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.

Population in largest city in Finland was reported at 1346810 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Finland - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Finland FI: Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,259,875.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,240,942.000 Person for 2016. Finland FI: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 820,866.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,259,875.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 448,192.000 Person in 1960. Finland FI: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Finland – Table FI.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

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.

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Finland was reported at 28.04 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Finland - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

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Data on child protection in the six largest cities in Finland since 2008.

Information is arranged in tabs

1. by year (data for all cities for each year)
2. by city (data for each city since 2008).

The definitions used in the data collection are compiled in their own tab.

The number of persons placed in the reports includes all persons placed in accordance with the Child Welfare Act: children (0-17 years old) placed as an aid measure in open care, urgently placed in care and taken into care, as well as young people (18-20 years old) placed in after-care decisions.

The six cities are made up of the six most populous cities in Finland. In the order of population, the six cities include Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Turku and Oulu. The six working groups compare social and health care services in cities and early childhood education and care services. Data on customer numbers, deliverables, personnel and costs are mainly compiled from municipalities’ own information systems and financial statements. City experts agree on the most uniform possible definitions for data collection and implement the data collection in practice.

Finland FI: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 26.791 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 26.481 % for 2016. Finland FI: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 21.142 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.791 % in 2017 and a record low of 17.233 % in 1969. Finland FI: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Finland – Table FI.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

These recommendations are intended as a general policy to be applied alongside the strategic policies, principles and guidelines that often guide ICT and service development in cities. From a technological and service-oriented standpoint, the significance of APis is, mostly due to accelerating digitalisation, increasing at such a pace that a need has emerged for a document that describes the importance of APIs and the goals related to them from the perspective of the cities.

This document presents the consolidated view of the Six largest cities in Finland on how to develop open APIs through inter-city cooperation. The Six cities are Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku and Oulu.

NOTE: After the reform of social welfare and health care structures in 2023, responsibility for organising social welfare and health care services was transferred to the wellbeing services counties, and the Kuusikko cooperation ended in June 2023 for social welfare and health care services. For this reason, the dataset ends with 2021 data.

Social assistance data for the six largest cities in 2005-2021. Social assistance covers both customers (households and persons) and costs.

Since the beginning of the Kuusikko work, social assistance has been included in the comparisons. Operations started already in 1994 between three cities in the Helsinki metropolitan area, when the first comparison of the number of customers and costs of social assistance was made on the basis of 1993 data. The first five-city income support report was made from 1995 data when Turku and Tampere joined the work. The actual Kuusikko was reached in 2005, when Oulu also participated in income support comparisons.

In 2011, the six cities published the first report on adult social work in the six largest cities. Adult social work reports have focused more on describing the operating environment, operating methods and customer base than other Kuusikko reports. More numerical data have also been added to the 2019 report. However, in the absence of a national definition of adult social work and due to municipality-specific differences in the structures and processes of adult social work, the information available is not always fully comparable between municipalities.

Following the transfer of the granting and payment of basic social assistance to Kela in 2017, the reports on adult social work and social assistance previously published as separate reports have been merged into a single publication. The reports on adult social work and social assistance have been produced in cooperation with the expert working group on adult social work in the six largest cities.

The six cities are made up of the six most populous cities in Finland. In order of population, the six cities include Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu and Turku. The Kuusikko working groups compare the health and social services of cities, employment services and early childhood education and care services. Data on customer numbers, performances, personnel and costs are mainly compiled from municipalities' own information systems and financial statements. Urban experts agree on the most uniform definitions for data collection and implement the data collection in practice.

This statistic displays heating degree days of selected cities in Finland in 2018. During that year, the largest degree day value was in the city of Oulu in Northern Finland, with approximately 4.7 thousand degree days, followed by Kuopio with roughly 4.5 thousand degree days. A heating degree day is measured in order to compare the energy consumption of buildings in different years, and they can be used to indicate household consumption of energy for space heating.

The number of children in early childhood education by age group and type of care from 2002, the days of attendance from 2005 and the number of personnel from 2008 in municipal daycare centres and the costs of the early childhood education system from 2009 in the six largest cities in Finland.

The reviews of early childhood education monitor the use and costs of municipal early childhood education and early childhood education purchased by the municipality, organised with a service voucher and supported with private day care allowance. The examination also includes pre-primary education according to the Basic Education Act and open early childhood education according to the Early Childhood Education Act.

The Six Cities comprise the six largest cities in Finland by population. In the order of population, the Six Cities are Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu and Turku. The Kuusikko working groups compare the health and social services, employment services and early childhood education services in the cities. The data on customer numbers, services, personnel and costs are mainly compiled from the municipalities’ own information systems and financial statements. Experts from the cities agree on the most uniform definitions for data collection and implement the data collection in practice.

In 2021, roughly 13.1 million overnight stays by domestic and foreign visitors were recorded in hotels in Finland. During that year, visitors spent over 3.2 million nights in hotels in Uusimaa. Uusimaa includes the capital city Helsinki and two other major Finnish cities, Espoo and Vantaa. Nights spent by visitors in Lapland, Finland's northernmost region, totaled 1.52 million in 2021.

