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Appendix table 4. The population of Finland and students in post-comprehensive education by sector of education and age group in 2012 ¹⁾

Age	Population	Upper secondary general education	Vocational education	Polytechnic education	University education
–15	952 010	371	61	-	-
16–20	328 854	101 923	108 311	17 985	13 988
21–25	335 657	2 663	43 499	64 622	57 150
26–30	348 247	976	29 084	24 235	41 104
31–35	342 053	453	23 104	12 372	22 933
36–40	322 075	255	19 672	7 712	12 330
41–45	339 678	172	18 365	5 664	7 619
46–50	375 395	165	16 904	4 543	5 904
51–55	370 704	129	11 641	2 114	3 974
56–60	381 799	104	4 925	551	2 329
60–	1 188 640	199	848	78	1 710

1) In the table, population size by age group in 2012 is compared with the number of students data in 2012 received from educational institutions The numbers of students include persons who do not belong to the population of Finland. More information about the population of Finland is available on the home page of Population Statistics (http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/vaerak/index_en.html).

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Suvi Vainio 09 1734 2915, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

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Updated 29.1.2014