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Finland

Finland Geography Stats

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Average precipitation in depth > Mm per year: Average precipitation in depth (mm per year). Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.
  • Average rainfall in depth > Mm per year: Average rainfall is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Land area > Sq. km: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes."
  • Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Surface area > Sq. km: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Montana 2013
Area > Land 304,473 sq km 2008 67th out of 235
Area > Land > Per capita 58.05 sq km per 1,000 people 2008 41st out of 224
Area > Total 338,145 sq km 2013 66th out of 251
Average precipitation in depth > Mm per year 536 2011 137th out of 178
Average rainfall in depth > Mm per year 536 2008 130th out of 169
Climate cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes 2013
Coastline 1,250 km 2014 78th out of 242
Geographic coordinates 64 00 N, 26 00 E 2013
Land area > Sq. km 304,090 sq km 2008 68th out of 199
Land area > Square miles 130,559 square miles 2013 26th out of 98
Location Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia 2013
Natural resources timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone 2013
Surface area > Sq. km 338,150 km² 2005 64th out of 204
Terrain mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills 2013

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Food and Agriculture Organization; Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; World Development Indicators database

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Finland Geography Profiles (Subcategories)

Area 11 Land boundaries 4
Environment 3 Land use 3
Freshwater withdrawal 6 Maritime claims 6
Land area 3 Surface area 3
  • Finland ranked first for area > land > per capita amongst European Union in 2008.
  • Finland ranked third for area > water amongst Europe in 2013.
  • Finland ranked first for forested land amongst Cold countries in 2000.
  • Finland ranked first for area > land per 1000 amongst Eurozone in 2008.
  • Finland ranked second for population density > people per sq. km amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2005.

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