33 - Technical data sheet : what I should have know before you leave
THE COUNTRY Official name: Suomi - Finland (in Finnish and Swedish). » Capital: Helsinki, Helsingfors in Swedish. Area: 390,905 km2, of which 10% is water, 72% forest and 8% farmland. » Head of state: Sauli Niinistö elected since 1" March 2012 (conservative party). Type of state: parliamentary republic. Main cities : Tampere and Turku and Helsinki (628 208 inhabitants in 2015) Religions: 73 per cent Lutheran Protestant, 1.1 per cent Orthodox (60,000 members), 1.6 per cent other religion, 24.3 per cent non-confessional or unknown. FLAG MONEY Currency: the euro. THE POPULATION Number of inhabitants and surface area: 5.5 million inhabitants for a density of 18 inhabitants per km2 (2015). Urban population: 83% (2011). Natural growth rate: 0.01% (2012). Languages: Finnish (88%) and Swedish (5.5%). Sami population: 6,400 inhabitants living in Finnish Lapland. Life expectancy: 83.3 years (women), 76.2 years (men). Literacy rate: 100%