Finland, Europe

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Finland is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Finland
Finland is located in	Northern Europe Europe Continent
Member of	European Union since 1995 Euro since 1999 Schengen since 2001 NATO since 2023
Finland has a population of	5,601,185 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Finland are called Finns
The country’s total area is	337,030 Km² ( 209,420 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank	13
Global Peace Index Score	1
Human Development Index (HDI)	Finland HDI ranks in position nº 12 worldwide Very High Human Development HDI of 0.942 (0.4 to 1) (2022 data from UNDP)
Finland’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 189 countries Finland passport ranks in position nº 3 in the world (2025 HP Index data)
Finland GDP per capita is	$54,163 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF)
Finland ’s LGBTI legal status	Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data)
Finland EPI (English Proficiency Index)	is classified as High proficiency in English has a score of 590 ranks 14th worldwide (2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude	64° 00' N, 26° 00' E Open in Google Maps
Finland Capital city	Helsinki
Neighbouring countries	Norway, Russia, Sweden.
Finland Climate	cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
Most predominant religion	Lutheran,
Second most predominant religion	Greek Orthodox
Currency name & code	Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD	.fi
Finland calling code	+358

19 regions (maakunnat (Finnish) landskapen (Swedish))

Aland (Swedish), Ahvenanmaa (Finnish);
Etela-Karjala (Finnish), Sodra Karelen (Swedish) [South Karelia];
Etela-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Sodra Osterbotten (Swedish) [South Ostrobothnia];
Etela-Savo (Finnish), Sodra Savolax (Swedish) [South Savo];
Kanta-Hame (Finnish), Egentliga Tavastland (Swedish);
Kainuu (Finnish), Kajanaland (Swedish);
Keski-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Mellersta Osterbotten (Swedish) [Central Ostrobothnia];
Keski-Suomi (Finnish), Mellersta Finland (Swedish) [Central Finland];
Kymenlaakso (Finnish), Kymmenedalen (Swedish);
Lappi (Finnish), Lappland (Swedish);
Paijat-Hame (Finnish), Paijanne-Tavastland (Swedish);
Pirkanmaa (Finnish), Birkaland (Swedish) [Tampere];
Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Osterbotten (Swedish) [Ostrobothnia];
Pohjois-Karjala (Finnish), Norra Karelen (Swedish) [North Karelia];
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (Finnish), Norra Osterbotten (Swedish) [North Ostrobothnia];
Pohjois-Savo (Finnish), Norra Savolax (Swedish) [North Savo];
Satakunta (Finnish and Swedish);
Uusimaa (Finnish), Nyland (Swedish) [Newland];
Varsinais-Suomi (Finnish), Egentliga Finland (Swedish) [Southwest Finland]

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