Population in Finland compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Finland and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	North Korea	Finland	North Korea
1960	4,429,634	11,722,953	-	-
1961	4,461,005	11,990,713	0.71%	2.28%
1962	4,491,443	12,262,882	0.68%	2.27%
1963	4,523,309	12,567,057	0.71%	2.48%
1964	4,548,543	12,889,770	0.56%	2.57%
1965	4,563,732	13,219,369	0.33%	2.56%
1966	4,580,869	13,569,094	0.38%	2.65%
1967	4,605,744	13,958,350	0.54%	2.87%
1968	4,626,469	14,365,596	0.45%	2.92%
1969	4,623,785	14,767,615	-0.06%	2.8%
1970	4,606,307	15,172,775	-0.38%	2.74%
1971	4,612,124	15,572,457	0.13%	2.63%
1972	4,639,657	15,975,069	0.6%	2.59%
1973	4,666,081	16,350,367	0.57%	2.35%
1974	4,690,574	16,673,121	0.52%	1.97%
1975	4,711,440	16,971,055	0.44%	1.79%
1976	4,725,664	17,243,450	0.3%	1.61%
1977	4,738,902	17,492,798	0.28%	1.45%
1978	4,752,528	17,735,995	0.29%	1.39%
1979	4,764,690	17,983,470	0.26%	1.4%
1980	4,779,535	18,236,786	0.31%	1.41%
1981	4,799,964	18,501,295	0.43%	1.45%
1982	4,826,933	18,776,357	0.56%	1.49%
1983	4,855,787	19,054,034	0.6%	1.48%
1984	4,881,803	19,335,043	0.54%	1.47%
1985	4,902,206	19,620,388	0.42%	1.48%
1986	4,918,154	19,910,855	0.33%	1.48%
1987	4,932,123	20,205,483	0.28%	1.48%
1988	4,946,481	20,503,161	0.29%	1.47%
1989	4,964,371	20,804,367	0.36%	1.47%
1990	4,986,431	21,112,137	0.44%	1.48%
1991	5,013,740	21,428,638	0.55%	1.5%
1992	5,041,992	21,750,911	0.56%	1.5%
1993	5,066,447	22,073,352	0.49%	1.48%
1994	5,088,333	22,393,975	0.43%	1.45%
1995	5,107,790	22,669,304	0.38%	1.23%
1996	5,124,573	22,895,746	0.33%	1%
1997	5,139,835	23,110,830	0.3%	0.94%
1998	5,153,498	23,311,564	0.27%	0.87%
1999	5,165,474	23,497,599	0.23%	0.8%
2000	5,176,209	23,665,910	0.21%	0.72%
2001	5,188,008	23,815,358	0.23%	0.63%
2002	5,200,598	23,943,973	0.24%	0.54%
2003	5,213,014	24,090,380	0.24%	0.61%
2004	5,228,172	24,254,943	0.29%	0.68%
2005	5,246,096	24,396,433	0.34%	0.58%
2006	5,266,268	24,524,507	0.38%	0.52%
2007	5,288,720	24,646,383	0.43%	0.5%
2008	5,313,399	24,764,618	0.47%	0.48%
2009	5,338,871	24,878,332	0.48%	0.46%
2010	5,363,352	24,987,258	0.46%	0.44%
2011	5,388,272	25,097,874	0.46%	0.44%
2012	5,413,971	25,211,728	0.48%	0.45%
2013	5,438,972	25,329,451	0.46%	0.47%
2014	5,461,512	25,451,262	0.41%	0.48%
2015	5,479,531	25,575,350	0.33%	0.49%
2016	5,495,303	25,698,326	0.29%	0.48%
2017	5,508,214	25,817,709	0.23%	0.46%
2018	5,515,525	25,931,147	0.13%	0.44%
2019	5,521,606	26,037,632	0.11%	0.41%
2020	5,529,543	26,136,312	0.14%	0.38%
2021	5,541,017	26,232,534	0.21%	0.37%
2022	5,556,106	26,328,845	0.27%	0.37%
2023	5,583,911	26,418,204	0.5%	0.34%
2024	5,619,911	26,498,823	0.64%	0.31%
2025	5,625,932	26,571,033	0.11%	0.27%
2026	5,624,333	26,633,682	-0.03%	0.24%
2027	5,618,598	26,686,492	-0.1%	0.2%
2028	5,611,400	26,729,261	-0.13%	0.16%
2029	5,603,365	26,762,008	-0.14%	0.12%
2030	5,594,631	26,784,894	-0.16%	0.09%
2031	5,585,302	26,797,946	-0.17%	0.05%
2032	5,575,456	26,801,071	-0.18%	0.01%
2033	5,565,204	26,795,061	-0.18%	-0.02%
2034	5,554,448	26,780,481	-0.19%	-0.05%
2035	5,543,219	26,757,705	-0.2%	-0.09%
2036	5,531,603	26,727,309	-0.21%	-0.11%
2037	5,519,668	26,689,907	-0.22%	-0.14%
2038	5,507,536	26,646,323	-0.22%	-0.16%
2039	5,495,296	26,596,967	-0.22%	-0.19%
2040	5,483,053	26,542,417	-0.22%	-0.21%
2041	5,470,834	26,483,475	-0.22%	-0.22%
2042	5,458,532	26,420,812	-0.22%	-0.24%
2043	5,446,086	26,354,324	-0.23%	-0.25%
2044	5,433,513	26,284,000	-0.23%	-0.27%
2045	5,420,858	26,210,196	-0.23%	-0.28%
2046	5,408,069	26,132,922	-0.24%	-0.29%
2047	5,395,098	26,052,086	-0.24%	-0.31%
2048	5,381,776	25,967,581	-0.25%	-0.32%
2049	5,368,125	25,879,244	-0.25%	-0.34%
2050	5,354,121	25,787,120	-0.26%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.