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Finland

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Capital: Helsinki

Population

Total Population (million): 5.29

Annual growth rate: 0.29%

Density: 16 inhab./km²

Urban population: 82.30%

Population of Principal urban areas: Helsinki (1027305); Tampere (270753); Turku (239018); Oulu (157605); Lahti (110160); Jyväskylä (98510)

Ethnic Origins: Finn 93.4%, Swede 5.7%, Russian 0.4%, Estonian 0.2%, Roma (Gypsy) 0.2%, Sami 0.1%

Official Language: The official languages are Finnish and Swedish. Finnish is spoken by 92% and Swedish by 5.5% of the population. .

Other languages spoken: Sami (Lappish) is the mother tongue of about 1,700 people in Lapland.

Business language: English is the business language. The knowledge of English is very good throughout the country.

Religion: Lutheran Church of Finland 84.2%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5%.

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Helsinki

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 338,150 km²

Type of State: Republic, democracy.

Type of economy: High-income economy, OECD member
A very competitive country; at the leading edge in the sector of new technologies.

HID*: 0.952

HDI (world rank): 11/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Helsinki

F° | C°

8°

Low: 3° | High: 8°

Humidity: 87% | Wind: 6 km/h
Sunrise: 7:52 am | Sunset: 4:15 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Finland, dial 00
To call in Finland, dial 358

Internet suffix: .fi

Computers: 48.2 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 36.6 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 55.6 per 100 inhabitants

Access to electricity: 100% of the population

Indicator of economic freedom

Score:: 74.8/100
Position:: Mostly free
World Rank:: 16 out of 157
Regional Rank:: 9 out of 41

Distribution of Economic freedom in the world
Source: 2008 Index of Economic freedom, Heritage Foundation

Country risk

See the country risk analysis from provided by Ducroire.

Indicator of political freedom

Political freedom:: 1/7
Civil liberties:: 1/7
Ranking:: Free

Map of freedom 2007
Source: Freedom House

Indicator of freedom of the press

World Rank:: 5/169
Evolution:: 4 places down compared to 2006

Source: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, Reporters Without Borders

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