Finland vs Japan statistics compared

Finland has a population of 5.64M (ranked 116/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Finland's land area is 117,360 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 70th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Finland ranks 48/197 ($300B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Finland ranks 22/197 ($53,189), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Finland and Japan: Comparison Charts

Finland and Japan economies compared

GDP

Finland

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Finland	Japan
1960	$5,279,481,824	$47,419,238,274
1961	$5,984,433,774	$57,266,758,180
1962	$6,407,796,043	$64,987,857,542
1963	$6,958,916,548	$74,379,284,603
1964	$7,848,987,793	$87,490,590,818
1965	$8,680,393,839	$97,338,107,606
1966	$9,306,142,172	$113,046,784,179
1967	$9,468,272,357	$132,475,614,227
1968	$8,916,565,041	$156,897,496,759
1969	$10,177,524,839	$184,298,841,305
1970	$11,358,529,162	$217,223,652,719
1971	$12,528,522,307	$245,364,056,622
1972	$14,744,499,570	$324,933,841,269
1973	$19,474,098,335	$441,460,582,536
1974	$24,851,036,710	$490,035,789,970
1975	$29,475,251,333	$532,861,438,885
1976	$31,852,352,670	$598,883,902,156
1977	$33,502,784,418	$737,069,290,928
1978	$36,259,392,058	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$44,469,218,440	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$53,649,984,061	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$52,440,066,134	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$52,784,013,815	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$50,956,447,481	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$52,870,993,273	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$55,856,676,899	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$73,511,611,541	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$91,564,993,913	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$109,039,090,263	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$118,991,270,611	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$141,446,120,355	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$127,794,441,994	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$112,537,828,511	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$89,112,105,756	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$103,182,697,780	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$134,060,457,516	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$131,991,975,149	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$126,862,902,302	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$133,990,876,725	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$135,234,241,918	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$125,967,821,111	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$129,519,672,869	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$140,360,963,812	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$171,612,867,736	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$197,458,297,640	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$204,859,368,791	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$217,044,068,234	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$256,360,251,538	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$285,698,662,071	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$253,480,783,439	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$249,429,613,683	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$275,126,915,516	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$257,443,384,493	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$270,268,036,626	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$273,478,528,955	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$233,210,733,506	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$238,777,818,793	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$253,846,138,440	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$273,869,255,596	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$267,014,821,129	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$270,000,311,606	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$294,223,210,496	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$280,253,099,309	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$294,950,618,733	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$299,835,625,551	$4,026,210,821,147

Finland and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Finland

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Finland	Japan
1960	$1,192	$509
1961	$1,341	$609
1962	$1,427	$685
1963	$1,538	$776
1964	$1,726	$903
1965	$1,902	$994
1966	$2,032	$1,144
1967	$2,056	$1,326
1968	$1,927	$1,553
1969	$2,201	$1,803
1970	$2,466	$2,101
1971	$2,716	$2,321
1972	$3,178	$3,031
1973	$4,174	$4,061
1974	$5,298	$4,448
1975	$6,256	$4,776
1976	$6,740	$5,310
1977	$7,070	$6,473
1978	$7,629	$9,012
1979	$9,333	$9,301
1980	$11,225	$9,669
1981	$10,925	$10,583
1982	$10,935	$9,780
1983	$10,494	$10,652
1984	$10,830	$11,207
1985	$11,394	$11,809
1986	$14,947	$17,452
1987	$18,565	$21,142
1988	$22,044	$25,500
1989	$23,969	$25,266
1990	$28,366	$25,801
1991	$25,489	$29,428
1992	$22,320	$31,993
1993	$17,589	$36,345
1994	$20,278	$39,934
1995	$26,246	$44,198
1996	$25,757	$39,150
1997	$24,682	$35,638
1998	$26,000	$32,424
1999	$26,180	$36,610
2000	$24,336	$39,169
2001	$24,965	$34,406
2002	$26,989	$32,821
2003	$32,920	$35,387
2004	$37,768	$38,299
2005	$39,050	$37,813
2006	$41,214	$35,992
2007	$48,473	$35,779
2008	$53,769	$39,876
2009	$47,478	$41,309
2010	$46,506	$44,968
2011	$51,060	$48,760
2012	$47,552	$49,145
2013	$49,691	$40,899
2014	$50,074	$38,475
2015	$42,560	$34,961
2016	$43,451	$39,375
2017	$46,085	$38,834
2018	$49,654	$39,751
2019	$48,358	$40,416
2020	$48,829	$40,029
2021	$53,099	$40,095
2022	$50,441	$34,066
2023	$52,822	$33,836
2024	$53,189	$32,476

