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Finland

Official name:

the Republic of Finland

Name in native language:

Suomi

Capital:

Helsinki

ISO country code

FI

Nat. statistical agency:

Statistics Finland

Region:

Northern Europe

Census Results

1950-12-31 : 4,029,803
1960-12-31 : 4,446,222
1970-12-31 : 4,598,336
1975-12-31 : 4,717,724
1980-11-01 :
1985-11-17 :
1990-12-31 : 4,998,478
1995-12-31 :
2000-12-31 : 5,181,115

the Republic of Finland

Administrative units

maakunta	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2007-12-31 admin.	population 2009-12-31 admin.
source: Statistics Finland. note: Etelä = South; Pohjois = North; Keski = Central; Karjala = Karelia; Pohjanmaa = Ostrobothnia. note: Åland is an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. note: total area relates to land area.
Åland	Maarianhamina	1,553	27,153	27,734
Central Finland Region	Jyväskylä	16,707	270,701	272,784
Central Ostrobothnia Region	Kokkola	5,018	67,898	68,131
Etelä-Savo Region	Mikkeli	13,986	157,862	155,568
Itä-Uusimaa Region	Porvoo	2,736	94,755	93,966
Kainuu Region	Kajaani	21,504	83,779	82,634
Kanta-Häme Region	Hämeenlinna	5,200	171,449	173,828
Kymenlaakso Region	Kotka	5,112	183,564	182,617
Lapland Region	Rovaniemi	92,664	184,390	183,748
North Karelia Region	Joensuu	17,763	166,744	165,962
North Ostrobothnia Region	Oulu	35,490	386,477	392,110
Ostrobothnia Region	Vaasa	7,749	174,987	177,038
Päijät-Häme Region	Lahti	5,127	200,061	201,270
Pirkanmaa Region	Tampere	12,447	476,631	484,436
Pohjois-Savo Region	Kuopio	16,771	248,872	248,182
Satakunta Region	Pori	7,957	228,431	227,386
South Karelia Region	Lappeenranta	5,613	134,716	134,019
South Ostrobothnia Region	Seinäjoki	13,444	193,815	193,524
Uusimaa Region	Helsinki	6,395	1,388,964	1,423,576
Varsinais-Suomi Region	Turku	10,663	459,235	462,914
total		303,899	5,300,484	5,351,427

Main cities

name	population 2007-12-31 admin.	population 2009-12-31 admin.	latitude / longitude
Helsinki	568,531	583,350	60.20/24.92
Espoo	238,047	244,330	60.21/24.65
Tampere	207,866	211,507	61.50/23.73
Vantaa	192,522	197,636	60.30/25.02
Turku	175,286	176,087	60.45/22.27
Oulu	135,055	139,133	65.01/25.47
Jyväskylä	126,546	129,623	62.24/25.75
Lahti	99,308	100,854	60.98/25.66
Kuopio	91,320	92,626
Kouvola	88,813	88,174
Pori	82,413	82,786
Joensuu	72,105	72,704
Lappeenranta	71,475	71,814
Hämeenlinna	65,421	66,455
Rovaniemi	58,825	59,848
Vaasa	57,998	59,175
Seinäjoki	55,356	57,024
Salo	54,469	54,889
Kotka	54,679	54,775
source: Statistics Finland. note: numbers based on municipalities.