Finland - Population Growth 1998
0.27%
−0.03pp from 1997
Finland's population growth was 0.27% in 1998, decreased +0.03pp from 0.30% in 1997. This was the 40th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kosovo | -5.54% | -523.5% |
| 2nd | Kazakhstan | -2.50% | -8.7% |
| 3rd | Georgia | -2.47% | 22.9% |
| 4th | Curaçao | -1.70% | -484.6% |
| 5th | Armenia | -1.17% | -18.0% |
| 6th | Estonia | -0.96% | 15.8% |
| 7th | Latvia | -0.94% | 5.4% |
| 8th | Ukraine | -0.80% | 6.5% |
| 9th | St. Martin (French part) | -0.74% | -81.0% |
| 10th | Lithuania | -0.72% | 1.8% |
| 11th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -0.67% | -9.5% |
| 12th | Bulgaria | -0.67% | -9.6% |
| 13th | Albania | -0.63% | -0.6% |
| 14th | Belarus | -0.45% | -8.4% |
| 15th | Serbia | -0.41% | -30.7% |
| 16th | Montenegro | -0.31% | -25.6% |
| 17th | Dominica | -0.25% | -58.0% |
| 18th | Hungary | -0.23% | -15.5% |
| 19th | Slovenia | -0.22% | -62.2% |
| 20th | Romania | -0.21% | 28.1% |
| 21st | Russian Federation | -0.17% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Czechia | -0.09% | 12.1% |
| 23rd | Croatia | -0.06% | 87.4% |
| 24th | Moldova | -0.04% | 89.1% |
| 25th | Nauru | 0.01% | -92.9% |
| 26th | Germany | 0.02% | -89.6% |
| 27th | Barbados | 0.02% | -59.3% |
| 28th | Italy | 0.03% | -45.6% |
| 29th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.03% | 77.2% |
| 30th | Poland | 0.04% | -45.4% |
| 31st | Sweden | 0.06% | -3.1% |
| 32nd | Austria | 0.11% | -3.2% |
| 33rd | European Union | 0.13% | -11.0% |
| 34th | Slovak Republic | 0.13% | -27.4% |
| 35th | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.17% | -31.4% |
| 36th | Guyana | 0.18% | -22.1% |
| 37th | Greenland | 0.18% | -0.2% |
| 38th | Belgium | 0.21% | -11.8% |
| 39th | Gibraltar | 0.25% | -28.6% |
| 40th | Finland | 0.27% | -10.7% |
| 41st | Japan | 0.27% | 14.0% |
| 42nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.28% | -15.5% |
| 43rd | United Kingdom | 0.29% | 13.1% |
| 44th | Switzerland | 0.30% | 23.3% |
| 45th | Cuba | 0.33% | 2.0% |
| 46th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.34% | -10.9% |
| 47th | Denmark | 0.36% | -12.6% |
| 48th | France | 0.37% | 3.9% |
| 49th | Spain | 0.41% | -1.3% |
| 50th | Channel Islands | 0.47% | 6.1% |
| 51st | Uruguay | 0.49% | -6.9% |
| 52nd | Lesotho | 0.50% | -37.3% |
| 53rd | Portugal | 0.51% | 13.2% |
| 54th | North Macedonia | 0.53% | 168.0% |
| 55th | Tuvalu | 0.54% | -12.6% |
| 56th | Greece | 0.55% | 12.4% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.57% | -38.1% |
| 58th | Tajikistan | 0.59% | -50.6% |
| 59th | Norway | 0.60% | 9.8% |
| 60th | Netherlands | 0.62% | 19.8% |
| 61st | El Salvador | 0.62% | -8.5% |
| 62nd | Monaco | 0.63% | -10.3% |
| 63rd | Malta | 0.65% | -14.1% |
| 64th | Grenada | 0.68% | 0.3% |
| 65th | Tonga | 0.71% | 78.0% |
| 66th | Korea | 0.72% | -23.0% |
| 67th | Samoa | 0.76% | -8.7% |
| 68th | Bermuda | 0.76% | 26.1% |
| 69th | Canada | 0.83% | -16.5% |
| 70th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.83% | 0.3% |
| 71st | Jamaica | 0.86% | -7.2% |
| 72nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.86% | -7.5% |
| 73rd | New Zealand | 0.89% | -32.4% |
| 74th | Marshall Islands | 0.93% | -6.3% |
| 75th | Azerbaijan | 0.95% | -1.6% |
| 76th | China | 0.96% | -6.2% |
| 77th | Sierra Leone | 0.98% | -23.7% |
