The latest officially reported population of Finland was 5,619,911 in 2024 vs 19,009,151 people in Somalia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Finland's population is 5,624,333 people compared to 20,313,043 in Somalia.
Population statistics:
- Somalia's population is 3.61 times bigger than Finland's.
- Finland is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while Somalia is the 66th.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.07% for Finland vs 0.25% for Somalia.
- For the last 10 years, Finland has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +3.61% in Somalia.
- Since 2006, the population of Finland has increased from 5.27M people to 5.62M (6.8% growth), while Somalia has grown from 11M to 20.3M (85.1% growth).
- Somalia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.4M 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 Somalia: live population counter
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| Current population |
5624333
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20313043
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| Population rank | 120/197 | 66/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.25% |
| One net population change |
14.6 minutes
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48.5 seconds
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| One birth every |
12.1 minutes
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40 seconds
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| One death every |
8.56 minutes
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.5 minutes
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19.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +26,894 | +26,859 |
| Daily growth/decline | +99 | +1,782 |
| Annual growth/decline | +36,000 | +650,536 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.64% | +3.54% |
| Population growth rate rank | 123/197 | 8/197 |
Finland and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,429,634 | 2,876,331 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,461,005 | 2,952,054 | 0.71% | 2.63% |
| 1962 | 4,491,443 | 3,030,091 | 0.68% | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 4,523,309 | 3,110,361 | 0.71% | 2.65% |
| 1964 | 4,548,543 | 3,192,796 | 0.56% | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 4,563,732 | 3,277,874 | 0.33% | 2.66% |
| 1966 | 4,580,869 | 3,365,106 | 0.38% | 2.66% |
| 1967 | 4,605,744 | 3,454,537 | 0.54% | 2.66% |
| 1968 | 4,626,469 | 3,546,590 | 0.45% | 2.66% |
| 1969 | 4,623,785 | 3,641,015 | -0.06% | 2.66% |
| 1970 | 4,606,307 | 3,738,448 | -0.38% | 2.68% |
| 1971 | 4,612,124 | 3,837,691 | 0.13% | 2.65% |
| 1972 | 4,639,657 | 3,939,436 | 0.6% | 2.65% |
| 1973 | 4,666,081 | 4,045,592 | 0.57% | 2.69% |
| 1974 | 4,690,574 | 4,151,842 | 0.52% | 2.63% |
| 1975 | 4,711,440 | 4,257,535 | 0.44% | 2.55% |
| 1976 | 4,725,664 | 4,365,812 | 0.3% | 2.54% |
| 1977 | 4,738,902 | 4,484,050 | 0.28% | 2.71% |
| 1978 | 4,752,528 | 4,814,892 | 0.29% | 7.38% |
| 1979 | 4,764,690 | 5,449,117 | 0.26% | 13.2% |
| 1980 | 4,779,535 | 5,936,154 | 0.31% | 8.94% |
| 1981 | 4,799,964 | 5,982,849 | 0.43% | 0.79% |
| 1982 | 4,826,933 | 6,003,840 | 0.56% | 0.35% |
| 1983 | 4,855,787 | 6,198,430 | 0.6% | 3.24% |
| 1984 | 4,881,803 | 6,428,389 | 0.54% | 3.71% |
| 1985 | 4,902,206 | 6,693,289 | 0.42% | 4.12% |
| 1986 | 4,918,154 | 6,974,788 | 0.33% | 4.21% |
| 1987 | 4,932,123 | 7,228,302 | 0.28% | 3.63% |
| 1988 | 4,946,481 | 7,235,360 | 0.29% | 0.1% |
| 1989 | 4,964,371 | 7,114,817 | 0.36% | -1.67% |
| 1990 | 4,986,431 | 7,082,811 | 0.44% | -0.45% |
