[BRIEF NOTE] Nordic Population Trends

[rfmcdonald]

The English-language edition of Helsingin Sanomat has recently noted that Russian immigration to Finland has slowed down, and further that it isn't driven by the economic dispairites between Finland and Russia but rather by the reunification of families divided by the Russo-Finnish border. Sveriges Radio International, in the meantime, reports that thanks to immigration, the Swedish population has grown for the eighth year in a row.

What's happening with the Swedish and Finnish populations has worldwide relevance, since both countries have effectively completed the demographic transition, with high sub-replacement fertility rates and growing immigration. What happens at the transition's end? If your country is rich enough, mass immigration for starters.