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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Finland was 5,637,214 in 2024 vs 56,432,944 people in Kenya in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Finland's population is 5,643,254 people compared to 58,419,239 in Kenya.

Population statistics:

  • Kenya's population is 10.4 times bigger than Finland's.
  • Finland is ranked the 118th most populous country in the world, while Kenya is the 26th.
  • The countries together account for 0.77% of the world: 0.07% for Finland vs 0.71% for Kenya.
  • For the last 10 years, Finland has had an average growth rate of +0.33% per year vs +2.08% in Kenya.
  • Since 2005, the population of Finland has increased from 5.25M people to 5.64M (7.57% growth), while Kenya has grown from 35.8M to 58.4M (63.2% growth).
  • Finland is projected to reach its peak in 2025 at 5.64M people compared to the peak of 104M people in 2098 for Kenya.

Finland vs Kenya: live population counter

Finland Kenya
Current population
5643254
58419239
Population rank 118/197 26/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.71%
One net population change
9.86 minutes
28.8 seconds
One birth every
12.1 minutes
21 seconds
One death every
8.56 minutes
1.32 minutes
One migration net change every
19.5 minutes
26.6 minutes
Annual migration change +26,894 -19,781
Daily growth/decline +146 +2,997
Annual growth/decline +53,303 +1,093,941
Annual growth/decline rate +0.95% +1.98%
Population growth rate rank 106/197 55/197

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

Finland
Population

Growth rate
Kenya
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Finland Kenya Finland Kenya
1960 4,429,634 7,695,307 - -
1961 4,461,005 7,987,770 0.71% 3.8%
1962 4,491,443 8,299,308 0.68% 3.9%
1963 4,523,309 8,627,971 0.71% 3.96%
1964 4,548,543 8,973,535 0.56% 4.01%
1965 4,563,732 9,338,078 0.33% 4.06%
1966 4,580,869 9,717,816 0.38% 4.07%
1967 4,605,744 10,111,057 0.54% 4.05%
1968 4,626,469 10,518,823 0.45% 4.03%
1969 4,623,785 10,939,695 -0.06% 4%
1970 4,606,307 11,368,791 -0.38% 3.92%
1971 4,612,124 11,788,904 0.13% 3.7%
1972 4,639,657 12,206,060 0.6% 3.54%
1973 4,666,081 12,634,835 0.57% 3.51%
1974 4,690,574 13,070,078 0.52% 3.44%
1975 4,711,440 13,511,671 0.44% 3.38%
1976 4,725,664 13,957,623 0.3% 3.3%
1977 4,738,902 14,428,819 0.28% 3.38%
1978 4,752,528 14,934,126 0.29% 3.5%
1979 4,764,690 15,460,666 0.26% 3.53%
1980 4,779,535 16,018,459 0.31% 3.61%
1981 4,799,964 16,601,507 0.43% 3.64%
1982 4,826,933 17,206,175 0.56% 3.64%
1983 4,855,787 17,846,374 0.6% 3.72%
1984 4,881,803 18,514,906 0.54% 3.75%
1985 4,902,206 19,201,768 0.42% 3.71%
1986 4,918,154 19,901,646 0.33% 3.64%
1987 4,932,123 20,616,096 0.28% 3.59%
1988 4,946,481 21,356,219 0.29% 3.59%
1989 4,964,371 22,118,434 0.36% 3.57%
1990 4,986,431 22,892,651 0.44% 3.5%
1991 5,013,740 23,646,514 0.55% 3.29%
1992 5,041,992 24,382,460 0.56% 3.11%
1993 5,066,447 25,117,188 0.49% 3.01%
1994 5,088,333 25,857,130 0.43% 2.95%
1995 5,107,790 26,601,751 0.38% 2.88%
1996 5,124,573 27,344,211 0.33% 2.79%
1997 5,139,835 28,101,768 0.3% 2.77%
1998 5,153,498 28,888,057 0.27% 2.8%
1999 5,165,474 29,733,408 0.23% 2.93%
2000 5,176,209 30,642,890 0.21% 3.06%
2001 5,188,008 31,619,170 0.23% 3.19%
2002 5,200,598 32,629,808 0.24% 3.2%
2003 5,213,014 33,652,223 0.24% 3.13%
2004 5,228,172 34,713,455 0.29% 3.15%
2005 5,246,096 35,796,484 0.34% 3.12%
2006 5,266,268 36,904,008 0.38% 3.09%
2007 5,288,720 38,036,349 0.43% 3.07%
2008 5,313,399 39,206,351 0.47% 3.08%
2009 5,338,871 40,408,891 0.48% 3.07%
2010 5,363,352 41,598,567 0.46% 2.94%
2011 5,388,272 42,758,461 0.46% 2.79%
2012 5,413,971 43,888,303 0.48% 2.64%
2013 5,438,972 44,986,791 0.46% 2.5%
2014 5,461,512 46,051,440 0.41% 2.37%
2015 5,479,531 47,088,526 0.33% 2.25%
2016 5,495,303 48,139,687 0.29% 2.23%
2017 5,508,214 49,197,766 0.23% 2.2%
2018 5,515,525 50,207,107 0.13% 2.05%
2019 5,521,606 51,202,827 0.11% 1.98%
2020 5,529,543 52,217,334 0.14% 1.98%
2021 5,541,017 53,219,166 0.21% 1.92%
2022 5,556,106 54,252,461 0.27% 1.94%
2023 5,583,911 55,339,003 0.5% 2%
2024 5,637,214 56,432,944 0.95% 1.98%
2025 5,643,254 57,532,489 0.11% 1.95%
2026 5,641,649 58,636,403 -0.03% 1.92%
2027 5,635,897 59,745,751 -0.1% 1.89%
2028 5,628,676 60,860,444 -0.13% 1.87%
2029 5,620,617 61,979,186 -0.14% 1.84%
2030 5,611,856 63,102,241 -0.16% 1.81%
2031 5,602,498 64,230,108 -0.17% 1.79%
2032 5,592,622 65,359,031 -0.18% 1.76%
2033 5,582,339 66,484,805 -0.18% 1.72%
2034 5,571,550 67,604,628 -0.19% 1.68%
2035 5,560,286 68,715,909 -0.2% 1.64%
2036 5,548,634 69,818,887 -0.21% 1.61%
2037 5,536,663 70,910,404 -0.22% 1.56%
2038 5,524,493 71,990,929 -0.22% 1.52%
2039 5,512,215 73,057,760 -0.22% 1.48%
2040 5,499,935 74,108,858 -0.22% 1.44%
2041 5,487,678 75,144,357 -0.22% 1.4%
2042 5,475,338 76,161,719 -0.22% 1.35%
2043 5,462,854 77,159,121 -0.23% 1.31%
2044 5,450,242 78,134,979 -0.23% 1.26%
2045 5,437,548 79,088,832 -0.23% 1.22%
2046 5,424,719 80,022,371 -0.24% 1.18%
2047 5,411,708 80,938,635 -0.24% 1.15%
2048 5,398,346 81,837,657 -0.25% 1.11%
2049 5,384,653 82,721,766 -0.25% 1.08%
2050 5,370,605 83,593,232 -0.26% 1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Finland increased by 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Finland gained 163,723 (a 2.99% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2005 and is 118th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.

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