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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	South Korea	Finland	South Korea
1960	4,429,634	25,012,374	-	-
1961	4,461,005	25,765,673	0.71%	3.01%
1962	4,491,443	26,513,030	0.68%	2.9%
1963	4,523,309	27,261,747	0.71%	2.82%
1964	4,548,543	27,984,155	0.56%	2.65%
1965	4,563,732	28,704,674	0.33%	2.57%
1966	4,580,869	29,435,571	0.38%	2.55%
1967	4,605,744	30,130,983	0.54%	2.36%
1968	4,626,469	30,838,302	0.45%	2.35%
1969	4,623,785	31,544,266	-0.06%	2.29%
1970	4,606,307	32,240,827	-0.38%	2.21%
1971	4,612,124	32,882,704	0.13%	1.99%
1972	4,639,657	33,505,406	0.6%	1.89%
1973	4,666,081	34,103,149	0.57%	1.78%
1974	4,690,574	34,692,266	0.52%	1.73%
1975	4,711,440	35,280,725	0.44%	1.7%
1976	4,725,664	35,848,523	0.3%	1.61%
1977	4,738,902	36,411,795	0.28%	1.57%
1978	4,752,528	36,969,185	0.29%	1.53%
1979	4,764,690	37,534,236	0.26%	1.53%
1980	4,779,535	38,123,775	0.31%	1.57%
1981	4,799,964	38,723,248	0.43%	1.57%
1982	4,826,933	39,326,352	0.56%	1.56%
1983	4,855,787	39,910,403	0.6%	1.49%
1984	4,881,803	40,405,956	0.54%	1.24%
1985	4,902,206	40,805,744	0.42%	0.99%
1986	4,918,154	41,213,674	0.33%	1%
1987	4,932,123	41,621,690	0.28%	0.99%
1988	4,946,481	42,031,247	0.29%	0.98%
1989	4,964,371	42,449,038	0.36%	0.99%
1990	4,986,431	42,869,283	0.44%	0.99%
1991	5,013,740	43,295,704	0.55%	0.99%
1992	5,041,992	43,747,962	0.56%	1.04%
1993	5,066,447	44,194,628	0.49%	1.02%
1994	5,088,333	44,641,540	0.43%	1.01%
1995	5,107,790	45,092,991	0.38%	1.01%
1996	5,124,573	45,524,681	0.33%	0.96%
1997	5,139,835	45,953,580	0.3%	0.94%
1998	5,153,498	46,286,503	0.27%	0.72%
1999	5,165,474	46,616,677	0.23%	0.71%
2000	5,176,209	47,008,111	0.21%	0.84%
2001	5,188,008	47,370,164	0.23%	0.77%
2002	5,200,598	47,644,736	0.24%	0.58%
2003	5,213,014	47,892,330	0.24%	0.52%
2004	5,228,172	48,082,519	0.29%	0.4%
2005	5,246,096	48,184,561	0.34%	0.21%
2006	5,266,268	48,438,292	0.38%	0.53%
2007	5,288,720	48,683,638	0.43%	0.51%
2008	5,313,399	49,054,708	0.47%	0.76%
2009	5,338,871	49,307,835	0.48%	0.52%
2010	5,363,352	49,554,112	0.46%	0.5%
2011	5,388,272	49,936,638	0.46%	0.77%
2012	5,413,971	50,199,853	0.48%	0.53%
2013	5,438,972	50,428,893	0.46%	0.46%
2014	5,461,512	50,746,659	0.41%	0.63%
2015	5,479,531	51,014,947	0.33%	0.53%
2016	5,495,303	51,217,803	0.29%	0.4%
2017	5,508,214	51,361,911	0.23%	0.28%
2018	5,515,525	51,585,058	0.13%	0.43%
2019	5,521,606	51,764,822	0.11%	0.35%
2020	5,529,543	51,836,239	0.14%	0.14%
2021	5,541,017	51,769,539	0.21%	-0.13%
2022	5,556,106	51,672,569	0.27%	-0.19%
2023	5,583,911	51,712,619	0.5%	0.08%
2024	5,637,214	51,751,065	0.95%	0.07%
2025	5,643,254	51,700,480	0.11%	-0.1%
2026	5,641,649	51,633,793	-0.03%	-0.13%
2027	5,635,897	51,552,198	-0.1%	-0.16%
2028	5,628,676	51,456,707	-0.13%	-0.19%
2029	5,620,617	51,347,230	-0.14%	-0.21%
2030	5,611,856	51,221,713	-0.16%	-0.24%
2031	5,602,498	51,081,220	-0.17%	-0.27%
2032	5,592,622	50,924,233	-0.18%	-0.31%
2033	5,582,339	50,747,132	-0.18%	-0.35%
2034	5,571,550	50,549,508	-0.19%	-0.39%
2035	5,560,286	50,333,286	-0.2%	-0.43%
2036	5,548,634	50,098,951	-0.21%	-0.47%
2037	5,536,663	49,845,669	-0.22%	-0.51%
2038	5,524,493	49,573,234	-0.22%	-0.55%
2039	5,512,215	49,283,770	-0.22%	-0.58%
2040	5,499,935	48,980,369	-0.22%	-0.62%
2041	5,487,678	48,661,905	-0.22%	-0.65%
2042	5,475,338	48,331,004	-0.22%	-0.68%
2043	5,462,854	47,990,085	-0.23%	-0.71%
2044	5,450,242	47,634,183	-0.23%	-0.74%
2045	5,437,548	47,263,526	-0.23%	-0.78%
2046	5,424,719	46,881,228	-0.24%	-0.81%
2047	5,411,708	46,482,133	-0.24%	-0.85%
2048	5,398,346	46,063,595	-0.25%	-0.9%
2049	5,384,653	45,626,805	-0.25%	-0.95%
2050	5,370,605	45,172,356	-0.26%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Finland increased by 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Finland gained 163,723 (a 2.99% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2005 and is 118th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.