Republic of Finland Suomen tasavalta  (Finnish) Republiken Finland  (Swedish)
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Location of  Finland  (dark green) – on the European continent  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  —  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Helsinki 60°10′N 24°56′E / 60.167°N 24.933°E / 60.167; 24.933
Official languages	Finnish Swedish
Religion	Evangelical Lutheran Church Orthodox Church
Demonym(s)	Finnish Finn
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Alexander Stubb
• Prime Minister	Petteri Orpo
Legislature	Eduskunta
Formation
• Autonomy within Russia	29 March 1809
• Independence from Russia	6 December 1917
• Joined the European Union	1 January 1995
Area
• Total	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (64th)
• Water (%)	10
Population
• August 2017 estimate	5,509,717 (114th)
• 2016 official	5,503,297
• Density	Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (213rd)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$255.976 billion
• Per capita	$46,342
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$289.557 billion
• Per capita	$52,422
Gini (2014)	25.6 low · 6th
HDI (2015)	0.895 very high · 23rd
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+358
ISO 3166 code	FI
Internet TLD	.fia
The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.

Finland on a map of Europe

Finland (Finnish: Suomi) is a country in Northern Europe and is a member state of the European Union. Finland is one of the Nordic countries and is also part of Fennoscandia. Finland is located between the 60th and 70th latitudes North. Its neighbours are Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east and Estonia to the south, beyond the sea called Gulf of Finland. Most of western and southern coast is on the shore of the Baltic Sea.

The capital of Finland is Helsinki; the second largest city is Tampere. The official currency of the country is the euro (EUR); before 2002 it was the markka, the Finnish mark (FIM). The president of Finland is Sauli Niinistö. 5.5 million people live in Finland. Finnish and Swedish both are the official languages of Finland; the most spoken languages is Finnish, mother tongue of about 90% of the population. Swedish is spoken by the Swedish speaking minority of Finland, called the Finnish Swedes, who make up 5% of the total population. Finland became independent of Russia on 6 December 1917.