Finland: Land area (sq. km)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Finland's land area (sq. km) rose 0% on 2023 (from 303,960 to 304,000).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0% and a typical year strayed about 0% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0% in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.2% in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 8.43 a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 304,001 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 14.76, against 21.53 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Finland had the 71st highest value of the 214 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Finland in the 2024 ranking

• Viet Nam — 68th of 214: 313,429
• Oman — 69th of 214: 309,500
• Poland — 70th of 214: 306,070
• Philippines — 72nd of 214: 298,170
• Italy — 73rd of 214: 295,720
• Burkina Faso — 74th of 214: 273,600

What this measures

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Limitations: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Land area (sq. km) in nearby economies

• Albania — 27,400 (2024)
• Andorra — 468 (2024)
• Armenia — 28,199 (2024)
• Austria — 82,520 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 82,650 (2024)
• Belarus — 202,976 (2024)
• Belgium — 30,494 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 51,200 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 108,560 (2024)
• Channel Islands — 198 (2021)
• Croatia — 55,960 (2024)
• Cyprus — 9,240 (2024)
• Czechia

More environment data for Finland

• Population in largest city — 1.35 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 32.2% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.35 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 24% (2025)
• Rural population — 1.44 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 25.48% (2025)
• Urban population — 4.21 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 74.52% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 16,609 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Finland's land area (sq. km)?

304,000 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 0.19% from 304,590 in 1961. The highest value was 304,590 in 1961 and the lowest 303,890 in 2011.

How does Finland rank?

71st highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.LND.TOTL.K2, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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