| 78th | Australia | 1.00% | -7.9% |
| 79th | Ireland | 1.04% | 4.0% |
| 80th | Andorra | 1.05% | -5.8% |
| 81st | Mauritius | 1.05% | -16.0% |
| 82nd | Iceland | 1.07% | 30.7% |
| 83rd | United States | 1.17% | -3.2% |
| 84th | Argentina | 1.18% | -3.2% |
| 85th | Macao SAR, China | 1.19% | 125.3% |
| 86th | South Africa | 1.21% | 1.2% |
| 87th | Faroe Islands | 1.22% | -2.8% |
| 88th | Fiji | 1.24% | 19.8% |
| 89th | Luxembourg | 1.24% | -0.8% |
| 90th | Myanmar | 1.25% | -2.1% |
| 91st | San Marino | 1.25% | 0.9% |
| 92nd | Tunisia | 1.27% | -6.3% |
| 93rd | Eswatini | 1.28% | -23.6% |
| 94th | Isle of Man | 1.30% | 9.1% |
| 95th | Chile | 1.30% | -2.8% |
| 96th | Guam | 1.30% | -2.5% |
| 97th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.30% | 2.1% |
| 98th | Thailand | 1.31% | -2.1% |
| 99th | Eritrea | 1.31% | 18.1% |
| 100th | São Tomé and Principe | 1.31% | -7.9% |
| 101st | St. Lucia | 1.37% | -2.5% |
| 102nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.37% | 14.6% |
| 103rd | Liechtenstein | 1.39% | 116.9% |
| 104th | Mongolia | 1.39% | -2.0% |
| 105th | Türkiye | 1.39% | -3.6% |
| 106th | Bahamas, The | 1.43% | -5.1% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | 1.43% | -1.2% |
| 108th | Oman | 1.44% | -7.4% |
| 109th | Brazil | 1.49% | 0.1% |
| 110th | Morocco | 1.49% | -0.7% |
| 111th | Libya | 1.49% | -3.0% |
| 112th | Nicaragua | 1.53% | -8.4% |
| 113th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.53% | 5.2% |
| 114th | Uzbekistan | 1.57% | -9.1% |
| 115th | Indonesia | 1.58% | -2.8% |
| 116th | Algeria | 1.59% | -14.6% |
| 117th | Cabo Verde | 1.60% | -4.8% |
| 118th | French Polynesia | 1.63% | 2.1% |
| 119th | Mexico | 1.64% | -2.6% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 1.65% | -5.1% |
| 121st | Turkmenistan | 1.69% | -0.5% |
| 122nd | Comoros | 1.72% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.75% | -51.6% |
| 124th | Lebanon | 1.76% | -2.8% |
| 125th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.77% | -2.2% |
| 126th | American Samoa | 1.77% | -5.4% |
| 127th | Kiribati | 1.78% | -2.7% |
| 128th | Colombia | 1.79% | 0.1% |
| 129th | Ecuador | 1.81% | -1.9% |
| 130th | Peru | 1.82% | -1.6% |
| 131st | Lao PDR | 1.85% | -11.2% |
| 132nd | Maldives | 1.86% | -8.2% |
| 133rd | Guinea-Bissau | 1.86% | -2.2% |
| 134th | Haiti | 1.86% | -1.1% |
| 135th | Cyprus | 1.87% | -3.6% |
| 136th | Guinea | 1.88% | -8.5% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 1.89% | 1.9% |
| 138th | Sri Lanka | 1.89% | -0.6% |
| 139th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.89% | -7.5% |
| 140th | Bhutan | 1.90% | 6.3% |
| 141st | Burundi | 1.91% | 25,090.5% |
| 142nd | India | 1.94% | -1.5% |
| 143rd | Zimbabwe | 1.96% | 4.1% |
| 144th | Seychelles | 1.96% | 66.7% |
| 145th | Nepal | 1.97% | -5.4% |
| 146th | South Sudan | 1.99% | -28.8% |
| 147th | Panama | 2.00% | -0.7% |
| 148th | Suriname | 2.06% | -1.0% |
| 149th | Vanuatu | 2.09% | -2.8% |
| 150th | New Caledonia | 2.12% | -3.0% |
| 151st | Malawi | 2.16% | 7.8% |
| 152nd | Costa Rica | 2.17% | -4.0% |
| 153rd | Paraguay | 2.18% | -3.3% |
| 154th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.18% | 5.4% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 2.20% | 2.9% |
| 156th | Botswana | 2.22% | -3.8% |
| 157th | Palau | 2.27% | -10.5% |
| 158th | Mozambique | 2.28% | -16.8% |
