🇫🇮 Finland Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇫🇮 Finland FI / FIN #64

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 15

Region European Union, Nordic Countries, Arctic Circle, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 5.6M

Density 16.6/km²

HDI 0.948 (Very High)

Gini Index (2018) 27.3

Life Expectancy (2023) 81.7 yrs

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.26

Urban Population (2024) 74.3%

Gender Wage Gap (2022) 16.8%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Finnish	suomi
Swedish	svenska

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	64.2%
No religion	34.9%
Other	2.0%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Finns	88.9%
Others	11.1%

Demonym (male) Finnish

Demonym (female) Finnish

National Anthem Maamme

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		14.6%
15-64 Working		61.5%
65+ Elderly		23.9%

Dependency Ratio 62.7%

Profile Aging

Urban Pop. (2024) 74.3%

Birth Rate (2023) 7.8 /1000

Death Rate (2023) 11.0 /1000

Fertility Rate (2023) 1.26

Infant Mortality (2023) 1.8 /1000

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2023) 81.7 yrs

HALE (2021) 69.9 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 10.5% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2023) 1.8/1000

UHC Index (2021) 80/100

Hospital Beds (2022) 2.6/1000

Physicians (2021) 3.61/1000

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Education Spending (2022) 6.4% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 534

Internet Users (2023) 93.5%

Mobile Subscriptions (2023) 127.5/100

Broadband (2023) 35.3/100

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 35.3

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 338,455 km²

Capital Helsinki 📍

Continent Europe

Region Europe

Subregion Northern Europe

Landlocked No

Driving Side Right

Timezones UTC+02:00

Calling Codes +358

Postal Code #####

TLD .fi

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇷🇺 Russia

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Finland has a white field with a large blue cross that extend to the edges of the field. The vertical part of this cross is offset towards the hoist side.