This repository contains data described in the article "Data on different types of green spaces and their accessibility in the seven largest urban regions in Finland". More details of the data are available in the upcoming data description article (manuscript can be found in this repository).

Abstract: Access to good quality green spaces in urban regions is vital for the well-being of citizens. In this article, we present data on green space quality and path distances to different types of green spaces. The path distances represent green space accessibility using active travel modes (walking, cycling). The path distances were calculated using the pedestrian street network across the seven largest urban regions in Finland. We derived the green space typology from the Urban Atlas Data that is available across functional urban areas in Europe and enhanced it with national data on water bodies, conservation areas and recreational facilities and routes from Finland. We extracted the walkable street network from OpenStreetMap and calculated shortest paths to different types of green spaces using open-source Python programming tools. Network distances were calculated up to ten kilometers from each green space edge and the distances were aggregated into a 250 m x 250 m statistical grid that is interoperable with various statistical data from Finland. The geospatial data files representing the different types of green spaces, network distances across the seven urban regions, as well as the processing and analysis scripts are shared in an open repository. These data offer actionable information about green space accessibility in Finnish city regions and support the integration of green space quality and active travel modes into further research and planning activities.

Related research article:

Viinikka, A., Tiitu, M., Heikinheimo, V., Halonen, J. I., Nyberg, E., & Vierikko, K. (2023). Associations of neighborhood-level socioeconomic status, accessibility, and quality of green spaces in Finnish urban regions. Applied Geography, 157, 102973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102973

The number of clients, services and costs of social welfare services and specialised medical care for elderly people in the six largest cities in Finland in 2004-2021.

In the examination of the number of clients, services and costs of services for elderly people in the six largest cities, the use of statutory social and health services by elderly people is monitored. The services under review are home care, part-time care, support for informal care, medium and intensive care housing, nursing homes, outpatient care in primary health care, oral health care, basic health care at health centre hospitals, home hospital care and somatic and psychiatric special health care.

The Six Cities comprise the six largest cities in Finland by population. In the order of population, the Six Cities are Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu and Turku. The Kuusikko working groups compare the health and social services, employment services and early childhood education services in the cities. The data on customer numbers, services, personnel and costs are mainly compiled from the municipalities’ own information systems and financial statements. Experts from the cities agree on the most uniform definitions for data collection and implement the data collection in practice.

Malaysia Tourist Arrival: Sightseeing In Cities: Finland data was reported at 87.100 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 76.400 % for 2014. Malaysia Tourist Arrival: Sightseeing In Cities: Finland data is updated yearly, averaging 87.100 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2015, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.400 % in 2013 and a record low of 30.400 % in 2003. Malaysia Tourist Arrival: Sightseeing In Cities: Finland data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Tourism Malaysia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malaysia – Table MY.Q009: Tourist Arrivals By Major Activities Engaged.

The number of clients, services and costs of substance abuse and mental health services for the adult population in the six largest cities in Finland in 2016-2021.

The dataset contains information on integrated substance abuse and mental health services in the six largest cities, as well as on substance abuse services and mental health services. In the case of substance abuse services and mental health services, the data is broken down into open care services, services provided home, work and day activities, housing services and institutional care. The agreed definitions for data collection can be found on their own tab in the file. Further information on the organisation of services in municipalities can be found in the report (in Finnish) compiled by the Kuusikko working group.

The Six Cities comprise the six largest cities in Finland by population. In the order of population, the Six Cities are Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu and Turku. The Kuusikko working groups compare the health and social services, employment services and early childhood education services in the cities. The data on customer numbers, services, personnel and costs are mainly compiled from the municipalities’ own information systems and financial statements. Experts from the cities agree on the most uniform definitions for data collection and implement the data collection in practice.

The City of Helsinki's environmental accounts are part of the City's environmental report. It describes the city's profits, costs and investments generated primarily for environmental reasons. The description of the income, costs and investments included in the environmental accounts is updated annually in cooperation with the six largest cities in Finland (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku, Oulu). Environmental accounts are reported annually to the City Council to support decision-making as part of the environmental report. The environmental report can be found at julkaisut.hel.fi. The environmental accounts compiled by the Environmental Management Team of the Urban Environment Division have been produced by all four divisions of the city, five unincorporated enterprises, the City Chancellery and the National Audit Office.

Descriptions of sub-categories of the data

The data for the year to be reported will be updated no later than September of the following year. The data start from 2013.

FI：最大城市人口在12-01-2017达1,259,875.000人，相较于12-01-2016的1,240,942.000人有所增长。FI：最大城市人口数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为820,866.000人，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达1,259,875.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为448,192.000人。CEIC提供的FI：最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的芬兰 – 表 FI.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。

In 2021, 98 percent of the Finnish households in the capital region had an internet connection. The corresponding figure for households in other large cities was 91 percent, and for households in rural areas 88 percent.