Finland in Figures 2026: ageing Finland is visible in numbers

Ageing is visible on many levels. More and more people receive pensions, but at the same time, ageing people remain active. Nearly one half of those aged 65 to 74 use social network services and some also utilise generative artificial intelligence.

The publication provides an overview of Finland through various phenomena and invites us to examine how the ageing of the population is shaping society.

Extracts from the publication:

• At the end of 2025, the population of Finland was 5,652,881 persons. Persons aged 65 or over numbered 1,347,494, and their share of the population was 24 per cent. Fourteen per cent of the population were aged 15 or under.

• Natural population increase remained negative. In 2025, the number of live-born children was 45,832, and a total of 59,209 persons died.

• The average number of employed persons aged 15 to 74 was 2.6 million and that of unemployed persons was 278,000 in 2025. There were 12,000 fewer employed persons and 39,000 more unemployed persons than in 2024.

• In 2025, altogether 75 per cent of employed persons worked in service industries and administration, 21 per cent in manufacturing and construction, and four per cent in agriculture and forestry.

• In 2025, a total of 1,440,510 persons received old-age pension. Disability pension was paid to 174,565 persons.

• In 2025, the average total pension for persons aged 65 or over was EUR 2,518 per month for men and EUR 2,002 per month for women.

• The year-on-year change in consumer prices, i.e. inflation, was 0.3 per cent in 2025, having been 1.6 per cent one year earlier.

• According to preliminary data, gross domestic product per capita was EUR 49,658 last year.

• Central government debt amounted to EUR 33,113 per capita in 2025.

• Persons aged 75 or over held 9.6 per cent of all driving licences valid on 1 January 2026.

• Of persons aged 65 to 84, altogether 67 per cent made at least one leisure trip in Finland, 26 per cent made at least one leisure trip abroad, while 29 per cent did not make any leisure trip in 2025.

• In 2024, a total of 456 kg of municipal waste per capita was generated. The share of municipal waste deposited at landfills or incinerated was 1.2 per cent. In 2010, the share was 45.3 per cent.

In addition to Statistics Finland’s data, Finland in Figures contains data produced by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finnish Customs, the Social Insurance Institution, the Finnish Centre for Pensions and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom.

The publication is available in printed form in three languages: Suomi lukuina 2026, Finland i siffror 2026 and Finland in Figures 2026. You can order publications from PunaMusta Oy’s online store or customer service tel. +358 10 230 8375.

You can also view the data content of the publication in PDF format in English on Statistics Finland's Otos publication archive website.

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