| 159th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.28% | -2.6% |
| 160th | Israel | 2.29% | -8.5% |
| 161st | Jordan | 2.31% | -14.0% |
| 162nd | Senegal | 2.34% | -1.0% |
| 163rd | Ghana | 2.43% | 2.2% |
| 164th | Malaysia | 2.46% | -1.3% |
| 165th | Aruba | 2.46% | -36.5% |
| 166th | Philippines | 2.51% | 6.9% |
| 167th | Sudan | 2.52% | 13.3% |
| 168th | Gabon | 2.53% | 0.4% |
| 169th | Mali | 2.53% | 11.4% |
| 170th | British Virgin Islands | 2.54% | 0.2% |
| 171st | Namibia | 2.54% | -1.8% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 2.56% | -42.9% |
| 173rd | Guatemala | 2.56% | 0.0% |
| 174th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.58% | -1.7% |
| 175th | Mauritania | 2.59% | 16.4% |
| 176th | Nigeria | 2.61% | 0.4% |
| 177th | Zambia | 2.62% | 2.6% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 2.63% | 30.2% |
| 179th | Bahrain | 2.63% | 0.0% |
| 180th | Cameroon | 2.65% | -0.1% |
| 181st | Honduras | 2.65% | -5.3% |
| 182nd | Central African Republic | 2.71% | -1.3% |
| 183rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.72% | 69.1% |
| 184th | Timor-Leste | 2.73% | -1.0% |
| 185th | Kenya | 2.76% | 1.0% |
| 186th | Pakistan | 2.76% | -2.4% |
| 187th | Burkina Faso | 2.76% | 7.2% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 2.81% | -1.2% |
| 189th | Solomon Islands | 2.81% | -1.7% |
| 190th | Togo | 2.84% | -10.4% |
| 191st | Uganda | 2.97% | 2.6% |
| 192nd | Benin | 3.08% | 4.4% |
| 193rd | Kuwait | 3.12% | -4.5% |
| 194th | Iraq | 3.14% | 1.6% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.15% | -1.2% |
| 196th | Madagascar | 3.27% | 0.5% |
| 197th | Angola | 3.35% | -1.4% |
| 198th | Niger | 3.38% | 1.9% |
| 199th | Singapore | 3.40% | 1.2% |
| 200th | Chad | 3.44% | -0.3% |
| 201st | Belize | 3.49% | 4.6% |
| 202nd | Papua New Guinea | 3.52% | -1.3% |
| 203rd | Saudi Arabia | 3.74% | -3.1% |
| 204th | Afghanistan | 3.76% | -1.0% |
| 205th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.77% | -1.8% |
| 206th | Cayman Islands | 3.81% | -5.3% |
| 207th | Equatorial Guinea | 3.91% | 1.0% |
| 208th | Djibouti | 4.02% | 13.0% |
| 209th | Rwanda | 4.12% | -71.6% |
| 210th | Cambodia | 4.12% | -40.1% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 4.14% | 17.9% |
| 212th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.33% | -2.6% |
| 213th | Qatar | 5.31% | 33.5% |
| 214th | United Arab Emirates | 7.62% | -6.2% |
| 215th | Northern Mariana Islands | 8.04% | -11.0% |
| 216th | Liberia | 10.13% | 30.1% |
FAQ
What was Finland's population growth in 1998?▾
Finland's population growth in 1998 was 0.27%. This ranked 40th globally.
How did Finland's population growth change in 1998?▾
Finland's population growth decreased by 10.7% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1998?▾
Liberia had the highest population growth in 1998 at 10.13%.
What is the population growth of Finland in 1998?▾
The population growth of Finland in 1998 was 0.27%. This ranked 40th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Finland's population growth?▾
Finland's population growth went from 0.30% in 1997 to 0.27% in 1998, a 10.7% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Finland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1998. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 5.8%. View full analysis →
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