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Finland population

Finland population now

5,620,589

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 5.5–5.7 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 5,601,186

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 5.62173 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 5.5–5.7 million
Median age: 44.4
Aged 65+: 24.5%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

FIN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Finland in numbers

Finland had 5,601,186 people in mid-2023, the 117th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.07% of the world's people. That is 1.4 times its 1950 population of 4.0 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2025 at 5.6 million, then falling to 4.6 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 2.7 million to 9.1 million.

Since 2016, more people have died here each year than have been born, and the UN's projection has that holding every year to 2100. The population still grows until 2025, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 27.7 in 1950 and 43.8 in 2023; the projection has 51.6 in 2100. 23.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 34.0% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2010 at 3.5 million; in 2023 it was 3.4 million.

Among countries it ranks 117th in 2023, 129th in 2050 and 130th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Bulgaria in 2052, Serbia in 2057 and Hong Kong in 2061. It is overtaken by Liberia in 2025, the Central African Republic in 2026 and Norway in 2026.

Population, mid-2023: 5,601,186
Rank by population, 2023: 117 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.07%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.57% · +31,887 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 18
Land area, 2023: 303,960 km²
Births, 2023: 43,556
Deaths, 2023: 59,984
Net migration, 2023: +38,156
Children per woman, 2023: 1.28
Median age, 2023: 43.8 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 81.9 years
In a city, 2025: 26 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 4,008,407
Projected, mid-2050: 5,351,645
Projected, mid-2100: 4,601,058

