Population & languages

FINLAND, IN PERSPECTIVE

A place for your next chapter.

Start with somewhere you know, or discover somewhere new. Choose a municipality to explore population, age groups, registered mother tongues and change over time.

Official source · Statistics Finland

MunicipalityReference yearMap measure

EXPLORE THE MAP

Get to know your corner of Finland.

2025

Annual change, compared with the previous year. Select an area or use the municipality list above.

Annual population growth Helsinki · 2025: +1.52%

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

Unavailable
Below -2%
-2% to below 0%
0% to below 2%
2% or more

YOUR AREA AT A GLANCE

This overview always shows population and growth. The map measure changes the map above.

Helsinki

Population on 31 December 2025

694,392

Annual change+1.52%

People gained / lost+10,374

Population over time

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

Exact values for Helsinki

Population and annual change · Helsinki
Year	People	Change
2020	656,920	Unavailable
2021	658,457	+0.23%
2022	664,028	+0.85%
2023	674,500	+1.58%
2024	684,018	+1.41%
2025	694,392	+1.52%

PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES

Age groups

Helsinki · 31 December 2025

Select a ring segment to explore its trend. Exact source values appear below; segment sizes use the rounded shares.

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

Under 1513.9%

Ages 15–6468.4%

Ages 65+17.7%

This source publishes age-group percentages, not exact counts. Counts cannot be recovered exactly from these rounded shares.

Age groups · Helsinki · 2025
Group	Share
Under 15	13.9%
Ages 15–64	68.4%
Ages 65+	17.7%

Age trend

Ages 65+ over time

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

Ages 65+: exact trend values

Ages 65+ · share of residents
Year	Share
2020	17.4%
2021	17.6%
2022	17.6%
2023	17.6%
2024	17.6%
2025	17.7%

Age in completed years at 31 December. Published shares are rounded to one decimal place and may total 99.9% or 100.1%. Age bands do not describe employment status.

Statistics Finland · 11ra · CC BY 4.0
Source updated 2026-05-29 · Retrieved 2026-10-10 · Checked 2026-10-10

Age groups snapshot reference

466e1221-d103-420a-8a0e-57081eac2e15

LANGUAGE IN THE COMMUNITY

Registered mother tongue

Helsinki · 31 December 2025

Select a ring segment to explore its trend. Exact source values appear below; segment sizes use the rounded shares.

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

Finnish73.37%

Swedish5.38%

Sámi0.01%

Other mother tongues21.24%

Registered mother tongue · Helsinki · 2025
Group	People	Share
Finnish	509,486	73.37%
Swedish	37,349	5.38%
Sámi	75	0.01%
Other mother tongues	147,482	21.24%

Language trend

Other mother tongues over time

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

Other mother tongues: exact trend values

Other mother tongues · share of residents
Year	Share
2020	16.63%
2021	17.33%
2022	18.33%
2023	19.55%
2024	20.44%
2025	21.24%

Registered mother tongue, not all languages a person speaks, proficiency, nationality or ethnicity. Other mother tongues means languages other than Finnish, Swedish and Sámi. Shares use the population total from this same language snapshot; missing categories are never inferred.

Statistics Finland · 11ra · CC BY 4.0
Source updated 2026-05-29 · Retrieved 2026-10-10 · Checked 2026-10-10

Registered mother tongue snapshot reference

bdd4e6ad-3cb0-4be2-91ee-59b299f66b00

LANGUAGES, IN MORE DETAIL

More voices. A fuller picture.

Helsinki · 2025 . Fifteen named mother tongues, including Urdu, Hindi and English.

Published official-data snapshot · Table 11rm · Source updated 2026-04-01

Language history

Finnish in Helsinki

Residents with Finnish as their registered mother tongue

509,486

73.37% of residents. Percentages use the population of the same area and year.

Hover, tap or focus a chart value to see details.

2020

77.76%

2021

77.06%

2022

76.13%

2023

74.98%

2024

74.15%

2025

73.37%

Bars share a 0– 86 % scale for this language and area. Withheld values are never treated as zero.

Counts below 10 are confidential in this table. “Withheld” is not zero. The selected language list is not exhaustive; no remaining-language count is inferred.

Registered mother tongues · Helsinki · 2025 · Highest share first
Language	People	Share
	509,486	73.37%
	37,349	5.38%
	21,540	3.10%
	16,115	2.32%
	11,736	1.69%
	11,072	1.59%
	9,063	1.31%
	5,224	0.75%
	5,081	0.73%
	4,473	0.64%
	3,188	0.46%
	2,551	0.37%
	1,883	0.27%
	1,242	0.18%
	75	0.01%

Statistics Finland, table 11rm , CC BY 4.0. Registered mother tongue is different from proficiency or nationality. This table may have a different revision date from the four-group overview.

