Finland
Helsinki · Northern Europe
Finland is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Helsinki, the official currency is the Euro, and the main language is Finnish.
With a population of roughly 5.5 million people spread over 338,455 km², Finland is the 115th most populous country in the world and the 65th largest by area. That works out at about 16 people per square kilometre.
Finland shares land borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia — 3 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Helsinki, Espoo and Tampere. The highest point in the country is Halti, at 1,324 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Congo, while its population is closest to that of Norway.
- Capital
- Helsinki
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population
- 5,500,000
- Area
- 338,455 km²
- Currency
- Euro
- Main language
- Finnish
- Highest point
- Halti
1,324 m - Land borders
- 3
Finland: things worth knowing
- Finland has roughly 188,000 lakes, more relative to its size than any other country.
- About a quarter of its territory lies north of the Arctic Circle, where the sun does not set for weeks in summer.
- Finnish belongs to the Uralic family alongside Estonian and Hungarian, not to the Indo-European family.
Finland in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Finland ranks 23rd among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.