Thais in Finland

Thais in Finland
Thaimaalaiset Suomessa /
Suomen thaimaalaiset
Total population
14,003 born in Thailand;
12,712 Thai speakers (2025)[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 2025, there were 14,003 people born in Thailand living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Thai citizenship was 8,585. The number of people who spoke Thai as their mother tongue was 12,712.[1]

Demographics

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%
202512,712+3.79%
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2026-04-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
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