Detailed language snapshot

Retrieved 2026-10-10 · Last checked 2026-10-10

c180312f-566e-4d0e-bfc8-ea42d079c649

Compare municipalities

All 308 municipalities in 2025 . The national total is shown separately to avoid counting the same people twice.

Open the full comparison table

Municipal population on 31 December 2025
Municipality	Population	Annual change
	17,492	-1.40%
	5,121	-1.90%
	16,429	+0.26%
	8,982	-1.06%
	2,384	-1.08%
	10,634	-1.35%
	7,841	-0.61%
	4,677	+0.56%
	3,937	-0.73%
	430	0.00%
	961	+0.52%
	1,273	-1.16%
	1,769	+0.40%
	325,716	+1.49%
	11,005	-0.71%
	8,920	-1.46%
	2,267	-0.22%
	2,625	+0.31%
	512	+1.99%
	16,307	-1.04%
	512	-0.39%
	6,441	-0.79%
	6,298	-1.05%
	912	-1.62%
	975	-1.02%
	10,249	-0.96%
	68,614	+0.26%
	19,113	-1.03%
	1,644	+0.49%
	4,436	-1.62%
	7,620	-1.06%
	6,565	-1.23%
	2,401	-3.26%
	9,346	-0.16%
	7,862	-0.49%
	2,888	-1.40%
	17,694	-0.76%
	694,392	+1.52%
	2,023	-1.75%
	22,775	-0.32%
	9,546	-0.09%
	2,074	-0.96%
	1,984	-0.90%
	47,015	-0.03%
	9,755	-0.52%
	20,205	-1.26%
	6,329	-1.12%
	6,704	-0.80%
	12,405	-0.19%
	4,293	-2.03%
	24,345	-1.53%
	7,244	+0.28%
	5,391	-0.20%
	1,771	-1.28%
	4,261	-1.34%
	19,657	+0.41%
	1,663	+0.30%
	19,020	-0.50%
	15,867	-0.92%
	46,944	+0.16%
	79,129	+0.49%
	4,795	-1.09%
	5,817	+0.48%
	4,494	-1.27%
	4,079	-0.49%
	4,059	-2.43%
	1,663	-0.30%
	5,569	-1.85%
	149,895	+0.47%
	36,675	+0.34%
	2,547	-1.62%
	36,370	-0.17%
	12,155	-0.95%
	34,379	+1.26%
	4,952	-2.17%
	12,508	+0.24%
	1,137	-4.13%
	5,246	-0.34%
	1,134	-2.16%
	8,274	-1.97%
	4,052	-1.00%
	2,324	-2.06%
	3,514	-1.65%
	2,133	-1.71%
	1,248	+0.56%
	12,429	-0.71%
	14,909	-0.94%
	10,318	+0.63%
	4,074	-1.07%
	1,922	-3.17%
	19,339	-0.32%
	6,919	-0.50%
	7,576	-0.37%
	19,702	+0.23%
	38,767	+0.80%
	9,014	-1.25%
	1,670	-1.94%
	6,340	-0.49%
	1,472	-1.34%
	41,725	+0.22%
	9,397	-1.77%
	6,973	+1.99%
	7,255	-1.35%
	1,001	-0.99%
	211	-7.05%
	6,583	-1.27%
	48,338	-0.06%
	4,001	+0.35%
	2,404	-1.52%
	15,060	-0.07%
	19,792	+0.27%
	1,984	-0.10%
	2,144	-1.92%
	50,029	-0.36%
	77,625	-0.97%
	6,113	-0.13%
	6,268	-1.17%
	7,300	-2.45%
	1,979	-2.89%
	271	-0.73%
	126,572	+0.72%
	3,306	-0.87%
	19,441	-0.35%
	972	+0.21%
	14,800	-0.51%
	1,129	-2.25%
	121,832	+0.41%
	7,534	-1.59%
	8,400	-0.93%
	2,430	+0.04%
	8,803	-0.70%
	2,704	-1.96%
	73,241	-0.12%
	13,927	-0.72%
	5,955	+1.21%
	18,808	-0.37%
	2,878	+1.02%
	2,139	+0.23%
	25,041	+0.75%
	8,924	-0.52%
	656	-1.35%
	9,846	-2.02%
	20,732	+0.32%
	10,116	-0.73%
	11,980	+0.56%
	45,435	-0.55%
	15,124	-1.12%
	7,574	-1.08%
	14,196	-1.09%
	695	-2.25%
	2,018	+0.50%
	371	0.00%
	4,304	-1.24%
	5,392	-0.42%
	20,861	-0.35%
	9,109	-1.74%
	7,034	-0.33%
	11,957	+0.77%
	1,890	-1.05%
	9,612	+0.21%
	1,031	-2.64%
	2,834	-2.41%
	1,664	-2.29%
	51,551	-0.65%
	8,767	+0.21%
	1,386	-0.50%
	2,323	+0.43%
	10,646	+0.30%
	7,424	-0.71%
	1,692	+0.89%
	20,390	+1.30%
	4,890	-0.99%
	9,538	-0.17%
	10,300	-0.75%
	36,571	+1.09%
	4,667	+0.17%
	8,760	-2.45%
	45,333	+0.63%
	7,391	-0.65%
	15,575	-0.49%
	1,264	-3.07%
	8,858	-0.12%
	6,832	-1.16%
	217,469	+0.61%
