Finland vs Slovakia: Population

Finland

5.60 million people

in 2023

Slovakia

5.52 million people

in 2023

Finland rank

117th

Slovakia rank

119th

Population over time

Finland currently reports 5.60 million people against 5.52 million people in Slovakia, a difference of 83,120 people.

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

Finland ranks 117th and Slovakia ranks 119th 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.