FIN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Finland, 1950–2100

Finland: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	3,986,630		98,369	42,536	3.15	64.2
1951	estimate	4,030,184		93,513	40,377	3.01	65.6
1952	estimate	4,065,102		94,133	39,047	3.05	66.5
1953	estimate	4,116,567		91,072	39,870	2.96	66.6
1954	estimate	4,162,961		89,827	37,946	2.93	67.5
1955	estimate	4,211,547		89,601	39,560	2.93	67.3
1956	estimate	4,258,846		88,770	38,640	2.91	68.0
1957	estimate	4,305,015		86,830	40,600	2.85	67.5
1958	estimate	4,343,353		81,459	38,702	2.68	68.6
1959	estimate	4,376,407		82,950	38,737	2.74	68.8
1960	estimate	4,413,089		82,284	39,728	2.72	69.0
1961	estimate	4,446,159		82,023	40,518	2.71	69.0
1962	estimate	4,475,831		81,425	42,777	2.68	68.7
1963	estimate	4,507,630		82,035	41,866	2.67	69.2
1964	estimate	4,540,167		80,633	42,381	2.59	69.4
1965	estimate	4,558,007		78,370	44,355	2.48	69.1
1966	estimate	4,570,294		77,796	43,449	2.40	69.6
1967	estimate	4,592,589		77,151	43,682	2.32	69.8
1968	estimate	4,620,710		73,781	44,940	2.13	69.8
1969	estimate	4,633,981		68,233	45,820	1.93	69.7
1970	estimate	4,614,187		64,856	44,038	1.82	70.3
1971	estimate	4,598,423		60,836	45,714	1.69	70.2
1972	estimate	4,625,832		58,633	43,814	1.57	70.9
1973	estimate	4,653,265		57,041	43,300	1.50	71.4
1974	estimate	4,678,564		62,263	44,574	1.61	71.3
1975	estimate	4,702,146		65,661	43,806	1.68	71.8
1976	estimate	4,720,190		66,870	44,730	1.70	72.0
1977	estimate	4,730,483		65,869	43,975	1.68	72.5
1978	estimate	4,746,686		64,117	43,648	1.64	73.1
1979	estimate	4,757,806		63,529	43,657	1.63	73.4
1980	estimate	4,771,072		63,090	44,317	1.63	73.7
1981	estimate	4,787,627		63,464	44,311	1.65	74.0
1982	estimate	4,812,069		65,882	43,375	1.71	74.5
1983	estimate	4,841,695		66,576	45,310	1.73	74.4
1984	estimate	4,869,880		64,984	45,058	1.69	74.7
1985	estimate	4,893,771		62,707	48,142	1.64	74.4
1986	estimate	4,910,750		60,645	47,130	1.60	74.8
1987	estimate	4,925,760		60,030	47,869	1.59	74.8
1988	estimate	4,938,753		63,035	49,033	1.69	74.8
1989	estimate	4,954,504		63,297	49,040	1.71	75.0
1990	estimate	4,974,549		65,208	50,070	1.78	75.0
1991	estimate	4,998,601		65,253	49,221	1.79	75.4
1992	estimate	5,029,159		66,389	49,765	1.84	75.7
1993	estimate	5,055,137		64,792	50,922	1.81	75.9
1994	estimate	5,078,043		64,942	47,942	1.84	76.6
1995	estimate	5,098,874		62,943	49,188	1.80	76.6
1996	estimate	5,116,971		60,847	49,102	1.77	76.9
1997	estimate	5,132,462		59,136	49,135	1.74	77.1
1998	estimate	5,147,388		57,115	49,209	1.70	77.3
1999	estimate	5,159,708		57,385	49,378	1.73	77.5
2000	estimate	5,171,324		56,622	49,358	1.73	77.7
2001	estimate	5,181,079		56,012	48,473	1.72	78.1
2002	estimate	5,194,863		55,506	49,397	1.72	78.3
2003	estimate	5,206,229		56,467	48,937	1.76	78.5
2004	estimate	5,219,681		57,509	47,536	1.79	78.8
2005	estimate	5,236,615		57,577	47,893	1.80	79.0
2006	estimate	5,255,549		58,580	48,012	1.83	79.4
2007	estimate	5,276,944		58,547	49,038	1.83	79.4
2008	estimate	5,300,476		59,278	49,100	1.84	79.7
2009	estimate	5,326,278		60,151	49,868	1.86	79.8
2010	estimate	5,351,435		60,608	50,860	1.86	80.0
2011	estimate	5,375,266		59,735	50,574	1.83	80.4
2012	estimate	5,401,216		59,183	51,564	1.80	80.5
2013	estimate	5,426,727		57,898	51,423	1.75	80.9
2014	estimate	5,451,379		56,935	52,236	1.71	81.0
2015	estimate	5,471,989		55,202	52,402	1.65	81.4
2016	estimate	5,487,446		52,612	53,888	1.56	81.3
2017	estimate	5,503,492		50,135	53,679	1.49	81.5
2018	estimate	5,513,300		47,488	54,439	1.41	81.6
2019	estimate	5,518,173		45,598	54,093	1.35	81.9
2020	estimate	5,525,345		46,440	55,419	1.37	81.8
2021	estimate	5,533,879		49,488	57,576	1.46	81.8
2022	estimate	5,548,271		44,707	63,010	1.32	81.2
2023	estimate	5,590,327		43,556	59,984	1.28	81.9
2024	estimate	5,612,044		43,829	60,183	1.29	82.1
2025	projection	5,622,577	5.6–5.6 million	43,926	60,675	1.30	82.2
2026	projection	5,624,082	5.5–5.7 million	43,863	61,221	1.30	82.4
2027	projection	5,619,395	5.5–5.7 million	43,678	61,700	1.31	82.6
2028	projection	5,612,606	5.5–5.7 million	43,519	62,292	1.32	82.7
2029	projection	5,605,007	5.5–5.8 million	43,427	62,925	1.32	82.9
2030	projection	5,596,543	5.4–5.8 million	43,322	63,545	1.33	83.0
2031	projection	5,587,559	5.4–5.8 million	43,387	64,322	1.33	83.2
2032	projection	5,577,881	5.4–5.8 million	43,539	65,038	1.34	83.3
2033	projection	5,567,886	5.3–5.8 million	43,752	65,763	1.34	83.5
