Population on 1 January in Finland

Finland had 5,635,971 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population on 1 January Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Finland, 2025 5,635,971 People
Change from 2024 +0.6% 2024: 5,603,851 people
European Union, 2025 450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 21st of 40 See the full ranking

Population on 1 January in Finland over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January (people), 2001 to 2025
Period FinlandEuropean Union
2025 5,635,971 people 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 5,603,851 people 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 5,563,970 people 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 5,548,241 people 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2021 5,533,793 people 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 5,525,292 people 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated)
2019 5,517,919 people 446,149,924 people
2018 5,513,130 people 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated)
2017 5,503,297 people 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 5,487,308 people 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated)
2015 5,471,753 people 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 5,451,270 people 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 5,426,674 people 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series)
2012 5,401,267 people 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 5,375,276 people 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 5,351,427 people 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 5,326,314 people 440,047,892 people
2008 5,300,484 people 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 5,276,955 people 437,227,496 people
2006 5,255,580 people 435,816,236 people
2005 5,236,611 people 434,416,272 people
2004 5,219,732 people 432,762,039 people
2003 5,206,295 people 431,190,184 people
2002 5,194,901 people 429,723,142 people
2001 5,181,115 people 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6% from 5,603,851 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5,471,753 people, the figure has changed by +3.0%.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Finland has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Finland
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat