Editing Demographics of Finland (section)

== Age ==

[[File:Life_expectancy_in_Finland.svg|thumb|Life expectancy in Finland since 1755]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Finland -diff.png|thumb|Life expectancy in Finland since 1960 by gender]]
[[File:Live births and deaths over time in Finland.svg|thumb|Live births and deaths over time]]
[[File:Crude birth rate and death rate over time in Finland.svg|thumb|Crude birth rate and death rate over time]]
The Finnish population is ageing. Life expectancy has also increased in recent decades. Population growth has mainly been driven by immigration. Furthermore, the population is increasingly concentrated in urban areas in southern and western Finland.

* {{As of|2024}}, the [[List of countries by median age|average age]] of the Finnish population was 44.0 years, with an average age of 42.7 years for men and 45.2 years for women.<ref name="statistics-finland-population-2024-final"/>
* {{As of|2020}}, the [[List of countries by life expectancy|average age of death]] was 75.3 for men and 82.1 for women, indicating a margin of 6.9 years.<ref name="statistics-finland-number-of-deaths">{{cite web |url= https://www.stat.fi/til/kuol/2020/kuol_2020_2021-04-23_tie_001_en.html |title= Number of deaths increased from the previous year |publisher= Statistics Finland | language=en |date=23 April 2021 |access-date= 3 October 2023}}</ref>
* {{As of|2022}}, [[infant mortality]] was very low in Finland. There were two deaths per thousand live births, with 2.3 deaths per thousand for male infants and 1.8 deaths per thousand for female infants.<ref name="Stat-finland-deaths"/>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right"
! colspan="4" |{{nowrap|Age structure as of 2022<ref name="Stat-finland-population-structure">{{cite web |url=https://stat.fi/en/statistics/vaerak |title=Population structure |publisher=Statistics Finland |access-date=1 October 2023 | language=en}}</ref>}}
|-
! class="unsortable" | Age !! Population !! colspan="2" class="unsortable" | Of total population (%)
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Under 4
| 238,282 || {{bartable|4.3}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 5 - 9
| 285,852 || {{bartable|5.1}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 10 - 14
| 316,194 || {{bartable|5.7}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 15 - 19
| 307,960 || {{bartable|5.5}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 20 - 24
| 304,385 || {{bartable|5.5}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 25 - 29
| 344,950 || {{bartable|6.2}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 30 - 34
| 372,101 || {{bartable|6.7}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 35 - 39
| 363,619 || {{bartable|6.5}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 40 - 44
| 356,657 || {{bartable|6.4}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 45 - 49
| 334,702 || {{bartable|6.0}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 50 - 54
| 326,045 || {{bartable|5.9}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 55 - 59
| 364009 || {{bartable|6.5}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 60 - 64
| 354,703 || {{bartable|6.4}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 65 - 69
| 349,928 || {{bartable|6.3}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 70 - 74
| 343,733 || {{bartable|6.2}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 75 - 79
| 273,662 || {{bartable|4.9}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 80 - 84
| 168,074 || {{bartable|3.0}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Over 85
| 159,114 || {{bartable|2.9}}
|}

=== Life expectancy and mortality ===
{{Main|List of Finnish regions by life expectancy}}

In the mid-18th century, when population statistics were initially recorded, Finland recorded an annual [[mortality rate|death rate]] of over 10,000, with yearly fluctuations. The overall mortality rate was at 26 and men had a [[life expectancy]] of 36.1 years during the 1750s, while women had an expectancy of 38.4 years. The gender gap in life expectancy was a few years at that time.<ref name="tilastokeskus-kuolevuuden-kehitys">{{cite web |url= https://tilastokoulu.stat.fi/verkkokoulu_v2.xql?page_type=sisalto&course_id=tkoulu_vaesto&lesson_id=12&subject_id=3 |title= Väestötieteen perusteet - 12.3 Kuolevuuden kehitys – elinaikaa lisää |publisher= Statistics Finland | language=fi |access-date= 1 October 2023}}</ref>

