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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	Germany	Finland	Germany
1960	4,429,634	72,814,900	-	-
1961	4,461,005	73,377,632	0.71%	0.77%
1962	4,491,443	74,025,784	0.68%	0.88%
1963	4,523,309	74,714,353	0.71%	0.93%
1964	4,548,543	75,318,337	0.56%	0.81%
1965	4,563,732	75,963,695	0.33%	0.86%
1966	4,580,869	76,600,311	0.38%	0.84%
1967	4,605,744	76,951,336	0.54%	0.46%
1968	4,626,469	77,294,314	0.45%	0.45%
1969	4,623,785	77,909,682	-0.06%	0.8%
1970	4,606,307	78,169,289	-0.38%	0.33%
1971	4,612,124	78,312,842	0.13%	0.18%
1972	4,639,657	78,688,452	0.6%	0.48%
1973	4,666,081	78,936,666	0.57%	0.32%
1974	4,690,574	78,967,433	0.52%	0.04%
1975	4,711,440	78,673,554	0.44%	-0.37%
1976	4,725,664	78,336,950	0.3%	-0.43%
1977	4,738,902	78,159,814	0.28%	-0.23%
1978	4,752,528	78,091,820	0.29%	-0.09%
1979	4,764,690	78,126,350	0.26%	0.04%
1980	4,779,535	78,288,576	0.31%	0.21%
1981	4,799,964	78,407,907	0.43%	0.15%
1982	4,826,933	78,333,366	0.56%	-0.1%
1983	4,855,787	78,128,282	0.6%	-0.26%
1984	4,881,803	77,858,685	0.54%	-0.35%
1985	4,902,206	77,684,873	0.42%	-0.22%
1986	4,918,154	77,720,436	0.33%	0.05%
1987	4,932,123	77,839,920	0.28%	0.15%
1988	4,946,481	78,144,619	0.29%	0.39%
1989	4,964,371	78,751,283	0.36%	0.78%
1990	4,986,431	79,433,029	0.44%	0.87%
1991	5,013,740	80,013,896	0.55%	0.73%
1992	5,041,992	80,624,598	0.56%	0.76%
1993	5,066,447	81,156,363	0.49%	0.66%
1994	5,088,333	81,438,348	0.43%	0.35%
1995	5,107,790	81,678,051	0.38%	0.29%
1996	5,124,573	81,914,831	0.33%	0.29%
1997	5,139,835	82,034,771	0.3%	0.15%
1998	5,153,498	82,047,195	0.27%	0.02%
1999	5,165,474	82,100,243	0.23%	0.06%
2000	5,176,209	82,211,508	0.21%	0.14%
2001	5,188,008	82,349,925	0.23%	0.17%
2002	5,200,598	82,488,495	0.24%	0.17%
2003	5,213,014	82,534,176	0.24%	0.06%
2004	5,228,172	82,516,260	0.29%	-0.02%
2005	5,246,096	82,469,422	0.34%	-0.06%
2006	5,266,268	82,376,451	0.38%	-0.11%
2007	5,288,720	82,266,372	0.43%	-0.13%
2008	5,313,399	82,110,097	0.47%	-0.19%
2009	5,338,871	81,902,307	0.48%	-0.25%
2010	5,363,352	81,776,930	0.46%	-0.15%
2011	5,388,272	80,274,983	0.46%	-1.84%
2012	5,413,971	80,425,823	0.48%	0.19%
2013	5,438,972	80,645,605	0.46%	0.27%
2014	5,461,512	80,982,500	0.41%	0.42%
2015	5,479,531	81,686,611	0.33%	0.87%
2016	5,495,303	82,348,669	0.29%	0.81%
2017	5,508,214	82,657,002	0.23%	0.37%
2018	5,515,525	82,905,782	0.13%	0.3%
2019	5,521,606	83,092,962	0.11%	0.23%
2020	5,529,543	83,160,871	0.14%	0.08%
2021	5,541,017	83,196,078	0.21%	0.04%
2022	5,556,106	83,797,985	0.27%	0.72%
2023	5,583,911	83,901,923	0.5%	0.12%
2024	5,637,214	83,510,950	0.95%	-0.47%
2025	5,643,254	83,039,665	0.11%	-0.56%
2026	5,641,649	82,614,154	-0.03%	-0.51%
2027	5,635,897	82,415,087	-0.1%	-0.24%
2028	5,628,676	82,204,095	-0.13%	-0.26%
2029	5,620,617	81,983,207	-0.14%	-0.27%
2030	5,611,856	81,761,486	-0.16%	-0.27%
2031	5,602,498	81,535,782	-0.17%	-0.28%
2032	5,592,622	81,309,833	-0.18%	-0.28%
2033	5,582,339	81,088,671	-0.18%	-0.27%
2034	5,571,550	80,874,239	-0.19%	-0.26%
2035	5,560,286	80,664,119	-0.2%	-0.26%
2036	5,548,634	80,440,400	-0.21%	-0.28%
2037	5,536,663	80,216,687	-0.22%	-0.28%
2038	5,524,493	79,996,530	-0.22%	-0.27%
2039	5,512,215	79,775,309	-0.22%	-0.28%
2040	5,499,935	79,559,716	-0.22%	-0.27%
2041	5,487,678	79,356,179	-0.22%	-0.26%
2042	5,475,338	79,162,051	-0.22%	-0.24%
2043	5,462,854	78,957,628	-0.23%	-0.26%
2044	5,450,242	78,737,840	-0.23%	-0.28%
2045	5,437,548	78,512,825	-0.23%	-0.29%
2046	5,424,719	78,288,289	-0.24%	-0.29%
2047	5,411,708	78,060,952	-0.24%	-0.29%
2048	5,398,346	77,820,753	-0.25%	-0.31%
2049	5,384,653	77,573,634	-0.25%	-0.32%
2050	5,370,605	77,330,385	-0.26%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Finland increased by 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Finland gained 163,723 (a 2.99% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2005 and is 118th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.