Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Finland

Urban population share in Finland in 2025 — 74.5%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.9 pp.

2025 74.5% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 74.5%2025
Period minimum 55.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Finland, 1960–2025556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.6%1962: 56.8%1964: 57.9%1966: 58.7%1968: 59.5%1970: 60.3%1972: 61.1%1974: 62.1%1976: 62.6%1978: 62.9%1980: 63.1%1982: 63.2%1984: 63.4%1986: 63.6%1988: 63.8%1990: 63.9%1992: 64.1%1994: 64.5%1996: 65.2%1998: 66.2%2000: 67.1%2002: 67.8%2004: 68.3%2006: 68.8%2008: 69.3%2010: 69.8%2012: 70.4%2014: 71%2016: 71.6%2018: 72.3%2020: 73.1%2022: 73.7%2024: 74.3%2025: 74.5%
Change over the period: +18.9 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Finland

Finland 74.5%
World 57.8%
Northern Europe computed 81.9%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74.5 +0.3 pp
2024 74.3 +0.3 pp
2023 74 +0.3 pp
2022 73.7 +0.3 pp
2021 73.4 +0.3 pp
2020 73.1 +0.3 pp
2019 72.7 +0.4 pp
2018 72.3 +0.4 pp
2017 72 +0.3 pp
2016 71.6 +0.3 pp
2015 71.3 +0.3 pp
2014 71 +0.3 pp
2013 70.7 +0.3 pp
2012 70.4 +0.3 pp
2011 70.1 +0.3 pp
2010 69.8 +0.2 pp
2009 69.5 +0.3 pp
2008 69.3 +0.3 pp
2007 69 +0.3 pp
2006 68.8 +0.2 pp
2005 68.5 +0.2 pp
2004 68.3 +0.2 pp
2003 68 +0.2 pp
2002 67.8 +0.3 pp
2001 67.5 +0.4 pp
2000 67.1 +0.5 pp
1999 66.7 +0.5 pp
1998 66.2 +0.5 pp
1997 65.7 +0.5 pp
1996 65.2 +0.4 pp
1995 64.8 +0.3 pp
1994 64.5 +0.2 pp
1993 64.3 +0.2 pp
1992 64.1 +0.1 pp
1991 64 +0.1 pp
1990 63.9 +0 pp
1989 63.8 +0 pp
1988 63.8 +0.1 pp
1987 63.7 +0.1 pp
1986 63.6 +0.1 pp
1985 63.5 +0.1 pp
1984 63.4 +0.1 pp
1983 63.3 +0.1 pp
1982 63.2 +0.1 pp
1981 63.2 +0.1 pp
1980 63.1 +0.1 pp
1979 63 +0.1 pp
1978 62.9 +0.1 pp
1977 62.8 +0.2 pp
1976 62.6 +0.2 pp
1975 62.4 +0.3 pp
1974 62.1 +0.5 pp
1973 61.6 +0.5 pp
1972 61.1 +0.4 pp
1971 60.7 +0.4 pp
1970 60.3 +0.4 pp
1969 59.9 +0.4 pp
1968 59.5 +0.4 pp
1967 59.1 +0.4 pp
1966 58.7 +0.4 pp
1965 58.3 +0.4 pp
1964 57.9 +0.5 pp
1963 57.4 +0.5 pp
1962 56.8 +0.6 pp
1961 56.3 +0.7 pp
1960 55.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.