Capital:Helsinki
Population:5,223,442
Area:338,145 sq km
Climate:cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60000 lakes
Languages:Finnish 92% (official), Swedish 5.6% (official), other 2.4% (small Sami- and Russian-speaking minorities)
Currency:euro (EUR)
Government:republic
Religions:Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2007