The rapid spread of various [[Infectious diseases (medical specialty)|infectious diseases]] such as cholera caused mortality up until the 1870s. The war years significantly increased mortality rates in the civilian population. During this time, the highest mortality rates were recorded during the Finnish War of 1808-09 and the [[cholera]] outbreak of 1832–33, which caused the deaths of a significant portion of the population. The years 1867-68 were marked as years of high death rates, with the latter year seeing a peak of 137,700 deaths.<ref name="tilastokeskus-kuolevuuden-kehitys"/>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right"
! colspan="18" | {{nowrap|Life expectancy in Finland from 1755 to 1899}}
|-
! colspan="18" |Years<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |access-date=28 August 2018 |website=Our World in Data |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072115/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!1755
!1765
!1775
!1785
!1795
!1805
!1815
!1825
!1835
!1845
!1855
!1865
!1875
!1878
!1879
!1880
!1881
!1882
|-
|37.3
|34.9
|39.4
|33.8
|37.1
|31.8
|35.8
|38.4
|34.7
|40.5
|35.1
|32.1
|41.6
|39.2
|44.9
|39.6
|37.6
|40.4
|-
| colspan="18" |
|-
!1883
!1884
!1885
!1886
!1887
!1888
!1889
!1890
!1891
!1892
!1893
!1894
!1895
!1896
!1897
!1898
!1899
|-
|42.7
|42.8
|41.3
|40.8
|45.5
|45.1
|44.9
|44.6
|42.5
|39.7
|43.3
|45.2
|47.6
|46.5
|48.1
|48.0
|44.3
|}

Before the turn of the 20th century, mortality rates were notably high, but they gradually decreased thereafter. During that time period, the life expectancy of a newborn saw a significant increase to 42.8 years for men and 45.7 years for women. The gender gap in life expectancy already stood at three years. Starting from the beginning of the 20th century, improvements in hygiene, prevention of communicable diseases, and advancements in vaccinations and medicines played crucial roles in accelerating the decline in mortality rates, as compared to previous decades. On the eve of World War II, life expectancy for males stood at 53.4 years and for females, 59.0 years, constituting a five-year gap between them.<ref name="tilastokeskus-kuolevuuden-kehitys"/> The life expectancy took almost two centuries to increase by 20 years since the 18th century. In contrast, the succeeding two decades only required 40 years to attain the same growth by the mid-20th century.<ref name="tilastokeskus-kuolevuuden-kehitys"/>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right"
! colspan="18" | {{nowrap|Life expectancy in Finland from 1900 to 1950}}
|-
! colspan="18" |Years<ref name=":0"/>
|-
!1900
!1901
!1902
!1903
!1904
!1905
!1906
!1907
!1908
!1909
!1910
!1911
!1912
!1913
!1914
!1915
!1916
!1917
|-
|41.7
|42.8
|46.2
|46.6
|47.2
|46.0
|47.0
|46.7
|46.1
|48.6
|48.5
|48.7
|49.1
|49.0
|49.7
|49.5
|48.0
|46.5
|-
| colspan="18" |
|-
!1918
!1919
!1920
!1921
!1922
!1923
!1924
!1925
!1926
!1927
!1928
!1929
!1930
!1931
!1932
!1933
!1934
!1935
|-
|32.8
|43.1
|47.5
|52.4
|51.9
|52.5
|50.2
|53.4
|53.8
|51.8
|53.7
|51.3
|54.5
|54.9
|55.8
|55.4
|56.0
|54.4
|-
| colspan="18" |
|-
!1936
!1937
!1938
!1939
!1940
!1941
!1942
!1943
!1944
!1945
!1946
!1947
!1948
!1949
!1950
|-
|56.2
|57.1
|57.2
|54.6
|46.6
|46.5
|54.0
|56.3
|48.0
|57.2
|60.2
|60.5
|62.0
|61.9
|64.2
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:right"
|+{{nowrap|Life expectancy in Finland from 1971 to 2022}}<ref name="Stat-finland-deaths">{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.fi/en/statistics/kuol |title=Deaths |publisher=Statistics Finland |access-date=3 October 2023 | language=en}}</ref>
|-
!1971
!1972
!1973
!1974
!1975
!1976
!1977
!1978
!1979
!1980
!1981
!1982
!1983
!1984
!1985
!1986
!1987
!1988
|-
|70.1
|70.8
|71.3
|71.2
|71.7
|72.0
|72.5
|73.3
|73.3
|73.6
|73.9
|74.5
|74.4
|74.7
|74.4
|74.7
|74.8
|74.8
|-
| colspan="18" |
|-
!1989
!1990
!1991
!1992
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
!2004
!2005
!2006
|-
|75.0
|75.0
|75.4
|75.6
|75.9
|76.6
|76.6
|76.9
|77.1
|77.3
|77.5
|77.7
|78.1
|78.3
|78.5
|78.8
|79.0
|79.4
|-
| colspan="18" |
|-
!2007
!2008
!2009
!2010
!2011
!2012
!2013
!2014
!2015
!2016
!2017
!2018
!2019
!2020
!2021
!2022*
|-
|79.4
|79.7
|79.8
|80.0
|80.4
|80.5
|80.9
|81.1
|81.4
|81.3
|81.5
|81.6
|81.9
|81.8
|81.8
|81.2
|}