Editing Asikkala (section)

== Demographics ==
In 2020, 13.3% of the population of Asikkala was under the age of 15, 52.7% were aged 15 to 64, and 34.0% were over the age of 64. The average age was 49.9, above the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 46.1. Speakers of [[Finnish language|Finnish]] made up 97.4% of the population and speakers of [[Swedish language|Swedish]] made up 0.2%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 2.4%. Foreign nationals made up 1.8% of the total population.<ref name="population key figures">{{Cite web|title=Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=[[Statistics Finland]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406192005/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/ |archive-date=2019-04-06 }}</ref> 

The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Asikkala from 1975-2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| 1975 |7,798
| 1980 |8,251
| 1985 |8,564
| 1990 |8,822
| 1995 |8,782
| 2000 |8,644
| 2005 |8,560
| 2010 |8,552
| 2015 |8,287
| 2020 |8,059
|source=[[Statistics Finland]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area, 1972-2020|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11re.px/|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=[[Statistics Finland]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525152634/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11re.px/ |archive-date=2019-05-25 }}</ref>
}}

=== Urban areas ===
In 2019, out of the total population of 8,083, 5,188 people lived in [[Urban areas in Finland|urban areas]] and 2,814 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 81 people were unknown. This made Asikkala's degree of urbanization 64.8%.<ref name="urbanization">{{Cite web|title=Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=[[Statistics Finland]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094642/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/ |archive-date=2019-11-26 }}</ref> The urban population in the municipality was divided between two urban areas as follows:<ref name="urban population">{{Cite web|title=Population in urban settlements and sparsely populated areas by age, sex and municipality, 2019|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=[[Statistics Finland]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094635/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/ |archive-date=2019-11-26 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Urban area !! Population
|-
| align="center" | 1 || '''[[Vääksy]]''' || align="right" | 4,810
|-
| align="center" | 2 || [[Lahti]] central locality ||align="right"| 378{{efn|The Lahti central locality has a total population of 119,469, and in addition to Asikkala, reaches the municipalities of [[Lahti]] (103,990 residents) and [[Hollola]] (15,101 residents).<ref name="urban population"/>}}
|}

=== Notable people ===
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*[[James Hirvisaari]] (born 1960), politician
*[[J. R. Danielson-Kalmari]] (1853–1933), senator, professor and ''[[valtioneuvos]]''
*[[Minna Kauppi]] (born 1982), orienteer
*[[Toni Nieminen]] (born 1975), ski jumper
*[[Aaro Pajari]] (1897–1949), Major General
*[[Karri Rämö]] (born 1986), ice hockey player
*[[Joel Rinne]] (1897–1981), actor
*[[Eetu Salin]] (1866–1919), politician, journalist and shoemaker
}}