Finland has tens of thousands of islands, of which about 1,000 are permanently inhabited.
55% confidence
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No source consulted publishes the exact round total of 'about 1,000 permanently inhabited islands'; the closest official figure is a subset: 549 permanently inhabited islands without a fixed road connection on the Finnish mainland (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / TEM survey).
Finnish government data indicates Finland has MORE inhabited islands than previously assumed, and around 20,000 islands without a fixed road connection, so the total of inhabited islands is not precisely fixed.
The claim conflates the total number of islands (tens of thousands, well documented) with the much smaller number of permanently inhabited ones (hundreds to low thousands).
Some of the sources are journalistic or association-based and do not carry an exact reference date for the inhabited-island count.
SecondaryUusi Suomi — 'Suomi onkin Euroopan suurin saarivaltio'Suomessa on enemmän asuttuja saaria kuin aiemmin on tiedetty, kertoo työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. ... Suomessa on tuhansia osa-aikaisesti asutettuja saaria.
SecondaryFÖSS – Finlands Öar rf / Suomen Saaret rySaaristomeren alueella on vakituisesti asuttuja pieniä saaria on noin 30, ja Turun saariston alueella asuu yhteensä noin 30 000 ihmistä.