Finland’s demographic timebomb

Finland faces growing pressures of an ageing and shrinking population, with one in three people being older than 65 by 2070. The Nordic nation saw its death rate eclipse its birth rate in 2016


Age groups	0-14 years 	15-64 	65-plus	Population
(as percentage of population)			(millions)

1980		20.2		67.8	12.1	4.79
1990		19.3		67.2	13.5	4.99
2000		18.1		66.9	15.0	5.18
2010		16.5		66.0	17.5	5.38
2020		15.6		61.7	22.7	5.54
2030		13.5		60.3	26.1	5.61
2040		13.1		59.7	27.2	5.60
2050		12.8		58.5	28.8	5.53
2060		12.0		56.9	31.1	5.45
2070		11.6		55.3	33.1	5.37


1980: There were 5.6 working age people supporting each person aged over 65 years

2070: Just 1.7 working age people per person over 65


Health care (per capita spending, €)
Quality of health care in Finland is rated among top seven globally*

3,013	3,309	3,885		4,002		4,653	4,713	5,799
Finland	Iceland	Netherlands	Australia	Norway	Lux.	Switzerland

 
*The Global Burden of Disease study

 
Sources: Statistics Finland, OECD 
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