| 1991 | 5,013,740 | 6,813,760 | 0.55% | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 5,041,992 | 6,495,107 | 0.56% | -4.68% |
| 1993 | 5,066,447 | 6,681,399 | 0.49% | 2.87% |
| 1994 | 5,088,333 | 7,026,797 | 0.43% | 5.17% |
| 1995 | 5,107,790 | 7,285,007 | 0.38% | 3.67% |
| 1996 | 5,124,573 | 7,554,474 | 0.33% | 3.7% |
| 1997 | 5,139,835 | 7,824,525 | 0.3% | 3.57% |
| 1998 | 5,153,498 | 8,155,417 | 0.27% | 4.23% |
| 1999 | 5,165,474 | 8,492,059 | 0.23% | 4.13% |
| 2000 | 5,176,209 | 8,838,713 | 0.21% | 4.08% |
| 2001 | 5,188,008 | 9,198,493 | 0.23% | 4.07% |
| 2002 | 5,200,598 | 9,550,063 | 0.24% | 3.82% |
| 2003 | 5,213,014 | 9,909,157 | 0.24% | 3.76% |
| 2004 | 5,228,172 | 10,280,998 | 0.29% | 3.75% |
| 2005 | 5,246,096 | 10,644,228 | 0.34% | 3.53% |
| 2006 | 5,266,268 | 10,975,502 | 0.38% | 3.11% |
| 2007 | 5,288,720 | 11,322,582 | 0.43% | 3.16% |
| 2008 | 5,313,399 | 11,663,084 | 0.47% | 3.01% |
| 2009 | 5,338,871 | 11,961,201 | 0.48% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 5,363,352 | 12,261,756 | 0.46% | 2.51% |
| 2011 | 5,388,272 | 12,348,830 | 0.46% | 0.71% |
| 2012 | 5,413,971 | 12,461,160 | 0.48% | 0.91% |
| 2013 | 5,438,972 | 12,869,594 | 0.46% | 3.28% |
| 2014 | 5,461,512 | 13,339,491 | 0.41% | 3.65% |
| 2015 | 5,479,531 | 13,806,963 | 0.33% | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 5,495,303 | 14,348,740 | 0.29% | 3.92% |
| 2017 | 5,508,214 | 14,916,629 | 0.23% | 3.96% |
| 2018 | 5,515,525 | 15,452,487 | 0.13% | 3.59% |
| 2019 | 5,521,606 | 16,030,971 | 0.11% | 3.74% |
| 2020 | 5,529,543 | 16,651,191 | 0.14% | 3.87% |
| 2021 | 5,541,017 | 17,271,431 | 0.21% | 3.72% |
| 2022 | 5,556,106 | 17,801,897 | 0.27% | 3.07% |
| 2023 | 5,583,911 | 18,358,615 | 0.5% | 3.13% |
| 2024 | 5,619,911 | 19,009,151 | 0.64% | 3.54% |
| 2025 | 5,625,932 | 19,654,737 | 0.11% | 3.4% |
| 2026 | 5,624,333 | 20,305,905 | -0.03% | 3.31% |
| 2027 | 5,618,598 | 20,959,056 | -0.1% | 3.22% |
| 2028 | 5,611,400 | 21,601,810 | -0.13% | 3.07% |
| 2029 | 5,603,365 | 22,247,714 | -0.14% | 2.99% |
| 2030 | 5,594,631 | 22,915,042 | -0.16% | 3% |
| 2031 | 5,585,302 | 23,589,793 | -0.17% | 2.94% |
| 2032 | 5,575,456 | 24,258,789 | -0.18% | 2.84% |
| 2033 | 5,565,204 | 24,921,830 | -0.18% | 2.73% |
| 2034 | 5,554,448 | 25,593,666 | -0.19% | 2.7% |
| 2035 | 5,543,219 | 26,294,943 | -0.2% | 2.74% |
| 2036 | 5,531,603 | 27,009,199 | -0.21% | 2.72% |
| 2037 | 5,519,668 | 27,731,170 | -0.22% | 2.67% |
| 2038 | 5,507,536 | 28,455,755 | -0.22% | 2.61% |
| 2039 | 5,495,296 | 29,167,897 | -0.22% | 2.5% |
| 2040 | 5,483,053 | 29,896,286 | -0.22% | 2.5% |
| 2041 | 5,470,834 | 30,635,956 | -0.22% | 2.47% |
| 2042 | 5,458,532 | 31,350,028 | -0.22% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 5,446,086 | 32,057,980 | -0.23% | 2.26% |
| 2044 | 5,433,513 | 32,780,417 | -0.23% | 2.25% |
| 2045 | 5,420,858 | 33,510,163 | -0.23% | 2.23% |
| 2046 | 5,408,069 | 34,248,030 | -0.24% | 2.2% |
| 2047 | 5,395,098 | 34,996,366 | -0.24% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 5,381,776 | 35,743,960 | -0.25% | 2.14% |
| 2049 | 5,368,125 | 36,474,683 | -0.25% | 2.04% |
| 2050 | 5,354,121 | 37,206,497 | -0.26% | 2.01% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).
Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.
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Population differences between Finland and Somalia
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| Life expectancy | 82.4 years | 59.3 years |
| Average age | 44 years | 21.2 years |
| Median age | 44 years | 16.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.26 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 47.9 ppl/mi² | 78.5 ppl/mi² |
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