Population in Finland compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Finland and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Finland	United Kingdom	Finland	United Kingdom
1960	4,429,634	52,400,000	-	-
1961	4,461,005	52,800,000	0.71%	0.76%
1962	4,491,443	53,250,000	0.68%	0.85%
1963	4,523,309	53,650,000	0.71%	0.75%
1964	4,548,543	54,000,000	0.56%	0.65%
1965	4,563,732	54,348,050	0.33%	0.64%
1966	4,580,869	54,648,500	0.38%	0.55%
1967	4,605,744	54,943,600	0.54%	0.54%
1968	4,626,469	55,211,700	0.45%	0.49%
1969	4,623,785	55,441,750	-0.06%	0.42%
1970	4,606,307	55,663,250	-0.38%	0.4%
1971	4,612,124	55,896,223	0.13%	0.42%
1972	4,639,657	56,086,065	0.6%	0.34%
1973	4,666,081	56,194,527	0.57%	0.19%
1974	4,690,574	56,229,974	0.52%	0.06%
1975	4,711,440	56,225,800	0.44%	-0.007%
1976	4,725,664	56,211,968	0.3%	-0.02%
1977	4,738,902	56,193,492	0.28%	-0.03%
1978	4,752,528	56,196,504	0.29%	0.005%
1979	4,764,690	56,246,951	0.26%	0.09%
1980	4,779,535	56,314,216	0.31%	0.12%
1981	4,799,964	56,333,829	0.43%	0.03%
1982	4,826,933	56,313,641	0.56%	-0.04%
1983	4,855,787	56,332,848	0.6%	0.03%
1984	4,881,803	56,422,072	0.54%	0.16%
1985	4,902,206	56,550,268	0.42%	0.23%
1986	4,918,154	56,681,396	0.33%	0.23%
1987	4,932,123	56,802,050	0.28%	0.21%
1988	4,946,481	56,928,327	0.29%	0.22%
1989	4,964,371	57,076,711	0.36%	0.26%
1990	4,986,431	57,247,586	0.44%	0.3%
1991	5,013,740	57,424,897	0.55%	0.31%
1992	5,041,992	57,580,402	0.56%	0.27%
1993	5,066,447	57,718,614	0.49%	0.24%
1994	5,088,333	57,865,745	0.43%	0.25%
1995	5,107,790	58,019,030	0.38%	0.26%
1996	5,124,573	58,166,950	0.33%	0.25%
1997	5,139,835	58,316,954	0.3%	0.26%
1998	5,153,498	58,487,141	0.27%	0.29%
1999	5,165,474	58,682,466	0.23%	0.33%
2000	5,176,209	58,892,514	0.21%	0.36%
2001	5,188,008	59,119,673	0.23%	0.39%
2002	5,200,598	59,370,479	0.24%	0.42%
2003	5,213,014	59,647,577	0.24%	0.47%
2004	5,228,172	59,987,905	0.29%	0.57%
2005	5,246,096	60,401,206	0.34%	0.69%
2006	5,266,268	60,846,820	0.38%	0.74%
2007	5,288,720	61,322,463	0.43%	0.78%
2008	5,313,399	61,806,995	0.47%	0.79%
2009	5,338,871	62,276,270	0.48%	0.76%
2010	5,363,352	62,766,365	0.46%	0.79%
2011	5,388,272	63,258,810	0.46%	0.78%
2012	5,413,971	63,711,000	0.48%	0.71%
2013	5,438,972	64,139,000	0.46%	0.67%
2014	5,461,512	64,620,000	0.41%	0.75%
2015	5,479,531	65,088,000	0.33%	0.72%
2016	5,495,303	65,607,000	0.29%	0.8%
2017	5,508,214	65,966,000	0.23%	0.55%
2018	5,515,525	66,289,000	0.13%	0.49%
2019	5,521,606	66,631,000	0.11%	0.52%
2020	5,529,543	66,744,000	0.14%	0.17%
2021	5,541,017	66,984,000	0.21%	0.36%
2022	5,556,106	67,604,000	0.27%	0.93%
2023	5,583,911	68,492,000	0.5%	1.31%
2024	5,619,911	69,226,000	0.64%	1.07%
2025	5,625,932	69,639,673	0.11%	0.6%
2026	5,624,333	70,020,350	-0.03%	0.55%
2027	5,618,598	70,382,853	-0.1%	0.52%
2028	5,611,400	70,732,699	-0.13%	0.5%
2029	5,603,365	71,061,482	-0.14%	0.46%
2030	5,594,631	71,377,535	-0.16%	0.44%
2031	5,585,302	71,678,351	-0.17%	0.42%
2032	5,575,456	71,959,934	-0.18%	0.39%
2033	5,565,204	72,234,509	-0.18%	0.38%
2034	5,554,448	72,497,650	-0.19%	0.36%
2035	5,543,219	72,749,096	-0.2%	0.35%
2036	5,531,603	72,990,847	-0.21%	0.33%
2037	5,519,668	73,218,850	-0.22%	0.31%
2038	5,507,536	73,441,349	-0.22%	0.3%
2039	5,495,296	73,658,392	-0.22%	0.3%
2040	5,483,053	73,868,334	-0.22%	0.29%
2041	5,470,834	74,074,316	-0.22%	0.28%
2042	5,458,532	74,275,779	-0.22%	0.27%
2043	5,446,086	74,475,035	-0.23%	0.27%
2044	5,433,513	74,667,284	-0.23%	0.26%
2045	5,420,858	74,848,605	-0.23%	0.24%
2046	5,408,069	75,020,949	-0.24%	0.23%
2047	5,395,098	75,184,478	-0.24%	0.22%
2048	5,381,776	75,337,543	-0.25%	0.2%
2049	5,368,125	75,476,141	-0.25%	0.18%
2050	5,354,121	75,600,588	-0.26%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.