The largest city in Finland is Helsinki with 684,018 inhabitants. Helsinki is the capital of Finland, and it is located in the south within the Uusimaa region. In 2024, the second largest city was Espoo, a city located in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which had approximately 320,900 inhabitants. After the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, the third largest and most populous city outside the capital region was Tampere, with roughly 280,200 inhabitants. The Finnish population is highly concentrated in southern Finland The total population of Finland is roughly 5.64 million. Finland is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe, and the population is highly concentrated in the southern and southwestern parts of the country. Since 1915 the population of Finland grew steadily from 3.1 million to more than 5.64 million inhabitants. But the upwards trend slowed down in recent years. The median age of the Finnish population is rising While the population growth slowed down the Finnish population also got older. The media age increased from 38.4 years in 2000 to 43 years in 2024. The estimated median age for the Finnish population in 2035 was 45.3 years.

Neighborhood classification for the 20 biggest cities in Finland, created from 250x250 m grid cells and data on the type of most typical buildings, the construction year of the neighborhood, and information on whether the neighborhood belongs to a city center. Includes seven classes of neighborhood types: centers (ClassId 1), blocks of flats from the 1950s and before (ClassId 2), blocks of flats from the 1960s and 1970s (ClassId 3), blocks of flats from the1980s and 1990s (ClassId 4), blocks of flats from the 2000s (ClassId 5), low-rise neighborhoods built before the 2000s (ClassId 6), and low-rise neighborhoods built after 2000 (ClassId 7). Each separate neighbourhood has an unique identifier (NeighborhoodId).

The most populous area in Finland is the capital region of Uusimaa, with almost 1.8 million inhabitants as of 2024. Almost one third of the 5.64 million population lived in the capital city and the surrounding Greater Helsinki area. The second-largest region in terms of population was Pirkanmaa, inhabited by 545,406 people. Three out of the ten largest cities located in Uusimaa The Uusimaa region also has Finland's highest population density with roughly 195.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Pirkanmaa's population density is only 41.2 inhabitants per square meter. Out of the 10 largest cities in the country, three are located in the Uusimaa region, including the capital city Helsinki. Changing population structure The population of Finland is expected to grow in the following decade, reaching 6.18 million in 2050. However, the population is aging rapidly, as the number of inhabitants aged 75 years and older continues to increase in the future. At the same time, the population aged 14 and younger is estimated to constantly decline.

In 2023, around 4000,000 people visited the Lux Helsinki festival. The festival displays a wide array of light artworks by national and international artists. According to the data from Finland Festivals, the second largest festival wasthe Kotka Maritime festival. The festival program offers a mix of music, sports and family events. All the events are organized in the maritime city Kotka, close to Helsinki. In the same year, roughly 182,500 people visited Pori Jazz, making it the third largest festival in Finland.

With more than 737 thousand vehicles, the region of Uusimaa in the south of Finland had the largest amount of registered passenger cars in the country. This was a margin of nearly 477 thousand vehicles to the region with the second highest number of registered passenger cars, Pirkanmaa (approximately 260 thousand cars).

Car density per one inhabitant amounted to less in Uusimaa than in the Pirkanmaa region Uusimaa, the region where the capital city of Helsinki is located, was also the region with the largest population in the country. With 1.7 million inhabitants in 2021, this meant that one car was possessed per roughly 0.42 persons. In comparison, Pirkanmaa with a population of 527 thousand had one car per 0.49 persons, which meant that a car was owned by approximately every other person in that region.

Toyota leading new passenger car registrations in 2020 In the region of Uusimaa, the most popular passenger car brand in 2018 was the Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota, followed by Volkswagen and Škoda. In 2021, Toyota was also the leading passenger car brand in the whole country when it comes to registrations of new passenger cars, with roughly 14 thousand new cars.