T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 55,538 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Finland in 2025. Each year about 1,504 people are newly diagnosed and 296 people with T1D die. A further 9,408 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
55,538
New diagnoses this year
1,504
Deaths this year
296
Missing people
9,408
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
73.8years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Finland?
55,538 people in Finland are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 987.9 per 100,000 people. That is higher than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Finland has the 30th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 12th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Finland, another 17 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Finland?
The number of people living with T1D in Finland went from 27,290 in 2000 to 55,538 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 69,719 by 2040 (+26%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in Finland, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Finland over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
27,290
1,217
344
6,684
2010
37,358
1,409
334
8,089
2020
48,735
1,577
300
9,096
2025
55,538
1,504
296
9,408
2030 (projected)
60,779
1,599
335
9,565
2040 (projected)
69,719
1,525
377
9,751
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Finland?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Finland today is expected to live to 73.8, compared with 82.4 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 8.6 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 18.8 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 14.1 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Finland, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
63.7
18.8
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
63.7
18.7
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+1.5
65.2
17.3
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+3.1
68.3
14.1
How does Finland compare?
Type 1 diabetes in Finland compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
Finland
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
987.9
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
26.8
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
16.9
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
73.8
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
