Finland
population: Monthly national estimate (31 May 2026) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 26 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography26 metros
Finland metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 26 tracked metros
Show all 26 rows
🗂️ Regions
19 entries listed under Finland. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- Finnish, Swedish
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature
- Parliament of Finland
- Constitution
- 1999, 3 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Finn
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +358
- Internet TLD
- .fi
- ISO 3166
- FI
- Established
- 1917
- Highest point
- Halti (1,361 m (4,465 ft))
- National anthem
- Maamme
Facts via Wikidata.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
🏛️ Leadership History26 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Republic of Finland
Alexander Stubb✦ Current
2024–PresentPresident
Petteri Orpo✦ Current
2023–PresentPrime Minister
Sanna Marin
2019–2023Prime Minister
Juha Sipilä
2015–2019Prime Minister
Sauli Niinistö
2012–2024President
Jyrki Katainen
2011–2014Prime Minister
Matti Vanhanen
2003–2010Prime Minister
Tarja Halonen
2000–2012President
Paavo Lipponen
1995–2003Prime Minister
Martti Ahtisaari
1994–2000President
Mauno Koivisto
1982–1994President
Urho Kekkonen
1956–1982President
Show all 14 leaders
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
1946–1956President
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
1944–1946President
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Stubb✦ Current | President | 2024–Present |
| Petteri Orpo✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2023–Present |
| Sanna Marin | Prime Minister | 2019–2023 |
| Juha Sipilä | Prime Minister | 2015–2019 |
| Sauli Niinistö | President | 2012–2024 |
| Jyrki Katainen | Prime Minister | 2011–2014 |
| Matti Vanhanen | Prime Minister | 2003–2010 |
| Tarja Halonen | President | 2000–2012 |
| Paavo Lipponen | Prime Minister | 1995–2003 |
| Martti Ahtisaari | President | 1994–2000 |
| Mauno Koivisto | President | 1982–1994 |
| Urho Kekkonen | President | 1956–1982 |
| Juho Kusti Paasikivi | President | 1946–1956 |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | President | 1944–1946 |
Finland
Risto Ryti
1940–1944President
Kyösti Kallio
1937–1940President
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
1931–1937President
Lauri Kristian Relander
1925–1931President
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
1919–1925President
C. G. E. Mannerheim
1918–1919Regent
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
1918–1918Regent
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Risto Ryti | President | 1940–1944 |
| Kyösti Kallio | President | 1937–1940 |
| Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | President | 1931–1937 |
| Lauri Kristian Relander | President | 1925–1931 |
| Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg | President | 1919–1925 |
| C. G. E. Mannerheim | Regent | 1918–1919 |
| Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | Regent | 1918–1918 |
Grand Duchy of Finland
👑 Nicholas II
1894–1917Grand Duke
👑 Alexander III
1881–1894Grand Duke
👑 Alexander II
1855–1881Grand Duke
👑 Nicholas I
1825–1855Grand Duke
👑 Alexander I
1809–1825Grand Duke
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 👑 Nicholas II | Grand Duke | 1894–1917 |
| 👑 Alexander III | Grand Duke | 1881–1894 |
| 👑 Alexander II | Grand Duke | 1855–1881 |
| 👑 Nicholas I | Grand Duke | 1825–1855 |
| 👑 Alexander I | Grand Duke | 1809–1825 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19455 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapland War | 1944–1945 | Nazi Germany | — |
| Continuation War● | 1941–1944 | Soviet Union,United Kingdom | — |
| Winter War● | 1939–1940 | Soviet Union | — |
| World War II● | 1939–1945 | Soviet Union,United States,United Kingdom,China,Free France Free France,Poland,Yugoslavia,Greece,Netherlands,Belgium,Luxembourg,Norway,Denmark | — |
| Russian Civil War● | 1917–1922 | Russian SFSR,Other Soviet republics,Mongolian People's Party | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Finland: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires7 · $16.9B combined · click to expand
| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1028 | Antti Herlin(inherited) | $4.2B | Manufacturing |
| 1770 | Mika Anttonen | $2.4B | Energy |
| 1838 | Heikki Herlin(inherited) | $2.3B | Manufacturing |
| 1847 | Heikki Kyostila | $2.3B | Healthcare |
| 1927 | Ilkka Herlin(inherited) | $2.2B | Manufacturing |
| 2046 | Ilona Herlin(inherited) | $2.1B | Manufacturing |
| 2570 | Antti Aarnio-Wihuri(inherited) | $1.6B | Diversified |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Finland on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Finland's national teams, newest first. 1 in total.
| Year | Date | Champion | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-02-20 | Finland | Olympic men's hockey |