Finland - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Finland. Long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent; population concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
The vast majority of people are found in the south; the northern interior areas remain sparsely populated
People and Society
In Finland, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Estonian, Romani, Sami
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.02% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 7.75 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.01 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 2.8 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.28 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.63 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Finnish | Finn(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 16.2% (male 464,939/female 444,585) |
| 15-64 years | 60.3% (male 1,725,072/female 1,668,604) |
| 65 years and over | 23.5% (2024 est.) (male 583,645/female 739,569) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 62.3 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 23.3 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 39 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 2.6 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 44 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 41.8 years |
| Female | 44.9 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 85.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.42% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.338 million HELSINKI (capital) (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.03 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.79 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 1.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 1.9 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 82.2 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 79.3 years |
| Female | 85.2 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 8.23 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 3.76 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 1.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 1.96 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.91 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 18% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 21.7% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 14.3% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 18 | 0.1% (2017) |
Demographic profile
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All Important Facts about Finland
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