Population in Finland compared to France: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Finland and France: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	France	Finland	France
1960	4,429,634	47,412,964	-	-
1961	4,461,005	47,905,982	0.71%	1.04%
1962	4,491,443	48,389,516	0.68%	1.01%
1963	4,523,309	48,877,567	0.71%	1.01%
1964	4,548,543	49,401,492	0.56%	1.07%
1965	4,563,732	49,877,725	0.33%	0.96%
1966	4,580,869	50,311,637	0.38%	0.87%
1967	4,605,744	50,722,791	0.54%	0.82%
1968	4,626,469	51,112,980	0.45%	0.77%
1969	4,623,785	51,536,014	-0.06%	0.83%
1970	4,606,307	52,007,169	-0.38%	0.91%
1971	4,612,124	52,499,553	0.13%	0.95%
1972	4,639,657	52,962,356	0.6%	0.88%
1973	4,666,081	53,392,161	0.57%	0.81%
1974	4,690,574	53,746,571	0.52%	0.66%
1975	4,711,440	54,002,853	0.44%	0.48%
1976	4,725,664	54,232,383	0.3%	0.43%
1977	4,738,902	54,486,467	0.28%	0.47%
1978	4,752,528	54,734,030	0.29%	0.45%
1979	4,764,690	54,979,851	0.26%	0.45%
1980	4,779,535	55,274,184	0.31%	0.54%
1981	4,799,964	55,603,353	0.43%	0.6%
1982	4,826,933	55,806,789	0.56%	0.37%
1983	4,855,787	56,108,330	0.6%	0.54%
1984	4,881,803	56,383,085	0.54%	0.49%
1985	4,902,206	56,665,619	0.42%	0.5%
1986	4,918,154	56,956,002	0.33%	0.51%
1987	4,932,123	57,266,167	0.28%	0.54%
1988	4,946,481	57,598,186	0.29%	0.58%
1989	4,964,371	57,943,062	0.36%	0.6%
1990	4,986,431	58,261,012	0.44%	0.55%
1991	5,013,740	58,554,242	0.55%	0.5%
1992	5,041,992	58,846,584	0.56%	0.5%
1993	5,066,447	59,103,094	0.49%	0.44%
1994	5,088,333	59,324,863	0.43%	0.38%
1995	5,107,790	59,541,294	0.38%	0.36%
1996	5,124,573	59,754,504	0.33%	0.36%
1997	5,139,835	59,968,066	0.3%	0.36%
1998	5,153,498	60,190,684	0.27%	0.37%
1999	5,165,474	60,501,986	0.23%	0.52%
2000	5,176,209	60,918,661	0.21%	0.69%
2001	5,188,008	61,364,377	0.23%	0.73%
2002	5,200,598	61,812,142	0.24%	0.73%
2003	5,213,014	62,249,855	0.24%	0.71%
2004	5,228,172	62,707,588	0.29%	0.74%
2005	5,246,096	63,180,854	0.34%	0.75%
2006	5,266,268	63,622,342	0.38%	0.7%
2007	5,288,720	64,016,890	0.43%	0.62%
2008	5,313,399	64,375,116	0.47%	0.56%
2009	5,338,871	64,706,436	0.48%	0.51%
2010	5,363,352	65,026,211	0.46%	0.49%
2011	5,388,272	65,340,830	0.46%	0.48%
2012	5,413,971	65,657,659	0.48%	0.48%
2013	5,438,972	65,997,932	0.46%	0.52%
2014	5,461,512	66,312,067	0.41%	0.48%
2015	5,479,531	66,548,272	0.33%	0.36%
2016	5,495,303	66,724,104	0.29%	0.26%
2017	5,508,214	66,918,020	0.23%	0.29%
2018	5,515,525	67,158,348	0.13%	0.36%
2019	5,521,606	67,382,061	0.11%	0.33%
2020	5,529,543	67,601,110	0.14%	0.33%
2021	5,541,017	67,842,811	0.21%	0.36%
2022	5,556,106	68,065,015	0.27%	0.33%
2023	5,583,911	68,287,487	0.5%	0.33%
2024	5,637,214	68,516,699	0.95%	0.34%
2025	5,643,254	68,621,995	0.11%	0.15%
2026	5,641,649	68,720,416	-0.03%	0.14%
2027	5,635,897	68,814,997	-0.1%	0.14%
2028	5,628,676	68,908,044	-0.13%	0.14%
2029	5,620,617	69,000,393	-0.14%	0.13%
2030	5,611,856	69,092,395	-0.16%	0.13%
2031	5,602,498	69,182,139	-0.17%	0.13%
2032	5,592,622	69,271,844	-0.18%	0.13%
2033	5,582,339	69,361,763	-0.18%	0.13%
2034	5,571,550	69,453,221	-0.19%	0.13%
2035	5,560,286	69,545,666	-0.2%	0.13%
2036	5,548,634	69,635,631	-0.21%	0.13%
2037	5,536,663	69,723,960	-0.22%	0.13%
2038	5,524,493	69,807,163	-0.22%	0.12%
2039	5,512,215	69,880,758	-0.22%	0.11%
2040	5,499,935	69,948,192	-0.22%	0.1%
2041	5,487,678	70,013,748	-0.22%	0.09%
2042	5,475,338	70,076,842	-0.22%	0.09%
2043	5,462,854	70,130,305	-0.23%	0.08%
2044	5,450,242	70,172,822	-0.23%	0.06%
2045	5,437,548	70,207,698	-0.23%	0.05%
2046	5,424,719	70,232,113	-0.24%	0.03%
2047	5,411,708	70,246,945	-0.24%	0.02%
2048	5,398,346	70,253,351	-0.25%	0.009%
2049	5,384,653	70,249,312	-0.25%	-0.006%
2050	5,370,605	70,237,272	-0.26%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Finland increased by 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Finland gained 163,723 (a 2.99% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2005 and is 118th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Finland's population will shrink by 4.83% to 5,370,605 people with a rank change from 118th to 126th. The population of France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.