Urban population, total in Finland

Finland: Urban population, total was 0.7% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.7%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
31st
of 102 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2016
All-time low
0.4%
in 1997
Years of data
16
1995–2016

Urban population, total in Finland, 1995–2016

00.20.40.60.81995200520161995: 0.407 % of total population1997: 0.379 % of total population1998: 0.383 % of total population2004: 0.437 % of total population2005: 0.44 % of total population2006: 0.428 % of total population2007: 0.434 % of total population2008: 0.431 % of total population2009: 0.432 % of total population2010: 0.394 % of total population2011: 0.4 % of total population2012: 0.403 % of total population2013: 0.635 % of total population2014: 0.699 % of total population2015: 0.699 % of total population2016: 0.702 % of total population

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total population.

Analysis

Finland recorded 0.7% for urban population, total in 2016. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 64.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, urban population, total in Finland peaked at 0.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1997.

That places Finland 31st out of 102 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 3
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 6
2010s 0.6% 0.4% 0.7% 7

Countries ranked near Finland

  1. 28 Costa Rica 0.7% compare
  2. 29 Bolivia 0.7% compare
  3. 30 Sweden 0.7% compare
  4. 32 Panama 0.7% compare
  5. 33 Tunisia 0.7% compare
  6. 34 Türkiye 0.7% compare

See the full ranking of 102 places →

More reference data data for Finland

All data for Finland →

Frequently asked questions

What is urban population, total in Finland?
Urban population, total in Finland was 0.7% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest urban population, total recorded in Finland?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
What is the lowest urban population, total recorded in Finland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1997.
How does Finland rank for urban population, total?
Finland ranks 31st out of 102 countries with data for 2016.
Is urban population, total rising or falling in Finland?
Over the last ten years it is up 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Finland data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Urban population, total (% of total population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Urban population, total in Finland. Statizoid. Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/urban-population-total-percent-of-total-population/finland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/urban-population-total-percent-of-total-population/finland/">Urban population, total in Finland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Urban population, total (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
102 places, 1,472 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed