Facts and Figures

Full name: Republic of Finland

Nationality
        noun: Finn(s) 
        adjective: Finnish

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Area
        total: 338,145 km²
        land: 304,473 sq km
        water: 33,672 sq km

Population: 5,223,442 (July 2005 est.)

Ethnic groups
        Finn 93.4%
        Swede 5.7%
        Russian 0.4%
        Estonian 0.2%
        Roma 0.2%
        Sami 0.1%

Capital: Helsinki, population 560,000

Largest Cities
        Espoo - 210,000
        Tampere - 195,000
        Turku - 175,000
        Oulo - 120,000
        Lahti - 100,000
        Kuopio - 90,000
        Pori - 75,000

Official Language
        Finnish 93.4% (official)
        Swedish 5.9% (official)

Religion
        Evangelical Lutheran 89%
        Russian Orthodox 1%
        none 9%
        other 1%

Political system: semi-presidential system with Parliamentarism

GDP: purchasing power parity - $151.2 billion (2004 est.)

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - purchasing power parity - $29,000 (2004 est.) 

Annual growth: 3% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector
        agriculture: 3.3% 
        industry: 30.2% 
        services: 66.5% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 0.7% (2004 est.)

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