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title: "Finland — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Finland: capital Helsinki, area 338,145 km², population 5,646,436 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/finland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Finland

**Finland: Capital Helsinki**

338,145 km² · 5,646,436 people (2025) · Euro

Finland has roughly 188,000 lakes and 179,000 islands, more of each per unit area than any other country. About three-quarters of the land is forest, the highest proportion in Europe. A quarter of the country lies north of the Arctic Circle, where the sun stays up for weeks in summer and down for weeks in winter.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Helsinki
- **Area:** 338,145 km² — 130,558 sq mi
- **Population:** 5,646,436 (2025)
- **Density:** 16.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official languages:** Finnish, Swedish
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +358
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** FI · FIN
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 65 of 200
- **By population:** 118 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 357,022 | 83,491,249 |
| Republic of the Congo | 342,000 | 6,484,437 |
| Finland ← | 338,145 | 5,646,436 |
| Vietnam | 331,210 | 101,598,527 |
| Malaysia | 329,847 | 35,977,838 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Finland?

Helsinki

### What currency does Finland use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Finland?

338,145 km², or 130,558 square miles — 65 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Finland drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
- [Malaysia](https://atoneplace.net/country/malaysia/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]