Finland

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PROFILE
  • Area: 338,145 sq. km (130,558 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 5,498,211 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.38% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 80.9 years (2016)
  • Languages: Finnish (official) 89%, Swedish (official) 5.3%, Russian 1.3%
  • Religions: Lutheran 73.8%, Orthodox 1.1%, other or none 25.1%
  • Formal name: Republic of Finland
  • Alternate names: Finlande, Finlandia, Finlyandiya, Finnland, Republic of Finland, Republiken Finland, Suomen, Suomen Tasavalta
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Sauli NIINISTO; head of government: Prime Minister Juha SIPILA
  • Capital: Helsinki
  • Administrative divisions: 19 regions
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $41,100 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: electrical and optical equipment, machinery, transport equipment, paper and pulp, chemicals, basic metals; timber
  • Imports: foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, computers, electronic industry products, textile yarn and fabrics, grains
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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