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Life expectancies record high in Finland in 2024

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release | Deaths 2024

According to Statistics Finland, the life expectancy of newborn boys was 79.6 years and that of girls 84.8 years in Finland in 2024. The figures are the highest in the measuring history. Compared to 2023, the life expectancy of boys grew by 0.7 years and that of girls by 0.6 years. Life expectancy is an age-standardised indicator that describes the level of mortality observed during the calculation period.

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  • Life expectancy at birth grew by 0.6 years for men and by 0.7 years for women in Finland in 2023.
  • Compared to the previous year, the life expectancies of persons aged 65 grew, by 0.5 years
    for both men and women.
  • Life expectancies of newborns were longest on Åland and shortest for men in Kainuu
    and for women in Lapland in the period 2022 to 2024.
  • The difference between genders in life expectancy in 2022 to 2024 was biggest in
    Kainuu, 6.3 years, and smallest in Central Ostrobothnia, 3.4 years.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Deaths [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. ISSN=1798-2545. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 18.10.2025].
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