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Population in Finland compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Finland was 5,619,911 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Finland's population is 5,624,333 people compared to 125,600 in the Seychelles.

Population statistics:

  • Finland's population is 44.8 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • Finland is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Finland vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
  • For the last 10 years, Finland has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
  • Since 2006, the population of Finland has increased from 5.27M people to 5.62M (6.8% growth), while the Seychelles has grown from 84.6K to 126K (48.5% growth).
  • The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K people, while Finland's population already peaked in 2025 at 5.63M people and is projected to decrease to 4.6M people by 2100.

Finland vs Seychelles: live population counter

Finland Seychelles
Current population
5624333
125600
Population rank 120/197 181/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.002%
One net population change
14.6 minutes
5.54 hours
One birth every
12.1 minutes
5.63 hours
One death every
8.56 minutes
10 hours
One migration net change every
19.5 minutes
5.01 hours
Annual migration change +26,894 +1,747
Daily growth/decline +99 +4
Annual growth/decline +36,000 +1,581
Annual growth/decline rate +0.64% +1.32%
Population growth rate rank 123/197 81/197

Finland and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Finland
Population

Growth rate
Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Finland Seychelles Finland Seychelles
1960 4,429,634 41,700 - -
1961 4,461,005 42,889 0.71% 2.85%
1962 4,491,443 44,042 0.68% 2.69%
1963 4,523,309 45,176 0.71% 2.57%
1964 4,548,543 46,322 0.56% 2.54%
1965 4,563,732 47,500 0.33% 2.54%
1966 4,580,869 48,699 0.38% 2.52%
1967 4,605,744 49,911 0.54% 2.49%
1968 4,626,469 51,134 0.45% 2.45%
1969 4,623,785 52,365 -0.06% 2.41%
1970 4,606,307 53,600 -0.38% 2.36%
1971 4,612,124 54,695 0.13% 2.04%
1972 4,639,657 56,029 0.6% 2.44%
1973 4,666,081 56,892 0.57% 1.54%
1974 4,690,574 57,937 0.52% 1.84%
1975 4,711,440 59,292 0.44% 2.34%
1976 4,725,664 60,504 0.3% 2.04%
1977 4,738,902 61,786 0.28% 2.12%
1978 4,752,528 62,150 0.29% 0.59%
1979 4,764,690 62,686 0.26% 0.86%
1980 4,779,535 63,261 0.31% 0.92%
1981 4,799,964 64,035 0.43% 1.22%
1982 4,826,933 64,413 0.56% 0.59%
1983 4,855,787 64,335 0.6% -0.12%
1984 4,881,803 64,717 0.54% 0.59%
1985 4,902,206 65,244 0.42% 0.81%
1986 4,918,154 65,652 0.33% 0.63%
1987 4,932,123 68,499 0.28% 4.34%
1988 4,946,481 68,755 0.29% 0.37%
1989 4,964,371 69,167 0.36% 0.6%
1990 4,986,431 69,507 0.44% 0.49%
1991 5,013,740 70,439 0.55% 1.34%
1992 5,041,992 70,763 0.56% 0.46%
1993 5,066,447 72,253 0.49% 2.11%
1994 5,088,333 74,205 0.43% 2.7%
1995 5,107,790 75,304 0.38% 1.48%
1996 5,124,573 76,417 0.33% 1.48%
1997 5,139,835 77,319 0.3% 1.18%
1998 5,153,498 78,846 0.27% 1.97%
1999 5,165,474 80,410 0.23% 1.98%
2000 5,176,209 81,131 0.21% 0.9%
2001 5,188,008 81,202 0.23% 0.09%
2002 5,200,598 83,723 0.24% 3.1%
2003 5,213,014 82,781 0.24% -1.13%
2004 5,228,172 82,475 0.29% -0.37%
2005 5,246,096 82,858 0.34% 0.46%
2006 5,266,268 84,600 0.38% 2.1%
2007 5,288,720 85,033 0.43% 0.51%
2008 5,313,399 86,956 0.47% 2.26%
2009 5,338,871 87,298 0.48% 0.39%
2010 5,363,352 89,770 0.46% 2.83%
2011 5,388,272 87,441 0.46% -2.59%
2012 5,413,971 88,303 0.48% 0.99%
2013 5,438,972 89,949 0.46% 1.86%
2014 5,461,512 91,359 0.41% 1.57%
2015 5,479,531 93,419 0.33% 2.25%
2016 5,495,303 94,677 0.29% 1.35%
2017 5,508,214 95,843 0.23% 1.23%
2018 5,515,525 96,762 0.13% 0.96%
2019 5,521,606 97,625 0.11% 0.89%
2020 5,529,543 98,462 0.14% 0.86%
2021 5,541,017 99,258 0.21% 0.81%
2022 5,556,106 119,878 0.27% 20.8%
2023 5,583,911 119,773 0.5% -0.09%
2024 5,619,911 121,354 0.64% 1.32%
2025 5,625,932 123,549 0.11% 1.81%
2026 5,624,333 125,581 -0.03% 1.64%
2027 5,618,598 127,380 -0.1% 1.43%
2028 5,611,400 128,883 -0.13% 1.18%
2029 5,603,365 130,011 -0.14% 0.87%
2030 5,594,631 130,635 -0.16% 0.48%
2031 5,585,302 130,989 -0.17% 0.27%
2032 5,575,456 131,305 -0.18% 0.24%
2033 5,565,204 131,578 -0.18% 0.21%
2034 5,554,448 131,816 -0.19% 0.18%
2035 5,543,219 132,027 -0.2% 0.16%
2036 5,531,603 132,202 -0.21% 0.13%
2037 5,519,668 132,348 -0.22% 0.11%
2038 5,507,536 132,467 -0.22% 0.09%
2039 5,495,296 132,552 -0.22% 0.06%
2040 5,483,053 132,631 -0.22% 0.06%
2041 5,470,834 132,681 -0.22% 0.04%
2042 5,458,532 132,700 -0.22% 0.01%
2043 5,446,086 132,698 -0.23% -0.001%
2044 5,433,513 132,665 -0.23% -0.03%
2045 5,420,858 132,613 -0.23% -0.04%
2046 5,408,069 132,531 -0.24% -0.06%
2047 5,395,098 132,415 -0.24% -0.09%
2048 5,381,776 132,264 -0.25% -0.11%
2049 5,368,125 132,085 -0.25% -0.14%
2050 5,354,121 131,885 -0.26% -0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.

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