Finland vs Norway: Population

Finland

5.60 million people

in 2023

Norway

5.52 million people

in 2023

Finland rank

117th

Norway rank

118th

Population over time

Finland currently reports 5.60 million people against 5.52 million people in Norway, a difference of 82,010 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Norway ahead.

Finland ranks 117th and Norway ranks 118th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.