Finland
Urban population in Finland
Urban population in Finland: 43.6% in 1950 and 74.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 74.5%
- Since 1950
- +30.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 82 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 78.8%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 78.8% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Finland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.5 |
| 2024 | 74.3 |
| 2023 | 74 |
| 2022 | 73.7 |
| 2021 | 73.4 |
| 2020 | 73.1 |
| 2019 | 72.7 |
| 2018 | 72.3 |
| 2017 | 72 |
| 2016 | 71.6 |
| 2015 | 71.3 |
| 2014 | 71 |
| 2013 | 70.7 |
| 2012 | 70.4 |
| 2011 | 70.1 |
| 2010 | 69.8 |
| 2009 | 69.6 |
| 2008 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 69 |
| 2006 | 68.8 |
| 2005 | 68.5 |
| 2004 | 68.3 |
| 2003 | 68 |
| 2002 | 67.8 |
| 2001 | 67.5 |
| 2000 | 67.1 |
| 1999 | 66.7 |
| 1998 | 66.2 |
| 1997 | 65.7 |
| 1996 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 64.8 |
| 1994 | 64.5 |
| 1993 | 64.3 |
| 1992 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 64 |
| 1990 | 63.9 |
| 1989 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 63.8 |
| 1987 | 63.7 |
| 1986 | 63.6 |
| 1985 | 63.5 |
| 1984 | 63.4 |
| 1983 | 63.3 |
| 1982 | 63.2 |
| 1981 | 63.2 |
| 1980 | 63.1 |
| 1979 | 63 |
| 1978 | 62.9 |
| 1977 | 62.8 |
| 1976 | 62.6 |
| 1975 | 62.4 |
| 1974 | 62.1 |
| 1973 | 61.6 |
| 1972 | 61.1 |
| 1971 | 60.7 |
| 1970 | 60.3 |
| 1969 | 59.9 |
| 1968 | 59.5 |
| 1967 | 59.1 |
| 1966 | 58.7 |
| 1965 | 58.3 |
| 1964 | 57.9 |
| 1963 | 57.4 |
| 1962 | 56.8 |
| 1961 | 56.3 |
| 1960 | 55.6 |
| 1959 | 54.8 |
| 1958 | 53.9 |
| 1957 | 52.9 |
| 1956 | 51.8 |
| 1955 | 50.6 |
| 1954 | 49.3 |
| 1953 | 48 |
| 1952 | 46.6 |
| 1951 | 45.1 |
| 1950 | 43.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Finland |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 74.8 |
| 2027 | 75 |
| 2028 | 75.3 |
| 2029 | 75.6 |
| 2030 | 75.8 |
| 2031 | 76 |
| 2032 | 76.3 |
| 2033 | 76.5 |
| 2034 | 76.7 |
| 2035 | 76.9 |
| 2036 | 77.1 |
| 2037 | 77.3 |
| 2038 | 77.5 |
| 2039 | 77.7 |
| 2040 | 77.9 |
| 2041 | 78 |
| 2042 | 78.2 |
| 2043 | 78.3 |
| 2044 | 78.4 |
| 2045 | 78.5 |
| 2046 | 78.6 |
| 2047 | 78.7 |
| 2048 | 78.8 |
| 2049 | 78.8 |
| 2050 | 78.8 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.57% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.61B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,437 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.8% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports51 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports115 million TIV in 2025