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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Finland was 5,619,911 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Finland's population is 5,624,333 people compared to 72,586,079 in Tanzania.

Population statistics:

  • Tanzania's population is 12.9 times bigger than Finland's.
  • Finland is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
  • The countries together account for 0.94% of the world: 0.07% for Finland vs 0.88% for Tanzania.
  • For the last 10 years, Finland has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
  • Since 2006, the population of Finland has increased from 5.27M people to 5.62M (6.8% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 40.3M to 72.6M (80.1% growth).
  • Tanzania is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 263M 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 Tanzania: live population counter

Finland Tanzania
Current population
5624333
72586079
Population rank 120/197 20/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.88%
One net population change
14.6 minutes
16.2 seconds
One birth every
12.1 minutes
13.4 seconds
One death every
8.56 minutes
1.36 minutes
One migration net change every
19.5 minutes
17.6 minutes
Annual migration change +26,894 -29,865
Daily growth/decline +99 +5,322
Annual growth/decline +36,000 +1,942,551
Annual growth/decline rate +0.64% +2.92%
Population growth rate rank 123/197 18/197

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

Finland
Population

Growth rate
Tanzania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Finland Tanzania Finland Tanzania
1960 4,429,634 9,901,419 - -
1961 4,461,005 10,187,886 0.71% 2.89%
1962 4,491,443 10,487,756 0.68% 2.94%
1963 4,523,309 10,799,528 0.71% 2.97%
1964 4,548,543 11,127,826 0.56% 3.04%
1965 4,563,732 11,470,728 0.33% 3.08%
1966 4,580,869 11,827,459 0.38% 3.11%
1967 4,605,744 12,200,109 0.54% 3.15%
1968 4,626,469 12,602,076 0.45% 3.29%
1969 4,623,785 13,036,700 -0.06% 3.45%
1970 4,606,307 13,492,677 -0.38% 3.5%
1971 4,612,124 13,971,451 0.13% 3.55%
1972 4,639,657 14,479,308 0.6% 3.63%
1973 4,666,081 15,010,101 0.57% 3.67%
1974 4,690,574 15,561,630 0.52% 3.67%
1975 4,711,440 16,138,361 0.44% 3.71%
1976 4,725,664 16,736,211 0.3% 3.7%
1977 4,738,902 17,352,929 0.28% 3.68%
1978 4,752,528 17,976,566 0.29% 3.59%
1979 4,764,690 18,592,038 0.26% 3.42%
1980 4,779,535 19,189,769 0.31% 3.21%
1981 4,799,964 19,784,703 0.43% 3.1%
1982 4,826,933 20,398,571 0.56% 3.1%
1983 4,855,787 21,079,874 0.6% 3.34%
1984 4,881,803 21,779,066 0.54% 3.32%
1985 4,902,206 22,501,693 0.42% 3.32%
1986 4,918,154 23,258,959 0.33% 3.37%
1987 4,932,123 24,030,378 0.28% 3.32%
1988 4,946,481 24,769,686 0.29% 3.08%
1989 4,964,371 25,438,759 0.36% 2.7%
1990 4,986,431 26,110,207 0.44% 2.64%
1991 5,013,740 26,780,436 0.55% 2.57%
1992 5,041,992 27,457,588 0.56% 2.53%
1993 5,066,447 28,332,692 0.49% 3.19%
1994 5,088,333 29,442,356 0.43% 3.92%
1995 5,107,790 30,383,497 0.38% 3.2%
1996 5,124,573 30,945,762 0.33% 1.85%
1997 5,139,835 31,578,089 0.3% 2.04%
1998 5,153,498 32,420,458 0.27% 2.67%
1999 5,165,474 33,300,330 0.23% 2.71%
2000 5,176,209 34,260,139 0.21% 2.88%
2001 5,188,008 35,198,299 0.23% 2.74%
2002 5,200,598 36,121,304 0.24% 2.62%
2003 5,213,014 37,089,555 0.24% 2.68%
2004 5,228,172 38,109,668 0.29% 2.75%
2005 5,246,096 39,182,076 0.34% 2.81%
2006 5,266,268 40,294,902 0.38% 2.84%
2007 5,288,720 41,435,512 0.43% 2.83%
2008 5,313,399 42,570,728 0.47% 2.74%
2009 5,338,871 43,633,982 0.48% 2.5%
2010 5,363,352 44,758,488 0.46% 2.58%
2011 5,388,272 46,029,367 0.46% 2.84%
2012 5,413,971 47,374,260 0.48% 2.92%
2013 5,438,972 48,824,128 0.46% 3.06%
2014 5,461,512 50,351,512 0.41% 3.13%
2015 5,479,531 52,020,962 0.33% 3.32%
2016 5,495,303 53,824,013 0.29% 3.47%
2017 5,508,214 55,652,890 0.23% 3.4%
2018 5,515,525 57,437,145 0.13% 3.21%
2019 5,521,606 59,174,891 0.11% 3.03%
2020 5,529,543 60,972,798 0.14% 3.04%
2021 5,541,017 62,830,412 0.21% 3.05%
2022 5,556,106 64,711,821 0.27% 2.99%
2023 5,583,911 66,617,606 0.5% 2.95%
2024 5,619,911 68,560,157 0.64% 2.92%
2025 5,625,932 70,545,858 0.11% 2.9%
2026 5,624,333 72,563,773 -0.03% 2.86%
2027 5,618,598 74,604,804 -0.1% 2.81%
2028 5,611,400 76,670,483 -0.13% 2.77%
2029 5,603,365 78,773,192 -0.14% 2.74%
2030 5,594,631 80,913,118 -0.16% 2.72%
2031 5,585,302 83,087,927 -0.17% 2.69%
2032 5,575,456 85,293,126 -0.18% 2.65%
2033 5,565,204 87,520,491 -0.18% 2.61%
2034 5,554,448 89,788,673 -0.19% 2.59%
2035 5,543,219 92,091,418 -0.2% 2.56%
2036 5,531,603 94,420,808 -0.21% 2.53%
2037 5,519,668 96,775,766 -0.22% 2.49%
2038 5,507,536 99,156,465 -0.22% 2.46%
2039 5,495,296 101,567,525 -0.22% 2.43%
2040 5,483,053 103,999,350 -0.22% 2.39%
2041 5,470,834 106,448,475 -0.22% 2.35%
2042 5,458,532 108,926,272 -0.22% 2.33%
2043 5,446,086 111,433,788 -0.23% 2.3%
2044 5,433,513 113,966,263 -0.23% 2.27%
2045 5,420,858 116,525,463 -0.23% 2.25%
2046 5,408,069 119,109,670 -0.24% 2.22%
2047 5,395,098 121,721,018 -0.24% 2.19%
2048 5,381,776 124,351,294 -0.25% 2.16%
2049 5,368,125 126,981,394 -0.25% 2.12%
2050 5,354,121 129,621,083 -0.26% 2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.

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