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GeographyLocation: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulfof Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,628 km, Norway 729 km, Sweden 586 km, Russia 1,313 km Coastline: 1,126 km
PeoplePopulation: 5,085,206 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.3% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.22 births/1,000 population Death rate: 9.77 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.79 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Finn, Swede, Lapp, Gypsy, Tatar 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
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Helsinki Independence: 6 December 1917 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: 17 July 1919
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $81.8 billion National product real growth rate: 3.5% National product per capita: $16,140 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.1% Unemployment rate: 22%
Electricity:
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| Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium. |