Finland: population by age group 2021

In 2021, the total population of Finland amounted to roughly 5.55 million. The largest age groups were 20 to 39 year-olds (1.38 million), and 40 to 59 year-olds (1.38 million), which made up over half of the population.

While the number of individuals belonging to the younger age groups declined over the period from 2016 to 2021, the age group of 60 years and older continued to increase. By the end of 2021, number of people aged 60 or older was over 1.6 million. The growing number of individuals aged 60 or older reflects the change towards an older population structure of the country.

Total population of Finland from 2016 to 2021, by age group

Characteristic	0-19 years	20-39 years	40-59 years	60-79 years	80 years and older
2021	1,154,489	1,380,694	1,379,240	1,303,133	330,685
2020	1,159,093	1,380,161	1,381,350	1,297,780	315,409
2019	1,167,707	1,381,179	1,385,513	1,278,487	312,406
2018	1,178,401	1,381,395	1,390,725	1,264,688	302,710
2017	1,186,479	1,384,844	1,395,257	1,251,813	294,737
2016	1,192,842	1,386,046	1,402,723	1,233,587	288,099

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2016 to 2021

Special properties

As of December 31

Supplementary notes

The population figures of Finland consists of permanent residents that are registered with the Finnish authorities. Non-permanent residents and those not yet registered as residents are not represented in the numbers.

For this statistic, the values reported by the source have been added up for the presented age groups.

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