Finland vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Finland

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Finland	Japan
1950	64.2	59.3
1951	65.6	61
1952	66.5	63
1953	66.6	63.3
1954	67.5	64.5
1955	67.3	65.7
1956	68	65.6
1957	67.5	65.4
1958	68.6	67
1959	68.8	67.5
1960	69	67.7
1961	69	68.4
1962	68.7	68.7
1963	69.2	69.7
1964	69.4	70.2
1965	69.1	70.3
1966	69.6	71.1
1967	69.8	71.4
1968	69.8	71.7
1969	69.6	71.9
1970	70.3	72
1971	70.1	72.8
1972	70.9	73.3
1973	71.4	73.4
1974	71.3	73.8
1975	71.8	74.4
1976	72	74.8
1977	72.5	75.3
1978	73.1	75.7
1979	73.4	76.2
1980	73.6	76.1
1981	74	76.6
1982	74.5	77.1
1983	74.4	77.1
1984	74.7	77.5
1985	74.4	77.8
1986	74.8	78.2
1987	74.8	78.6
1988	74.8	78.5
1989	75	79
1990	75	79
1991	75.4	79.3
1992	75.6	79.3
1993	75.9	79.4
1994	76.6	79.8
1995	76.6	79.7
1996	76.9	80.4
1997	77.1	80.6
1998	77.3	80.6
1999	77.5	80.6
2000	77.7	81.2
2001	78.1	81.5
2002	78.3	81.8
2003	78.5	81.9
2004	78.8	82.1
2005	79	82
2006	79.4	82.4
2007	79.4	82.5
2008	79.7	82.6
2009	79.8	83
2010	80	82.9
2011	80.4	82.7
2012	80.5	83.2
2013	80.9	83.4
2014	81.1	83.6
2015	81.4	83.9
2016	81.3	84.1
2017	81.5	84.2
2018	81.6	84.3
2019	81.9	84.4
2020	81.8	84.7
2021	81.8	84.6
2022	81.2	84.1
2023	81.9	84.7
2024	82.1	84.9
2025	82.2	85

Finland and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Finland

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Finland	Japan
1960	4,429,634	93,216,000
1961	4,461,005	94,055,000
1962	4,491,443	94,933,000
1963	4,523,309	95,900,000
1964	4,548,543	96,903,000
1965	4,563,732	97,952,000
1966	4,580,869	98,851,000
1967	4,605,744	99,879,000
1968	4,626,469	101,011,000
1969	4,623,785	102,219,000
1970	4,606,307	103,403,000
1971	4,612,124	105,697,000
1972	4,639,657	107,188,000
1973	4,666,081	108,707,000
1974	4,690,574	110,162,000
1975	4,711,440	111,573,000
1976	4,725,664	112,775,000
1977	4,738,902	113,872,000
1978	4,752,528	114,913,000
1979	4,764,690	115,890,000
1980	4,779,535	116,807,000
1981	4,799,964	117,661,000
1982	4,826,933	118,480,000
1983	4,855,787	119,307,000
1984	4,881,803	120,083,000
1985	4,902,206	120,837,000
1986	4,918,154	121,482,000
1987	4,932,123	122,069,000
1988	4,946,481	122,578,000
1989	4,964,371	123,069,000
1990	4,986,431	123,478,000
1991	5,013,740	123,964,000
1992	5,041,992	124,425,000
1993	5,066,447	124,829,000
1994	5,088,333	125,178,000
1995	5,107,790	125,472,000
1996	5,124,573	125,757,000
1997	5,139,835	126,057,000
1998	5,153,498	126,400,000
1999	5,165,474	126,631,000
2000	5,176,209	126,843,000
2001	5,188,008	127,149,000
2002	5,200,598	127,445,000
2003	5,213,014	127,718,000
2004	5,228,172	127,761,000
2005	5,246,096	127,773,000
2006	5,266,268	127,854,000
2007	5,288,720	128,001,000
2008	5,313,399	128,063,000
2009	5,338,871	128,047,000
2010	5,363,352	128,070,000
2011	5,388,272	127,833,000
2012	5,413,971	127,629,000
2013	5,438,972	127,445,000
2014	5,461,512	127,276,000
2015	5,479,531	127,141,000
2016	5,495,303	127,076,000
2017	5,508,214	126,972,000
2018	5,515,525	126,811,000
2019	5,521,606	126,633,000
2020	5,529,543	126,261,000
2021	5,541,017	125,681,593
2022	5,556,106	125,124,989
2023	5,583,911	124,516,650
2024	5,637,214	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Finland and Japan

