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	68,184,457	0.27%	0.5%
2023	5,583,911	68,372,286	0.5%	0.28%
2024	5,619,911	68,551,653	0.64%	0.26%
2025	5,625,932	68,657,003	0.11%	0.15%
2026	5,624,333	68,755,474	-0.03%	0.14%
2027	5,618,598	68,850,103	-0.1%	0.14%
2028	5,611,400	68,943,198	-0.13%	0.14%
2029	5,603,365	69,035,594	-0.14%	0.13%
2030	5,594,631	69,127,642	-0.16%	0.13%
2031	5,585,302	69,217,432	-0.17%	0.13%
2032	5,575,456	69,307,184	-0.18%	0.13%
2033	5,565,204	69,397,148	-0.18%	0.13%
2034	5,554,448	69,488,653	-0.19%	0.13%
2035	5,543,219	69,581,145	-0.2%	0.13%
2036	5,531,603	69,671,156	-0.21%	0.13%
2037	5,519,668	69,759,529	-0.22%	0.13%
2038	5,507,536	69,842,775	-0.22%	0.12%
2039	5,495,296	69,916,407	-0.22%	0.11%
2040	5,483,053	69,983,876	-0.22%	0.1%
2041	5,470,834	70,049,466	-0.22%	0.09%
2042	5,458,532	70,112,592	-0.22%	0.09%
2043	5,446,086	70,166,082	-0.23%	0.08%
2044	5,433,513	70,208,621	-0.23%	0.06%
2045	5,420,858	70,243,515	-0.23%	0.05%
2046	5,408,069	70,267,943	-0.24%	0.03%
2047	5,395,098	70,282,782	-0.24%	0.02%
2048	5,381,776	70,289,191	-0.25%	0.009%
2049	5,368,125	70,285,150	-0.25%	-0.006%
2050	5,354,121	70,273,103	-0.26%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Finland's population will shrink by 4.8% to 5,354,121 people with a rank change from 120th to 127th. The population of France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.