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Finland
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Geographic coordinates: 64 00 N, 26 00 E
Area:
total: 337,030 sq km
land: 305,470 sq km
water: 31,560 sq km
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
Natural resources: timber, copper, zinc, iron ore, silver
Population: 5,149,242 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (male 488,974; female 469,343)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,736,883; female 1,700,466)
65 years and over: 14% (male 284,929; female 468,647) (July 1998 est.)
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1%
Languages: Finnish 93.5% (official), Swedish 6.3% (official), small Lapp- and Russian-speaking minorities
National capital: Helsinki
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