What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Finland and Norway?

82,010 people, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Norway?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Finland vs Norway: The global population hockey stick

Finland

5.60 million people

in 2023

Norway

5.52 million people

in 2023

Finland rank

118th

Norway rank

119th

The global population hockey stick over time

Finland
Norway

How they compare

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 118th and Norway ranks 119th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 24 and Norway in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1000s	74,000 people	200,000 people	126,000 people	Norway
1100s	86,000 people	270,000 people	184,000 people	Norway
1200s	98,000 people	340,000 people	242,000 people	Norway
1300s	110,000 people	400,000 people	290,000 people	Norway
1400s	100,000 people	200,000 people	100,000 people	Norway
1500s	100,000 people	400,000 people	300,000 people	Norway
1600s	200,000 people	500,000 people	300,000 people	Norway
1700s	400,119 people	600,045 people	199,926 people	Norway
1710s	437,513 people	621,629 people	184,116 people	Norway
1720s	478,402 people	643,990 people	165,588 people	Norway
1730s	523,113 people	667,155 people	144,042 people	Norway
1740s	572,002 people	691,154 people	119,152 people	Norway
1750s	625,460 people	716,015 people	90,555 people	Norway
1760s	683,914 people	741,771 people	57,857 people	Norway
1770s	747,832 people	768,454 people	20,622 people	Norway
1780s	817,722 people	796,096 people	21,626 people	Finland
1790s	894,145 people	824,732 people	69,413 people	Finland
1800s	872,564 people	893,229 people	20,666 people	Norway
1810s	1.06 million people	923,558 people	131,511 people	Finland
1820s	1.25 million people	1.04 million people	216,003 people	Finland
1830s	1.40 million people	1.18 million people	222,048 people	Finland
1840s	1.52 million people	1.31 million people	216,164 people	Finland
1850s	1.68 million people	1.48 million people	193,546 people	Finland
1860s	1.74 million people	1.66 million people	85,511 people	Finland
1870s	1.88 million people	1.82 million people	63,806 people	Finland
1880s	2.18 million people	1.96 million people	226,217 people	Finland
1890s	2.49 million people	2.11 million people	377,808 people	Finland
1900s	2.77 million people	2.31 million people	460,455 people	Finland
1910s	3.02 million people	2.51 million people	507,722 people	Finland
1920s	3.27 million people	2.72 million people	544,702 people	Finland
1930s	3.55 million people	2.90 million people	658,804 people	Finland
1940s	3.83 million people	3.12 million people	712,505 people	Finland
1950s	4.21 million people	3.41 million people	796,802 people	Finland
1960s	4.55 million people	3.71 million people	834,513 people	Finland
1970s	4.69 million people	3.99 million people	704,114 people	Finland
1980s	4.88 million people	4.15 million people	729,647 people	Finland
1990s	5.09 million people	4.35 million people	741,341 people	Finland
2000s	5.25 million people	4.63 million people	617,082 people	Finland
2010s	5.46 million people	5.14 million people	314,724 people	Finland
2020s	5.56 million people	5.44 million people	119,460 people	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Finland or Norway?: Finland, at 5.60 million people against 5.52 million people in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Finland and Norway?: 82,010 people, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Norway?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Finland and Norway rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Finland ranks 118th and Norway ranks 119th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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