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FINLAND

General Information

Capital:

Helsinki 525,031 (1995 est.)

Area:

338,145 sq km (130,559 sq mi)

Form of government

Multiparty Republic with one legislative house

GDP per capita

Purchasing power parity-$21,000 (1999 est.)

Population

5,158,372 (July 1999 est.)

Updated (January 2005)

5,219,732 (at the end of the year 2003)

Source: Mercator News, January 2005, Report submitted by Finland pursuant to Article 25, paragraph 1 of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (received on December 10, 2004), www.coe.int

Ethnic composition

Finnish - 92.9%

Swedish - 5.7%

Other - 1.4%

Official Language(s)

National languages - Finnish and Swedish

Minority Language(s)

Russian, Sami, Swedish, Romany

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