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	5,619,911	51,751,065	0.64%	0.07%
2025	5,625,932	51,700,480	0.11%	-0.1%
2026	5,624,333	51,633,793	-0.03%	-0.13%
2027	5,618,598	51,552,198	-0.1%	-0.16%
2028	5,611,400	51,456,707	-0.13%	-0.19%
2029	5,603,365	51,347,230	-0.14%	-0.21%
2030	5,594,631	51,221,713	-0.16%	-0.24%
2031	5,585,302	51,081,220	-0.17%	-0.27%
2032	5,575,456	50,924,233	-0.18%	-0.31%
2033	5,565,204	50,747,132	-0.18%	-0.35%
2034	5,554,448	50,549,508	-0.19%	-0.39%
2035	5,543,219	50,333,286	-0.2%	-0.43%
2036	5,531,603	50,098,951	-0.21%	-0.47%
2037	5,519,668	49,845,669	-0.22%	-0.51%
2038	5,507,536	49,573,234	-0.22%	-0.55%
2039	5,495,296	49,283,770	-0.22%	-0.58%
2040	5,483,053	48,980,369	-0.22%	-0.62%
2041	5,470,834	48,661,905	-0.22%	-0.65%
2042	5,458,532	48,331,004	-0.22%	-0.68%
2043	5,446,086	47,990,085	-0.23%	-0.71%
2044	5,433,513	47,634,183	-0.23%	-0.74%
2045	5,420,858	47,263,526	-0.23%	-0.78%
2046	5,408,069	46,881,228	-0.24%	-0.81%
2047	5,395,098	46,482,133	-0.24%	-0.85%
2048	5,381,776	46,063,595	-0.25%	-0.9%
2049	5,368,125	45,626,805	-0.25%	-0.95%
2050	5,354,121	45,172,356	-0.26%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.