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Capital Finland : |
Helsinki .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Finland :
| Norway 736 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km .
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| Climate Finland :
| cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes .
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| Life expectancy Finland :
| 78.24 years .
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| Fertility rate Finland :
| 1.73 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Finland :
| republic .
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| Population Finland :
| 5,214,512 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Finland :
| 338,145 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Finland :
| 2.548 million (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Finland :
| 4.7 million (2003) .
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| International Country Code Finland :
| 358.
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| Sex ratio total Finland :
| 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Finland ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Finland ratio 15 64 :
| 1.02 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Finland ratio 65 :
| 0.65 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Finland :
| $10.3 billion (2003) |
| HIV Finland :
| less than 0.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Finland :
| NA |
| Literacy Finland :
| 100% (2000 est.) |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Finland :
| 4,20% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Finland :
| 21.6% (1991) |
| Inflation Finland :
| 0.9% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Finland :
| 9% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Finland :
| 2.65 million (2002) |
| Location Finland :
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia |
| Geographic Coordinates Finland :
| 64 00 N, 26 00 E |
| Religion Finland :
| Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Russian Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1% |
| Administrative region Finland :
| 6 provinces (laanit, singular - laani); Aland, Etela-Suomen Laani, Ita-Suomen Laani, Lansi-Suomen Laani, Lappi, Oulun Laani |
| Terrain Finland :
| mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills |
| Elevation extremes lowest Finland :
| Baltic Sea 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Finland :
| Halti 1,328 m |
| Natural resources Finland :
| timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone |
| Land use arable land Finland :
| 7,19% |
| Land use permanentcrops Finland :
| 0,03% |
| Irrigated land Finland :
| 640 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Finland :
| NA |
| Environment current issues Finland :
| air pollution from manufacturing and power plants contributing to acid rain; water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations |
| Geography note Finland :
| long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent; population concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain |
| Finland :
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Divisions
Aland
Etela-Suomen Laani
Ita-Suomen Laani
Lansi-Suomen Laani
Lappi
Oulun Laani
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