Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Finland

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Finland in 2025 — 24%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 13.88 pp.

2025 24% +0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank 55of 121
Period maximum 24%2025
Period minimum 10.12%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Finland, 1960–20251015202519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.12%1962: 10.26%1964: 10.38%1966: 10.56%1968: 10.71%1970: 11.01%1972: 11.49%1974: 12.05%1976: 12.68%1978: 13.37%1980: 14.1%1982: 14.41%1984: 14.63%1986: 15.1%1988: 16.26%1990: 17.47%1992: 17.98%1994: 18.29%1996: 18.67%1998: 19.16%2000: 19.69%2002: 20.01%2004: 20.24%2006: 20.44%2008: 20.67%2010: 20.99%2012: 21.55%2014: 22.04%2016: 22.58%2018: 23.19%2020: 23.6%2022: 23.9%2024: 23.96%2025: 24%
Change over the period: +13.88 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Finland 24%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24 +0.03 pp
2024 23.96 +0.01 pp
2023 23.96 +0.06 pp
2022 23.9 +0.13 pp
2021 23.76 +0.17 pp
2020 23.6 +0.19 pp
2019 23.4 +0.21 pp
2018 23.19 +0.32 pp
2017 22.87 +0.29 pp
2016 22.58 +0.28 pp
2015 22.31 +0.26 pp
2014 22.04 +0.24 pp
2013 21.8 +0.26 pp
2012 21.55 +0.28 pp
2011 21.27 +0.28 pp
2010 20.99 +0.2 pp
2009 20.8 +0.13 pp
2008 20.67 +0.12 pp
2007 20.55 +0.1 pp
2006 20.44 +0.1 pp
2005 20.34 +0.1 pp
2004 20.24 +0.11 pp
2003 20.13 +0.12 pp
2002 20.01 +0.12 pp
2001 19.89 +0.19 pp
2000 19.69 +0.27 pp
1999 19.42 +0.26 pp
1998 19.16 +0.25 pp
1997 18.91 +0.24 pp
1996 18.67 +0.21 pp
1995 18.46 +0.17 pp
1994 18.29 +0.16 pp
1993 18.13 +0.15 pp
1992 17.98 +0.13 pp
1991 17.85 +0.37 pp
1990 17.47 +0.61 pp
1989 16.86 +0.6 pp
1988 16.26 +0.59 pp
1987 15.67 +0.57 pp
1986 15.1 +0.35 pp
1985 14.76 +0.13 pp
1984 14.63 +0.11 pp
1983 14.51 +0.1 pp
1982 14.41 +0.11 pp
1981 14.3 +0.2 pp
1980 14.1 +0.36 pp
1979 13.73 +0.36 pp
1978 13.37 +0.35 pp
1977 13.02 +0.34 pp
1976 12.68 +0.33 pp
1975 12.36 +0.3 pp
1974 12.05 +0.29 pp
1973 11.77 +0.27 pp
1972 11.49 +0.27 pp
1971 11.23 +0.21 pp
1970 11.01 +0.17 pp
1969 10.84 +0.14 pp
1968 10.71 +0.08 pp
1967 10.63 +0.07 pp
1966 10.56 +0.09 pp
1965 10.47 +0.09 pp
1964 10.38 +0.07 pp
1963 10.31 +0.05 pp
1962 10.26 +0.05 pp
1961 10.21 +0.09 pp
1960 10.12

Northern Europe, 2025

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About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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