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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Finland was 5,637,214 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Finland's population is 5,643,254 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.

Population statistics:

  • Sudan's population is 9.39 times bigger than Finland's.
  • Finland is ranked the 118th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
  • The countries together account for 0.71% of the world: 0.07% for Finland vs 0.64% for Sudan.
  • For the last 10 years, Finland has had an average growth rate of +0.33% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Finland has increased from 5.25M people to 5.64M (7.57% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
  • Finland is projected to reach its peak in 2025 at 5.64M people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.

Finland vs Sudan: live population counter

Finland Sudan
Current population
5643254
52963918
Population rank 118/197 29/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.64%
One net population change
9.86 minutes
1.29 minutes
One birth every
12.1 minutes
18.7 seconds
One death every
8.56 minutes
1.64 minutes
One migration net change every
19.5 minutes
57.9 seconds
Annual migration change +26,894 -544,257
Daily growth/decline +146 +1,113
Annual growth/decline +53,303 +406,172
Annual growth/decline rate +0.95% +0.81%
Population growth rate rank 106/197 118/197

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

Finland
Population

Growth rate
Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Finland Sudan Finland Sudan
1960 4,429,634 8,364,489 - -
1961 4,461,005 8,634,941 0.71% 3.23%
1962 4,491,443 8,919,028 0.68% 3.29%
1963 4,523,309 9,218,077 0.71% 3.35%
1964 4,548,543 9,531,109 0.56% 3.4%
1965 4,563,732 9,858,030 0.33% 3.43%
1966 4,580,869 10,197,578 0.38% 3.44%
1967 4,605,744 10,550,597 0.54% 3.46%
1968 4,626,469 10,917,999 0.45% 3.48%
1969 4,623,785 11,298,936 -0.06% 3.49%
1970 4,606,307 11,695,771 -0.38% 3.51%
1971 4,612,124 12,105,539 0.13% 3.5%
1972 4,639,657 12,527,856 0.6% 3.49%
1973 4,666,081 13,049,315 0.57% 4.16%
1974 4,690,574 13,580,723 0.52% 4.07%
1975 4,711,440 14,064,798 0.44% 3.56%
1976 4,725,664 14,569,716 0.3% 3.59%
1977 4,738,902 15,086,614 0.28% 3.55%
1978 4,752,528 15,695,003 0.29% 4.03%
1979 4,764,690 16,355,352 0.26% 4.21%
1980 4,779,535 17,058,905 0.31% 4.3%
1981 4,799,964 17,780,572 0.43% 4.23%
1982 4,826,933 18,486,645 0.56% 3.97%
1983 4,855,787 19,109,770 0.6% 3.37%
1984 4,881,803 19,546,528 0.54% 2.29%
1985 4,902,206 19,905,872 0.42% 1.84%
1986 4,918,154 20,288,238 0.33% 1.92%
1987 4,932,123 20,704,904 0.28% 2.05%
1988 4,946,481 21,138,431 0.29% 2.09%
1989 4,964,371 21,578,022 0.36% 2.08%
1990 4,986,431 22,021,481 0.44% 2.06%
1991 5,013,740 22,470,676 0.55% 2.04%
1992 5,041,992 22,927,355 0.56% 2.03%
1993 5,066,447 23,445,592 0.49% 2.26%
1994 5,088,333 24,043,948 0.43% 2.55%
1995 5,107,790 24,672,143 0.38% 2.61%
1996 5,124,573 25,231,528 0.33% 2.27%
1997 5,139,835 25,799,821 0.3% 2.25%
1998 5,153,498 26,458,999 0.27% 2.55%
1999 5,165,474 27,130,613 0.23% 2.54%
2000 5,176,209 27,816,745 0.21% 2.53%
2001 5,188,008 28,516,770 0.23% 2.52%
2002 5,200,598 29,228,727 0.24% 2.5%
2003 5,213,014 29,896,035 0.24% 2.28%
2004 5,228,172 30,556,637 0.29% 2.21%
2005 5,246,096 31,262,444 0.34% 2.31%
2006 5,266,268 31,992,435 0.38% 2.34%
2007 5,288,720 32,764,135 0.43% 2.41%
2008 5,313,399 33,623,980 0.47% 2.62%
2009 5,338,871 34,569,113 0.48% 2.81%
2010 5,363,352 35,414,399 0.46% 2.45%
2011 5,388,272 36,140,806 0.46% 2.05%
2012 5,413,971 36,923,178 0.48% 2.16%
2013 5,438,972 37,785,849 0.46% 2.34%
2014 5,461,512 38,823,318 0.41% 2.75%
2015 5,479,531 40,024,431 0.33% 3.09%
2016 5,495,303 41,259,892 0.29% 3.09%
2017 5,508,214 42,714,306 0.23% 3.53%
2018 5,515,525 44,230,596 0.13% 3.55%
2019 5,521,606 45,548,175 0.11% 2.98%
2020 5,529,543 46,789,231 0.14% 2.72%
2021 5,541,017 48,066,924 0.21% 2.73%
2022 5,556,106 49,383,346 0.27% 2.74%
2023 5,583,911 50,042,791 0.5% 1.34%
2024 5,637,214 50,448,963 0.95% 0.81%
2025 5,643,254 51,662,152 0.11% 2.4%
2026 5,641,649 53,282,718 -0.03% 3.14%
2027 5,635,897 54,724,215 -0.1% 2.71%
2028 5,628,676 55,993,833 -0.13% 2.32%
2029 5,620,617 57,275,443 -0.14% 2.29%
2030 5,611,856 58,571,624 -0.16% 2.26%
2031 5,602,498 59,872,936 -0.17% 2.22%
2032 5,592,622 61,179,476 -0.18% 2.18%
2033 5,582,339 62,497,205 -0.18% 2.15%
2034 5,571,550 63,822,356 -0.19% 2.12%
2035 5,560,286 65,148,317 -0.2% 2.08%
2036 5,548,634 66,470,018 -0.21% 2.03%
2037 5,536,663 67,791,240 -0.22% 1.99%
2038 5,524,493 69,107,712 -0.22% 1.94%
2039 5,512,215 70,416,631 -0.22% 1.89%
2040 5,499,935 71,730,604 -0.22% 1.87%
2041 5,487,678 73,056,213 -0.22% 1.85%
2042 5,475,338 74,387,562 -0.22% 1.82%
2043 5,462,854 75,723,670 -0.23% 1.8%
2044 5,450,242 77,066,454 -0.23% 1.77%
2045 5,437,548 78,415,205 -0.23% 1.75%
2046 5,424,719 79,767,271 -0.24% 1.72%
2047 5,411,708 81,115,241 -0.24% 1.69%
2048 5,398,346 82,463,202 -0.25% 1.66%
2049 5,384,653 83,828,356 -0.25% 1.66%
2050 5,370,605 85,206,384 -0.26% 1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Finland increased by 233,435 people (a 4.45% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Finland gained 163,723 (a 2.99% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2005 and is 118th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.

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