Facts about Finland

Area

Finland's area (338 145 km2) is only 4,4% of the area of Australia.
Russia is about 50 times larger than Finland.

The total area of the Finnish nature reserves is 1 609 86 ha.

Population

Finland has 5,2 million inhabitants.
China has 247 times more inhabitants.
The population of Helsinki is 559 716.

Population density

There are15,4 inhabitants per square kilometer in Finland. In Japan the number is 22 times greater.
In Calcutta the number is 5697 greater.

Lakes

Finland has 188 000 lakes. Finland's largest lake is Saimaa, 4 377km2. It is 27 times larger than Lichtensteinin.

Highest point

Halti is the highest point in Finland with 1 328 m over sea level. Mount Everest is 6,5 times higher.

Mean temperature

In Helsinki in July 2002 the mean temperature was 19,1 °C, when at the same time Sodankylä had 15,6 °C.
In Helsinki in January 2002 the mean temperature was -2,7 °C and in Sodankylä -14,4 °C.

Saunas

The Finns are sauna loving people. We have over million saunas. Though latest calculations have revealed that the actual number of the saunas could be even three millions.

More info

Read more about Finland from Wikipedia.