Demographics of Finland

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Finland is projected at 5.55 million, up by 0.14% compared with 5.54 million in 2020. Finland is ranked 117th in terms of population and 192nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 48.39 thousand births in Finland in 2021. That is 133 per day, which is ranked 138th. The crude birth rate is 8.72 per 1000 people. There are 55.12 thousand deaths in Finland in 2021. That is 151 per day, which is ranked 103rd. The crude death rate is 9.94 per 1000 people.

4.79 million people are living in urban areas, which is 85.6% of Finland population. Finland is ranked 52nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Finland in 2021 is 97.36 males per 100 females. There are 2.74 million males and 2.81 million females in Finland. The percentage of female population is 50.67% compare to 49.33% male population. Finland has 74.1 thousand more females than males. Finland is at 73rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Finland population

Year Population Growth (%)
19504,008,292-
19554,238,2741.10
19604,434,5930.79
19654,568,6040.4
19704,612,3650.25
19754,718,7440.42
19804,788,2470.35
19854,911,2200.47
19904,996,2200.38
19955,119,0120.43
20005,187,9530.23
20055,258,9330.32
20105,365,7840.44
20155,481,1280.36
20165,497,7140.30
20175,511,3720.25
20185,522,5850.20
20195,532,1590.17
20205,540,7180.15
20215,548,3610.14
  • Total
  • Crude

Finland death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195040,93197,44710.1324.11
195539,22087,3959.2620.64
196040,63783,2349.1718.78
196543,68078,2869.5917.19
197044,95265,7019.7114.20
197544,60961,3169.4813.02
198044,67764,9529.3113.53
198547,06963,2949.6012.92
199049,70263,9159.9312.76
199549,99762,4509.7912.23
200049,51357,5399.5411.09
200549,36458,3219.3811.07
201050,64559,7849.4311.14
201552,66655,2619.6210.10
202054,64949,1069.878.87
202155,11648,3949.948.72
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Finland

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19501,723,7382,284,556-43.004
19552,082,4062,155,8693.7149.133
19602,451,8951,982,6953.0855.290
19652,725,5271,843,0711.8159.658
19702,938,2511,674,1151.5163.704
19753,200,7891,517,9601.6467.831
19803,434,4451,353,7981.4271.727
19853,723,1071,188,1131.5375.808
19903,965,3551,030,8671.2579.367
19954,144,501974,5040.7780.963
20004,263,603924,3510.5282.183
20054,359,902899,0250.4882.905
20104,494,902870,8800.8483.770
20154,672,016809,9500.4785.225
20204,771,979808,1480.4285.517
20214,792,312806,4580.4385.596
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Finland population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 130,530 124,420 254,950 4.60 104.911
05-09 153,780 146,659 300,439 5.41 104.855
10-14 159,949 152,851 312,800 5.64 104.644
15-19 153,579 146,184 299,763 5.40 105.059
20-24 158,649 150,374 309,023 5.57 105.503
25-29 182,013 173,711 355,724 6.41 104.779
30-34 180,295 170,085 350,380 6.32 106.003
35-39 184,601 174,064 358,665 6.46 106.054
40-44 179,976 171,354 351,330 6.33 105.032
45-49 161,025 154,534 315,559 5.69 104.200
50-54 172,058 170,263 342,321 6.17 101.054
55-59 182,772 184,414 367,186 6.62 99.110
60-64 174,732 181,843 356,575 6.43 96.089
65-69 167,749 182,214 349,963 6.31 92.062
70-74 169,159 192,283 361,442 6.51 87.974
75-79 108,797 134,114 242,911 4.38 81.123
80-84 65,704 95,634 161,338 2.91 68.704
85-89 35,436 63,212 98,648 1.78 56.059
90-94 13,656 33,075 46,731 0.84 41.288
95-99 2,510 9,057 11,567 0.21 27.713
100+ 165 881 1,046 0.02 18.729
Total 2,737,135 2,811,226 5,548,361 97.364