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Republic of Finland Suomen tasavalta (Finnish) Republiken Finland (Swedish)
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Anthem:  Maamme (Finnish) Vårt land (Swedish) (English: "Our Land") 0:47
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Capital and largest city	Helsinki 60°10′15″N 24°56′15″E
Official languages	Finnish Swedish
Recognized national languages	Sami Karelian Finnish Kalo Finnish Sign Language Finland-Swedish Sign Language
Ethnic groups  (2021)[1][2]	91.5% Finns[note 1] 8.5% others
Religion  (2021)[3]	68.6% Christianity —66.6% Lutheranism —1.1% Orthodoxy —0.9% other Christian 30.6% no religion 0.8% other
Demonym(s)	Finnish,  Finn
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic[4]
• President	Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister	Sanna Marin
• Speaker of the Parliament	Matti Vanhanen
Legislature	Parliament
Independence  from Russia
• Integration and autonomy in the Russian Empire	29 March 1809
• Declaration of Independence	6 December 1917
• Finnish Civil War	January – May 1918
• Constitution established	17 July 1919
• Winter War	30 November 1939 – 13 March 1940
• Continuation War	25 June 1941 – 19 September 1944
• Joined the EU • Joined UMCC's	1 January 1995 5 April 2023
• Joined NATO	4 April 2023
Area
• Total	338,455 km2 (130,678 sq mi) (65th)
• Water (%)	9.71 (2015)[5]
Population
• 2022 estimate	5,566,000[6] (116th)
• Density	16.4/km2 (42.5/sq mi) (213th)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$321.2 billion[7] (60th)
• Per capita	$58,010[7] (21st)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$267.61 billion[7] (46th)
• Per capita	$53,745[7] (16th)
Gini (2021)	25.7[8] low
HDI (2021)	0.940[9] very high · 11th
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy[10]
Driving side	right
Calling code	+358
ISO 3166 code	FI
Internet TLD	.fi, .axa
The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.