	6,365	-1.23%
	2,656	-0.75%
	11,284	+0.56%
	6,146	-1.47%
	2,941	-1.64%
	14,712	-1.05%
	4,235	-1.51%
	6,011	-0.96%
	11,289	+0.56%
	932	+2.42%
	3,146	-1.41%
	2,547	-1.81%
	3,511	-1.15%
	17,124	-0.31%
	3,873	-2.69%
	3,676	-0.43%
	21,373	+1.57%
	3,942	-1.43%
	1,893	-1.97%
	83,010	-0.35%
	4,919	-0.85%
	51,863	+0.24%
	2,826	-1.81%
	7,903	-1.35%
	7,168	-1.86%
	1,720	-1.32%
	2,546	-2.34%
	2,322	-0.98%
	2,081	-0.95%
	4,551	-3.21%
	2,938	-1.28%
	1,678	+2.25%
	1,892	-1.41%
	5,016	+0.30%
	23,413	-0.67%
	1,830	-2.71%
	26,036	+1.16%
	3,219	-0.83%
	3,530	-1.12%
	26,856	-0.67%
	38,773	-0.50%
	2,928	-0.24%
	1,398	-1.06%
	2,888	-3.99%
	2,476	-3.13%
	28,555	-0.31%
	1,158	-0.43%
	66,191	+0.71%
	4,679	-1.14%
	3,995	-1.09%
	6,381	-0.58%
	8,763	-1.07%
	6,221	-0.56%
	3,231	-1.64%
	50,339	-1.04%
	1,802	+1.35%
	23,332	-0.56%
	2,957	-0.27%
	3,094	-2.95%
	31,008	-1.44%
	974	+1.04%
	67,283	+1.01%
	4,585	-0.39%
	1,229	-2.77%
	4,723	-1.69%
	4,861	-1.56%
	21,348	+0.37%
	2,701	-2.77%
	23,006	+0.79%
	6,192	+0.16%
	8,095	-0.39%
	1,772	-1.56%
	8,339	-1.07%
	3,521	-1.37%
	10,161	-0.24%
	101	0.00%
	2,310	-2.16%
	1,018	+1.70%
	6,957	-1.15%
	6,549	-1.25%
	3,367	-1.78%
	4,574	-0.48%
	3,555	-2.79%
	1,707	+0.89%
	5,777	-0.94%
	263,337	+1.21%
	1,388	0.00%
	2,837	+0.39%
	4,574	-1.89%
	3,869	-2.69%
	2,750	-1.75%
	2,307	-1.79%
	20,823	-0.65%
	209,633	+1.73%
	2,270	-1.77%
	42,479	+0.60%
	6,470	-0.48%
	12,339	-0.35%
	4,440	-1.18%
	2,399	-2.72%
	1,112	-2.20%
	3,651	-0.16%
	14,783	-0.21%
	2,544	-1.43%
	71,209	+1.21%
	20,762	-0.41%
	252,956	+0.67%
	465	+1.31%
	19,433	-1.20%
	2,263	+0.76%
	1,787	-3.46%
	4,532	+0.47%
	2,912	-0.65%
	3,295	-1.70%
	28,852	+0.18%
	5,695	-1.20%
	2,554	-2.03%
	2,751	-2.83%
	6,126	-1.03%
	6,185	-0.40%
	3,673	-1.29%
	15,274	-0.86%
	33,658	-0.14%
	2,186	-0.32%

Know what you are looking at.

Statistics Finland · Population structure, table 11ra. CC BY 4.0. Boundaries: Statistics Finland municipality boundaries , 2026, CC BY 4.0. Map geometry is simplified and transformed for display.

All years use the regional division of 1 January 2026. Merged municipalities are combined; partial mergers are not adjusted in earlier years. Annual growth = (population − previous population) ÷ previous population × 100. Rates are rounded for display; missing data and zero denominators remain unavailable.

Population publisher updated: 2026-05-29 · Retrieved: 2026-10-10 · Last checked: 2026-10-10. These are annual statistics, not real-time counts.

Snapshot reference

318580c4-0cd1-4a4d-b87d-f51dbd4ea1aa

Bringing the figures together…

FOR EVERYDAY DECISIONS

Get to know an area.

Compare population size and growth when exploring places to live. These figures describe residents, not housing availability or quality of life.

FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES

Get closer to your community.

See the scale and direction of population change. Combine this with research into customers, competition and footfall; population growth alone does not measure demand.