# Population in European countries: Finland

> Population in European countries in Finland was 5,635,971 people (2025).

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 5,635,971 people |
| Period | 2025 (2025) |
| Change vs a year earlier | +0.6 % |
| Frequency | year |

## Definition

Number of people living in the country on 1 January.

1 January of the year, so it differs from Sweden's end-of-December figure by a day.

## Recent periods

| Period | people |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5,635,971 |
| 2024 | 5,603,851 |
| 2023 | 5,563,970 |
| 2022 | 5,548,241 |
| 2021 | 5,533,793 |
| 2020 | 5,525,292 |
| 2019 | 5,517,919 |
| 2018 | 5,513,130 |
| 2017 | 5,503,297 |
| 2016 | 5,487,308 |
| 2015 | 5,471,753 |
| 2014 | 5,451,270 |

## Checks

Status: verified, 2026-11-01
- ok: range: latest 2025 = 10587710, allowed 5000000..460000000
- ok: fresh: latest 2025 ends 305 days ago, max 450

## Source and use

Data: Eurostat, dataset demo_pjan, processed by SwedenMetrics.

Data licence: CC BY 4.0. Feel free to cite with a link to the page.

Page: https://swedenmetrics.com/eu-population/finland-FI
Svenska: https://swedenmetrics.com/sv/eu-population/finland-FI