2034	projection	5,557,384	5.3–5.8 million	44,105	66,524	1.35	83.6
2035	projection	5,546,384	5.3–5.8 million	44,469	67,295	1.36	83.8
2036	projection	5,534,926	5.2–5.9 million	44,927	67,978	1.36	83.9
2037	projection	5,523,166	5.2–5.9 million	45,293	68,599	1.37	84.0
2038	projection	5,511,063	5.2–5.9 million	45,664	69,182	1.37	84.2
2039	projection	5,498,922	5.1–5.9 million	45,958	69,628	1.38	84.3
2040	projection	5,486,585	5.1–6.0 million	46,170	70,010	1.38	84.4
2041	projection	5,474,460	5.1–6.0 million	46,236	70,270	1.38	84.6
2042	projection	5,462,141	5.0–6.0 million	46,377	70,406	1.39	84.7
2043	projection	5,449,890	5.0–6.0 million	46,241	70,466	1.39	84.8
2044	projection	5,437,250	5.0–6.1 million	45,981	70,370	1.40	84.9
2045	projection	5,424,751	4.9–6.1 million	45,538	70,183	1.40	85.0
2046	projection	5,411,949	4.9–6.1 million	45,092	69,927	1.40	85.2
2047	projection	5,399,189	4.9–6.2 million	44,575	69,621	1.40	85.3
2048	projection	5,386,021	4.8–6.2 million	44,055	69,283	1.41	85.4
2049	projection	5,372,550	4.8–6.2 million	43,337	68,968	1.41	85.5
2050	projection	5,358,740	4.8–6.2 million	42,662	68,600	1.41	85.7
2051	projection	5,344,550	4.7–6.3 million	41,985	68,228	1.42	85.8
2052	projection	5,329,629	4.7–6.3 million	41,375	67,830	1.42	85.9
2053	projection	5,314,502	4.7–6.4 million	40,784	67,462	1.42	86.0
2054	projection	5,299,250	4.6–6.4 million	40,235	67,133	1.43	86.1
2055	projection	5,283,514	4.6–6.4 million	39,792	66,796	1.43	86.3
2056	projection	5,267,414	4.5–6.5 million	39,374	66,406	1.43	86.4
2057	projection	5,251,345	4.5–6.5 million	38,989	65,984	1.43	86.5
2058	projection	5,235,627	4.5–6.6 million	38,768	65,485	1.44	86.6
2059	projection	5,220,834	4.4–6.6 million	38,599	65,140	1.44	86.7
2060	projection	5,205,608	4.4–6.6 million	38,457	64,666	1.44	86.9
2061	projection	5,190,644	4.3–6.7 million	38,437	64,264	1.45	87.0
2062	projection	5,176,079	4.3–6.7 million	38,516	63,942	1.45	87.1
2063	projection	5,161,939	4.3–6.8 million	38,520	63,686	1.45	87.2
2064	projection	5,147,682	4.2–6.8 million	38,627	63,426	1.46	87.3
2065	projection	5,133,645	4.2–6.9 million	38,724	63,336	1.46	87.4
2066	projection	5,119,478	4.1–6.9 million	38,791	63,219	1.46	87.6
2067	projection	5,106,222	4.1–7.0 million	38,913	63,221	1.46	87.7
2068	projection	5,092,882	4.0–7.0 million	38,991	63,354	1.46	87.8
2069	projection	5,079,504	4.0–7.1 million	39,167	63,481	1.46	87.9
2070	projection	5,066,304	4.0–7.1 million	39,258	63,649	1.47	88.0
2071	projection	5,052,739	3.9–7.2 million	39,354	63,760	1.47	88.1
2072	projection	5,039,082	3.9–7.2 million	39,360	63,958	1.47	88.2
2073	projection	5,025,269	3.8–7.3 million	39,428	64,103	1.47	88.3
2074	projection	5,011,043	3.8–7.3 million	39,424	64,265	1.47	88.5
2075	projection	4,996,371	3.8–7.4 million	39,361	64,350	1.48	88.6
2076	projection	4,981,616	3.7–7.4 million	39,163	64,426	1.48	88.7
2077	projection	4,966,412	3.7–7.5 million	38,982	64,324	1.48	88.8
2078	projection	4,951,228	3.6–7.6 million	38,750	64,248	1.48	88.9
2079	projection	4,936,210	3.6–7.6 million	38,524	64,180	1.48	89.0
2080	projection	4,920,721	3.6–7.7 million	38,235	64,023	1.48	89.1
2081	projection	4,904,928	3.5–7.8 million	37,956	63,770	1.48	89.2
2082	projection	4,889,156	3.5–7.9 million	37,706	63,567	1.49	89.3
2083	projection	4,873,419	3.4–7.9 million	37,447	63,204	1.49	89.5
2084	projection	4,858,081	3.4–8.0 million	37,173	62,936	1.49	89.5
2085	projection	4,842,841	3.3–8.1 million	36,848	62,586	1.49	89.7
2086	projection	4,827,020	3.3–8.1 million	36,516	62,144	1.49	89.8
2087	projection	4,811,108	3.3–8.2 million	36,295	61,807	1.49	89.9
2088	projection	4,795,180	3.2–8.3 million	36,041	61,295	1.49	90.0
2089	projection	4,779,700	3.2–8.3 million	35,827	60,911	1.50	90.1
2090	projection	4,764,229	3.1–8.4 million	35,656	60,436	1.50	90.2
2091	projection	4,748,604	3.1–8.5 million	35,481	60,119	1.50	90.3
2092	projection	4,733,175	3.0–8.5 million	35,397	59,751	1.50	90.4
2093	projection	4,718,068	3.0–8.6 million	35,311	59,512	1.50	90.5
2094	projection	4,702,796	2.9–8.6 million	35,217	59,363	1.50	90.6
2095	projection	4,687,741	2.9–8.7 million	35,209	59,333	1.50	90.7
2096	projection	4,672,433	2.9–8.8 million	35,202	59,335	1.51	90.8
2097	projection	4,657,202	2.8–8.9 million	35,208	59,491	1.51	91.0
2098	projection	4,641,562	2.8–9.0 million	35,133	59,651	1.51	91.1
2099	projection	4,625,600	2.7–9.0 million	35,142	59,855	1.51	91.2
2100	projection	4,609,493	2.7–9.1 million	35,105	60,107	1.51	91.3

Show the numbers: Finland, mid-2026, by single year of age

Finland: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	22,686	21,528
1	22,952	21,749
2	23,062	21,846
3	23,449	22,225
4	25,028	23,865
5	25,518	24,374
6	24,654	23,596
7	25,224	23,922
8	26,626	25,218
9	27,944	26,901
10	29,403	28,138
11	30,726	29,276
12	31,592	30,052
13	32,204	30,670
14	32,602	31,308
15	33,111	31,644
16	33,402	31,877
17	33,260	31,838
18	33,316	31,792
19	33,634	32,139
20	33,633	32,324
21	33,672	32,183
22	33,546	32,042
23	32,911	31,366
24	32,547	30,772
25	32,657	30,572
26	33,013	30,596
27	32,818	30,578
28	33,017	31,060
29	34,158	32,049
30	35,390	33,054
31	36,561	34,336
32	37,159	35,022
33	38,066	35,680
34	38,700	36,089
35	38,740	36,176
36	38,575	36,022
37	38,134	35,667
38	37,260	34,774
39	36,644	34,040
40	37,326	34,732
41	38,247	35,754
42	38,978	36,559
43	39,116	36,508
44	37,996	35,613
45	36,845	34,799
46	36,392	34,488
47	36,152	34,329
48	36,199	34,469
49	36,325	34,677
50	36,070	34,210
51	34,590	33,126
52	32,129	30,923
53	31,152	29,880
54	31,751	30,992
55	32,360	32,067
56	33,146	32,741
57	34,475	34,204
58	35,771	35,836
59	36,051	36,282
60	35,972	36,402
61	36,126	36,722
62	36,300	37,136
63	35,998	36,977
64	35,310	36,622
65	34,544	36,472
66	33,887	36,142
67	32,902	35,299
68	32,648	35,292
69	33,228	36,243
70	32,927	36,380
71	32,018	36,273
72	31,132	35,786
73	30,909	35,538
74	30,249	35,075
75	29,511	34,648
76	29,566	35,332
77	29,330	35,742
78	28,472	35,324
79	26,772	34,054
80	23,836	31,013
81	19,200	25,641
82	15,634	21,526
83	12,894	18,182
84	12,946	18,978
85	11,832	18,154
86	9,375	15,422
87	8,732	14,986
88	7,194	12,981
89	5,684	11,046
90	4,604	9,454
91	3,651	8,018
92	2,708	6,445
93	2,015	5,274
94	1,531	4,352
95	1,092	3,460
96	710	2,614
97	452	1,840
98	277	1,226
99	159	786
100+	176	1,152

