite the high birth rates, women are actively in work life. Thanks to public child care services and a legal right to work shorter days, women can have a career without compromising family life.

The National committee of Social Affairs and Health is preparing a proposal to rise the age of retirement in order to bring more working years to the Finnish economy.

Finland has a long history in seafaring. Sea routes are still the number one means of transportation for importing and exporting goods to and from Finland, but today’s passenger traffic relies strongly on air traffic. Helsinki is a constantly growing air transport hub. Its unquestionable strengths include a wide array of direct flights to Far-East Asia, and it could be characterised as a gateway between the East and the West.