Country
Finland
- FI
- Europe
- EUR
- .fi
Finland (FI/FIN) is a country in Europe with its capital at Helsinki. It covers about 338,424 km² with a population of roughly 5,600,000, uses the EUR, dials on +358, owns the .fi internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Helsinki. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameFinland
CapitalHelsinki
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2FI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3FIN
Internet TLD.fi
Calling code+358
Currency codeEUR
Geography
Latitude61.9241° N
Longitude25.7482° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area338,424 km²130,666 square miles
Land neighbours3
Distance from London1,937 kmto the approximate centre of Finland, not to Helsinki. NE, bearing 43.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Helsinkithe IANA zone for Helsinki; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+02:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00
Summer offsetUTC+03:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+02:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 21:56
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population5,600,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density16.5 per km²≈
Share of world population0.069%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset33 of 59
Population rank in this dataset54 of 59
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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