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Finland vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Finland has a population of 5.64M (ranked 116/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Finland's land area is 117,360 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 70th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Finland ranks 48/197 ($300B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Finland ranks 22/197 ($53,189), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Finland Vatican
Population
5643254
949
Population rank 118/197 197/197
GDP
$300B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 48/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$53,189
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 22/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$64,091
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$247B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
86.4%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$43,897
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 12/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$37,252
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
117,360 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
48 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.26
2023
n/a
Median age
44 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
82.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Finland and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Finland vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Finland

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Finland Vatican
1950 64.2 65.9
1951 65.6 65.3
1952 66.5 65.7
1953 66.6 66.3
1954 67.5 67.5
1955 67.3 67.8
1956 68 67.3
1957 67.5 67.5
1958 68.6 68.7
1959 68.8 69.2
1960 69 69.2
1961 69 69.8
1962 68.7 69.2
1963 69.2 69.3
1964 69.4 70.3
1965 69.1 70.1
1966 69.6 70.9
1967 69.8 70.9
1968 69.8 70.7
1969 69.6 70.7
1970 70.3 71.5
1971 70.1 71.7
1972 70.9 72
1973 71.4 71.9
1974 71.3 72.7
1975 71.8 72.6
1976 72 72.9
1977 72.5 73.3
1978 73.1 73.7
1979 73.4 74
1980 73.6 74.1
1981 74 74.3
1982 74.5 74.8
1983 74.4 74.7
1984 74.7 75.1
1985 74.4 75.5
1986 74.8 75.7
1987 74.8 76.2
1988 74.8 76.4
1989 75 76.8
1990 75 76.9
1991 75.4 76.9
1992 75.6 77.3
1993 75.9 77
1994 76.6 77.7
1995 76.6 77.8
1996 76.9 78.5
1997 77.1 78.2
1998 77.3 78.3
1999 77.5 78.7
2000 77.7 79.3
2001 78.1 79.9
2002 78.3 80
2003 78.5 79.8
2004 78.8 80.2
2005 79 80.6
2006 79.4 81.2
2007 79.4 81.3
2008 79.7 81.4
2009 79.8 81.3
2010 80 81.5
2011 80.4 81.7
2012 80.5 82
2013 80.9 82.5
2014 81.1 82.6
2015 81.4 82.5
2016 81.3 82.9
2017 81.5 82.7
2018 81.6 83.3
2019 81.9 83.6
2020 81.8 83
2021 81.8 82.9
2022 81.2 83.3
2023 81.9 83
2024 82.1 83.1
2025 82.2 83.3

Finland and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Finland

Vatican
Year Population
Finland Vatican
1960 4,429,634 -
1961 4,461,005 -
1962 4,491,443 -
1963 4,523,309 -
1964 4,548,543 -
1965 4,563,732 -
1966 4,580,869 -
1967 4,605,744 -
1968 4,626,469 -
1969 4,623,785 -
1970 4,606,307 -
1971 4,612,124 -
1972 4,639,657 -
1973 4,666,081 -
1974 4,690,574 -
1975 4,711,440 -
1976 4,725,664 -
1977 4,738,902 -
1978 4,752,528 -
1979 4,764,690 -
1980 4,779,535 -
1981 4,799,964 -
1982 4,826,933 -
1983 4,855,787 -
1984 4,881,803 -
1985 4,902,206 -
1986 4,918,154 -
1987 4,932,123 -
1988 4,946,481 -
1989 4,964,371 -
1990 4,986,431 -
1991 5,013,740 -
1992 5,041,992 -
1993 5,066,447 -
1994 5,088,333 -
1995 5,107,790 -
1996 5,124,573 -
1997 5,139,835 -
1998 5,153,498 -
1999 5,165,474 -
2000 5,176,209 880
2001 5,188,008 890
2002 5,200,598 900
2003 5,213,014 911
2004 5,228,172 921
2005 5,246,096 921
2006 5,266,268 932
2007 5,288,720 821
2008 5,313,399 824
2009 5,338,871 826
2010 5,363,352 829
2011 5,388,272 832
2012 5,413,971 836
2013 5,438,972 839
2014 5,461,512 842
2015 5,479,531 1,000
2016 5,495,303 -
2017 5,508,214 1,000
2018 5,515,525 -
2019 5,521,606 1,000
2020 5,529,543 -
2021 5,541,017 -
2022 5,556,106 -
2023 5,583,911 -
2024 5,637,214 -

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GDP

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Fertility rate

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Finland Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$292B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.5%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.38%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.42%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.51%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
8.34%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
62.9%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
22.1%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
77
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.5%
2023
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2023
n/a
Number of billionaires
7
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
134
2004
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$20.3B
2004
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$18B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$749M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
896,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
1.79%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
99.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Finland Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,867 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.5
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
32.3 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
5.78 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
32.7%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
50.2%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
35.4%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
30.3%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
14,391 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
52.9%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
18.6%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
42.1%
2023
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Finland Vatican
% of world population
0.07%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+26,894
2024
n/a
Urban population
85.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.46 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
90.9
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
88
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
96
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.98
2023
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.9
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
175
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
100%
2000
100%
2013
English speaking
70.2%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
93.5%
2023
n/a

Health

Finland Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,902
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$789
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
82.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.38
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
30 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.3
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
22%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
92
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.08 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Finland Vatican
% of world land
0.2%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
20,819 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
8,734 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
86,522 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
282,103 mi
2019
5.59 mi
2003

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