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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	Norway	Finland	Norway
1960	4,429,634	3,581,239	-	-
1961	4,461,005	3,609,800	0.71%	0.8%
1962	4,491,443	3,638,918	0.68%	0.81%
1963	4,523,309	3,666,537	0.71%	0.76%
1964	4,548,543	3,694,339	0.56%	0.76%
1965	4,563,732	3,723,168	0.33%	0.78%
1966	4,580,869	3,753,012	0.38%	0.8%
1967	4,605,744	3,784,539	0.54%	0.84%
1968	4,626,469	3,816,486	0.45%	0.84%
1969	4,623,785	3,847,707	-0.06%	0.82%
1970	4,606,307	3,875,763	-0.38%	0.73%
1971	4,612,124	3,903,039	0.13%	0.7%
1972	4,639,657	3,933,004	0.6%	0.77%
1973	4,666,081	3,960,612	0.57%	0.7%
1974	4,690,574	3,985,258	0.52%	0.62%
1975	4,711,440	4,007,313	0.44%	0.55%
1976	4,725,664	4,026,152	0.3%	0.47%
1977	4,738,902	4,043,205	0.28%	0.42%
1978	4,752,528	4,058,671	0.29%	0.38%
1979	4,764,690	4,072,517	0.26%	0.34%
1980	4,779,535	4,085,620	0.31%	0.32%
1981	4,799,964	4,099,702	0.43%	0.34%
1982	4,826,933	4,114,787	0.56%	0.37%
1983	4,855,787	4,128,432	0.6%	0.33%
1984	4,881,803	4,140,099	0.54%	0.28%
1985	4,902,206	4,152,516	0.42%	0.3%
1986	4,918,154	4,167,354	0.33%	0.36%
1987	4,932,123	4,186,905	0.28%	0.47%
1988	4,946,481	4,209,488	0.29%	0.54%
1989	4,964,371	4,226,901	0.36%	0.41%
1990	4,986,431	4,241,473	0.44%	0.34%
1991	5,013,740	4,261,732	0.55%	0.48%
1992	5,041,992	4,286,401	0.56%	0.58%
1993	5,066,447	4,311,991	0.49%	0.6%
1994	5,088,333	4,336,613	0.43%	0.57%
1995	5,107,790	4,359,184	0.38%	0.52%
1996	5,124,573	4,381,336	0.33%	0.51%
1997	5,139,835	4,405,157	0.3%	0.54%
1998	5,153,498	4,431,464	0.27%	0.6%
1999	5,165,474	4,461,913	0.23%	0.69%
2000	5,176,209	4,490,967	0.21%	0.65%
2001	5,188,008	4,513,751	0.23%	0.51%
2002	5,200,598	4,538,159	0.24%	0.54%
2003	5,213,014	4,564,855	0.24%	0.59%
2004	5,228,172	4,591,910	0.29%	0.59%
2005	5,246,096	4,623,291	0.34%	0.68%
2006	5,266,268	4,660,677	0.38%	0.81%
2007	5,288,720	4,709,153	0.43%	1.04%
2008	5,313,399	4,768,212	0.47%	1.25%
2009	5,338,871	4,828,726	0.48%	1.27%
2010	5,363,352	4,889,252	0.46%	1.25%
2011	5,388,272	4,953,088	0.46%	1.31%
2012	5,413,971	5,018,573	0.48%	1.32%
2013	5,438,972	5,079,623	0.46%	1.22%
2014	5,461,512	5,137,232	0.41%	1.13%
2015	5,479,531	5,188,607	0.33%	1%
2016	5,495,303	5,234,519	0.29%	0.88%
2017	5,508,214	5,276,968	0.23%	0.81%
2018	5,515,525	5,311,916	0.13%	0.66%
2019	5,521,606	5,347,896	0.11%	0.68%
2020	5,529,543	5,379,475	0.14%	0.59%
2021	5,541,017	5,408,320	0.21%	0.54%
2022	5,556,106	5,457,127	0.27%	0.9%
2023	5,583,911	5,519,601	0.5%	1.14%
2024	5,619,911	5,572,279	0.64%	0.95%
2025	5,625,932	5,618,660	0.11%	0.83%
2026	5,624,333	5,648,550	-0.03%	0.53%
2027	5,618,598	5,669,092	-0.1%	0.36%
2028	5,611,400	5,688,782	-0.13%	0.35%
2029	5,603,365	5,707,214	-0.14%	0.32%
2030	5,594,631	5,724,593	-0.16%	0.3%
2031	5,585,302	5,741,147	-0.17%	0.29%
2032	5,575,456	5,756,671	-0.18%	0.27%
2033	5,565,204	5,771,055	-0.18%	0.25%
2034	5,554,448	5,784,415	-0.19%	0.23%
2035	5,543,219	5,796,858	-0.2%	0.22%
2036	5,531,603	5,808,729	-0.21%	0.2%
2037	5,519,668	5,820,002	-0.22%	0.19%
2038	5,507,536	5,830,612	-0.22%	0.18%
2039	5,495,296	5,840,501	-0.22%	0.17%
2040	5,483,053	5,849,280	-0.22%	0.15%
2041	5,470,834	5,857,353	-0.22%	0.14%
2042	5,458,532	5,864,774	-0.22%	0.13%
2043	5,446,086	5,870,964	-0.23%	0.11%
2044	5,433,513	5,876,299	-0.23%	0.09%
2045	5,420,858	5,881,399	-0.23%	0.09%
2046	5,408,069	5,885,779	-0.24%	0.07%
2047	5,395,098	5,889,164	-0.24%	0.06%
2048	5,381,776	5,892,138	-0.25%	0.05%
2049	5,368,125	5,894,308	-0.25%	0.04%
2050	5,354,121	5,895,200	-0.26%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while Norway gained 573,842 people (a 12.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while Norway's population increased by 414,255 (a 7.91% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. Norway was ranked 116th in 2006 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.36% to 5,895,200 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.