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Finland — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Finland, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.47%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -33.3% since 1961
Population growth for Finland was 0.47% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 0.71% in 1963. The lowest was -0.38% in 1970 (about -1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.63% per year.
Finland ranks 138 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Finland sits above it. It peaked in 1963 and has fallen 33% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 43%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.47%
First (1961)
0.71%
Change
-33.3%
Highest
0.71%
in 1963
Lowest
-0.38%
in 1970
Average
0.37%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.63%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 0.64% |
| 2023 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.27% |
| 2021 | 0.21% |
| 2020 | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 0.11% |
| 2018 | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 0.23% |
| 2016 | 0.29% |
| 2015 | 0.33% |
| 2014 | 0.41% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.