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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Finland was 5,619,911 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Finland's population is 5,624,333 people compared to 342,645 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Finland's population is 16.4 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Finland is ranked the 120th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Finland vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Finland has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2006, the population of Finland has increased from 5.27M people to 5.62M (6.8% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 216K to 343K (58.7% growth).
  • Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K 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 Vanuatu: live population counter

Finland Vanuatu
Current population
5624333
342645
Population rank 120/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.004%
One net population change
14.6 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
12.1 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
8.56 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
19.5 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +26,894 -43
Daily growth/decline +99 +20
Annual growth/decline +36,000 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +0.64% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 123/197 38/197

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

Finland
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Finland Vanuatu Finland Vanuatu
1960 4,429,634 64,431 - -
1961 4,461,005 66,264 0.71% 2.84%
1962 4,491,443 68,174 0.68% 2.88%
1963 4,523,309 70,159 0.71% 2.91%
1964 4,548,543 72,219 0.56% 2.94%
1965 4,563,732 74,358 0.33% 2.96%
1966 4,580,869 76,590 0.38% 3%
1967 4,605,744 78,921 0.54% 3.04%
1968 4,626,469 81,314 0.45% 3.03%
1969 4,623,785 83,755 -0.06% 3%
1970 4,606,307 86,266 -0.38% 3%
1971 4,612,124 88,862 0.13% 3.01%
1972 4,639,657 91,562 0.6% 3.04%
1973 4,666,081 94,362 0.57% 3.06%
1974 4,690,574 97,260 0.52% 3.07%
1975 4,711,440 100,269 0.44% 3.09%
1976 4,725,664 103,388 0.3% 3.11%
1977 4,738,902 106,618 0.28% 3.12%
1978 4,752,528 109,963 0.29% 3.14%
1979 4,764,690 113,040 0.26% 2.8%
1980 4,779,535 115,660 0.31% 2.32%
1981 4,799,964 118,249 0.43% 2.24%
1982 4,826,933 121,035 0.56% 2.36%
1983 4,855,787 123,998 0.6% 2.45%
1984 4,881,803 127,109 0.54% 2.51%
1985 4,902,206 130,356 0.42% 2.55%
1986 4,918,154 133,720 0.33% 2.58%
1987 4,932,123 137,187 0.28% 2.59%
1988 4,946,481 140,756 0.29% 2.6%
1989 4,964,371 144,393 0.36% 2.58%
1990 4,986,431 148,063 0.44% 2.54%
1991 5,013,740 151,793 0.55% 2.52%
1992 5,041,992 155,608 0.56% 2.51%
1993 5,066,447 159,463 0.49% 2.48%
1994 5,088,333 163,314 0.43% 2.41%
1995 5,107,790 167,137 0.38% 2.34%
1996 5,124,573 170,911 0.33% 2.26%
1997 5,139,835 174,626 0.3% 2.17%
1998 5,153,498 178,313 0.27% 2.11%
1999 5,165,474 182,048 0.23% 2.09%
2000 5,176,209 186,281 0.21% 2.33%
2001 5,188,008 191,031 0.23% 2.55%
2002 5,200,598 195,863 0.24% 2.53%
2003 5,213,014 200,746 0.24% 2.49%
2004 5,228,172 205,711 0.29% 2.47%
2005 5,246,096 210,760 0.34% 2.45%
2006 5,266,268 215,923 0.38% 2.45%
2007 5,288,720 221,276 0.43% 2.48%
2008 5,313,399 226,896 0.47% 2.54%
2009 5,338,871 232,731 0.48% 2.57%
2010 5,363,352 238,248 0.46% 2.37%
2011 5,388,272 243,474 0.46% 2.19%
2012 5,413,971 248,883 0.48% 2.22%
2013 5,438,972 254,482 0.46% 2.25%
2014 5,461,512 260,240 0.41% 2.26%
2015 5,479,531 266,101 0.33% 2.25%
2016 5,495,303 272,087 0.29% 2.25%
2017 5,508,214 278,507 0.23% 2.36%
2018 5,515,525 285,259 0.13% 2.42%
2019 5,521,606 291,985 0.11% 2.36%
2020 5,529,543 298,858 0.14% 2.35%
2021 5,541,017 305,868 0.21% 2.35%
2022 5,556,106 313,046 0.27% 2.35%
2023 5,583,911 320,409 0.5% 2.35%
2024 5,619,911 327,777 0.64% 2.3%
2025 5,625,932 335,169 0.11% 2.26%
2026 5,624,333 342,565 -0.03% 2.21%
2027 5,618,598 349,970 -0.1% 2.16%
2028 5,611,400 357,397 -0.13% 2.12%
2029 5,603,365 364,883 -0.14% 2.09%
2030 5,594,631 372,429 -0.16% 2.07%
2031 5,585,302 380,015 -0.17% 2.04%
2032 5,575,456 387,657 -0.18% 2.01%
2033 5,565,204 395,366 -0.18% 1.99%
2034 5,554,448 403,188 -0.19% 1.98%
2035 5,543,219 411,061 -0.2% 1.95%
2036 5,531,603 419,006 -0.21% 1.93%
2037 5,519,668 427,031 -0.22% 1.92%
2038 5,507,536 435,150 -0.22% 1.9%
2039 5,495,296 443,311 -0.22% 1.88%
2040 5,483,053 451,509 -0.22% 1.85%
2041 5,470,834 459,733 -0.22% 1.82%
2042 5,458,532 468,003 -0.22% 1.8%
2043 5,446,086 476,308 -0.23% 1.77%
2044 5,433,513 484,636 -0.23% 1.75%
2045 5,420,858 492,989 -0.23% 1.72%
2046 5,408,069 501,316 -0.24% 1.69%
2047 5,395,098 509,621 -0.24% 1.66%
2048 5,381,776 517,889 -0.25% 1.62%
2049 5,368,125 526,138 -0.25% 1.59%
2050 5,354,121 534,374 -0.26% 1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Finland increased by 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Finland gained 129,030 (a 2.35% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Finland was ranked 111th most populous country in 2006 and is 120th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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