FIN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Finland, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

FIN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Finland

Finland had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2010: 3,549,650 people aged 15–64, against 3,444,010 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

24 children

38 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 34 years: 1972–2005.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

FIN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Finland, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Finland gains 33,150 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 4,212 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 60,353 (2022), and a loss of 42,207 (1969).

In 2024, 514,432 people living in Finland had been born in another country, 9 of every 100 people there, against 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

FIN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Finland

Of every 100 babies born in Finland in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 73 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 26 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 5 under 20 and 21 aged 35 or older.

1950
5 · 74 · 21

2023
1 · 73 · 26

2050 · projected
1 · 67 · 32

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 43,556
Average age when women have a baby: 31.5 years; 29.5 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 3; 28 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Finland by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	6	9	5	1	1	1
15–19	4,305	5,426	1,609	469	314	274
20–24	25,139	21,549	9,712	4,009	3,344	3,159
25–29	28,509	24,632	17,229	11,616	10,410	9,416
30–34	19,458	9,634	17,598	15,979	14,999	12,523
35–39	14,308	3,538	8,634	8,913	10,397	7,449
40–44	6,204	796	1,740	2,376	2,929	2,069
45–49	434	77	90	192	266	212
50–54	6	0	5	1	2	2
All babies	98,369	65,661	56,622	43,556	42,662	35,105

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

FIN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Finland

In Finland, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 69.9 (95% range 69.1–70.8), out of 81.5 in all. The years in less than full health come to 11.6, above the world's 9.5.

Women

71.0 in full health, 13.1 not: 84.1 years

Men

68.8 in full health, 10.2 not: 79.0 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 71.0 healthy years of 84.1. Men: 68.8 of 79.0.

FIN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Finland

At the end of 2025, Finland was hosting 104,423 people who had crossed a border into it, about 19 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad104,423
Finland nationals abroad20

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Finland living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 2,031 people asked for asylum in Finland for the first time; 27 people from Finland asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

FIN · of every 100 people

How people live in Finland

Of every 100 people in Finland in 2025, 26 lived in a city, 35 in a town or suburb and 39 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 6.3 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

FIN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Finland went in school

Almost every adult in Finland went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 81 finished upper secondary or went further.

11 finished primary 8 finished lower secondary 42 finished upper secondary 39 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

FIN · cities · 2025

Cities in Finland

Finland had 6 cities in 2025, home to 1.5 million people. The largest, Helsingfors, holds 18 of every 100 people in Finland.

Helsingfors1,014,317
Tampere152,752
Turku107,319
Oulu81,012
Lahti59,280
Jyväskylä58,051

How to read this: one bar for each of the 6 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Finland are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.