Finland

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Introduction

Capital: Helsinki

Population

Total Population: 5,288,720

Annual growth rate: 0.4%

Density: 17 inhabitant/km²

Urban population: 63.0%

Population of main cities including suburbs: Helsinki (1,100,000); Tampere (300,000); Turku (250,000); Oulu (170,000); Lahti (110,000).

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 approximately 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%.

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Helsinki

Exchange rate on :

National currency: Euro (EUR)

Country overview

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.

HDI*: 0,954/1

HDI (world rank): 12nd/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.

Telecommunication

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

Internet suffix: .fi

Computers: 50.0 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 31.1 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 78.9 per 100 inhabitants

Access to electricity: 100% of the population

Foreign trade in figures

Foreign trade indicators	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Imports of goods (millions USD)	39,790	48,368	55,887	66,046	78,190
Exports of goods (millions USD)	52,740	61,139	65,451	77,552	90,126
Imports of services (millions USD)	12,149	14,563	17,732	18,641	21,763
Exports of services (millions USD)	11,470	15,168	17,010	17,520	20,212

Source: World Bank

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