Fertility rate

Finland

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	Japan
1960	2.72	2
1961	2.72	1.96
1962	2.68	1.98
1963	2.68	2
1964	2.59	2.05
1965	2.48	2.14
1966	2.41	1.58
1967	2.32	2.23
1968	2.14	2.13
1969	1.93	2.13
1970	1.83	2.13
1971	1.68	2.16
1972	1.58	2.14
1973	1.49	2.14
1974	1.61	2.05
1975	1.68	1.91
1976	1.7	1.85
1977	1.68	1.8
1978	1.64	1.79
1979	1.64	1.77
1980	1.63	1.75
1981	1.64	1.74
1982	1.71	1.77
1983	1.74	1.8
1984	1.69	1.81
1985	1.64	1.76
1986	1.6	1.72
1987	1.59	1.69
1988	1.69	1.66
1989	1.71	1.57
1990	1.78	1.54
1991	1.79	1.53
1992	1.85	1.5
1993	1.81	1.46
1994	1.85	1.5
1995	1.81	1.42
1996	1.78	1.43
1997	1.75	1.39
1998	1.7	1.38
1999	1.73	1.34
2000	1.73	1.36
2001	1.73	1.33
2002	1.72	1.32
2003	1.76	1.29
2004	1.8	1.29
2005	1.8	1.26
2006	1.84	1.32
2007	1.83	1.34
2008	1.85	1.37
2009	1.86	1.37
2010	1.87	1.39
2011	1.83	1.39
2012	1.8	1.41
2013	1.75	1.43
2014	1.71	1.42
2015	1.65	1.45
2016	1.57	1.44
2017	1.49	1.43
2018	1.41	1.42
2019	1.35	1.36
2020	1.37	1.33
2021	1.46	1.3
2022	1.32	1.26
2023	1.26	1.2

Finland and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Finland

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Finland	Japan
1960	28.4	25.8
1961	28.4	26.2
1962	28.5	26.5
1963	28.5	26.9
1964	28.6	27.2
1965	28.7	27.6
1966	28.8	28
1967	28.9	28.4
1968	29	28.6
1969	29.3	28.9
1970	29.6	29.2
1971	29.9	29.6
1972	30.1	29.9
1973	30.2	30.2
1974	30.4	30.4
1975	30.7	30.6
1976	31.2	30.9
1977	31.7	31.5
1978	32.1	32
1979	32.4	32.4
1980	32.8	32.8
1981	33.2	33.1
1982	33.5	33.7
1983	33.9	34.3
1984	34.3	34.9
1985	34.7	35.4
1986	35.1	35.9
1987	35.4	36.3
1988	35.8	36.8
1989	36.1	37.2
1990	36.4	37.7
1991	36.7	38.2
1992	37	38.7
1993	37.2	39.2
1994	37.5	39.6
1995	37.8	40
1996	38.1	40.3
1997	38.4	40.7
1998	38.7	41
1999	39	41.4
2000	39.4	41.8
2001	39.7	42.1
2002	40	42.5
2003	40.3	42.8
2004	40.6	43.2
2005	40.9	43.6
2006	41.2	43.9
2007	41.4	44.2
2008	41.6	44.6
2009	41.8	44.9
2010	41.9	45.2
2011	42.1	45.5
2012	42.2	45.8
2013	42.3	46.2
2014	42.4	46.6
2015	42.5	47
2016	42.6	47.3
2017	42.7	47.6
2018	42.8	48
2019	43	48.3
2020	43.2	48.7
2021	43.3	49.1
2022	43.5	49.5
2023	43.8	50
2024	44	50.4

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Finland and Japan.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size