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Geography
Area : 338,145 km²
Borders : 2,654 km (Norway 727 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km)
Coastline : 1,250 km
Capital : Helsinki
Official language : Finnish, Swedish
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Population
Population : 5,602,800 (January 2024)
Crude natural change rate : -3.3‰ (2022)
Population repartition: 16.3% of - 15 years (2023), 23.3% of +65 years (2023)
Foreign residents: 1.7% EU nationals, 2.9% non-EU nationals (2019)
Crude net migration rate: 2.3‰ (2023 est.)
First time asylum applicants: 5,327 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 79.08 years, women 84.98 years (2023 est.)
Religions: Lutheran 66.6%, Greek Orthodox 1.1%, other 1.7%, none 30.6% (est. 2021)
Ethnic groups: Finnish 87.6%, Swedish 5.2%, Russian 1.4%, others 5.8% (2018 est.)
Source : The CIA World Factbook
Economy
Currency: Euro
GDP: € 274 880 millions (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 37 010 (2023)
GDP growth : -1% (2023)
Inflation: 0.4% (May 2024)
Public debt: 73% of GDP (Q4 2022)
Unemployment: 8.2% (May 2024)
Public deficit: 73% of GDP (Q4 2022)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 51% of GDP (2022)
Budget balance: -6.5% of GDP (2022)
Source : Eurostat, OECD, Trading Economics
Political system
Republic, parliamentary democracy
Head of State: Alexander Stubb (KOK) since 1st March 2024
Prime Minister: Petteri Orpo (National Coalition Party). He leads a coalition of 4 parties, formed with the Finns Party, the Christian Democrats and the Swedish minority party.
Unicameral parliamentary regime: The Eduskunta (Parliament of Finland) comprises 200 members who are elected for four years by direct universal suffrage
Political representation
Parliament composition (after the elections of 3rd April 2023)
- 48 seats KOK (National Coalition Party)
- 45 seats PS (The True Finns)
- 43 seats SDP (Social Democratic Party)
- 23 seats KESK (Centre Party)
- 13 seats VIHR (the Greens)
- 11 seats VAS (Left Alliance)
- 10 seats SFP (Swedish People's Party of Finland)
- 5 seats KD (Finnish Christian Democratic Party)
- 1 seat Liik (Movement Now)
- 1 seat Timo Vornanen /tv
Women's representations
- in the government: 12/19
- in the Eduskunta: 92/200
Next Elections:
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