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Finland: cities by population

Finland has a population of 5,518,050, with Helsinki as its capital. The 50 largest of its 556 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Helsinki	Uusimaa	658,864
2	Espoo	Uusimaa	323,910
3	Tampere	Pirkanmaa	260,646
4	Vantaa	Uusimaa	252,724
5	Oulu	North Ostrobothnia	216,066
6	Turku	Southwest Finland	206,655
7	Jyväskylä	Central Finland	148,744
8	Kuopio	North Savo	125,462
9	Lahti	Paijat-Hame	121,622
10	Pori	Satakunta	83,157
11	Joensuu	North Karelia	78,398
12	Kouvola	Kymenlaakso	78,094
13	Lappeenranta	South Karelia	72,909
14	Vaasa	Ostrobothnia	69,819
15	Hämeenlinna	Kanta-Häme	68,473
16	Seinäjoki	South Ostrobothnia	66,848
17	Rovaniemi	Lapland	65,670
18	Porvoo	Uusimaa	51,853
19	Mikkeli	South Savo	51,661
20	Salo	Southwest Finland	50,794
21	Kotka	Kymenlaakso	50,157
22	Kokkola	Central Ostrobothnia	48,361
23	Järvenpää	Uusimaa	46,942
24	Lohja	Uusimaa	45,686
25	Nurmijärvi	Uusimaa	45,356
26	Hyvinge	Uusimaa	43,515
27	Tuusula	Uusimaa	42,624
28	Kirkkonummi	Uusimaa	41,821
29	Rauma	Satakunta	38,909
30	Kerava	Uusimaa	38,535
31	Kaarina	Southwest Finland	36,631
32	Nokia	Pirkanmaa	36,486
33	Kajaani	Kainuu	36,458
34	Kangasala	Pirkanmaa	34,315
35	Ylöjärvi	Pirkanmaa	33,731
36	Savonlinna	South Savo	31,283
37	Vihti	Uusimaa	28,864
38	Riihimäki	Kanta-Häme	28,610
39	Raseborg	Uusimaa	26,982
40	Raisio	Southwest Finland	25,846
41	Lempäälä	Pirkanmaa	25,036
42	Imatra	South Karelia	24,581
43	Sastamala	Pirkanmaa	24,495
44	Raahe	North Ostrobothnia	23,566
45	Sibbo	Uusimaa	22,903
46	Karhula	Kymenlaakso	22,867
47	Hollola	Paijat-Hame	22,843
48	Siilinjärvi	North Savo	21,383
49	Pirkkala	Pirkanmaa	21,204
50	Klaukkala	Uusimaa	21,019

Twenty years earlier: Finland in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,246,920.