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Finland: map and facts
Finland is in Northern Europe. It has about 5.65 million people (2025), the 116th largest population. It covers 338,485 km², the 65th largest by area. That is about 17 people per km². Its highest point is Haltiatunturi, at 1,324 m. The longest river on its map is the Kemijoki, 550 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 5,646,436 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 338,485 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 331,000 km².
- Capital: Helsinki
- Highest point: Haltiatunturi, 1,324 m (CIA World Factbook (archived))
- Forest: 74.2% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Finland, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Kemijoki: 550 km
- Torne: 470 km
- Iijoki: 370 km
- Tana River: 370 km
- Ounasjoki: 300 km
- Lotta: 235 km
- Kitinen: 235 km
- Muonio: 230 km
- Kymijoki: 204 km
- Siikajoki: 160 km
Also on the map: Kyrönjoki, Lapuanjoki, Vuoksi, Ahtavanjoki, Kokemaenjoki, Luirojoki, Paatsjoki, Oulujoki, Janisjoki and Emajoki.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Haltiatunturi: 1,324 m (its highest point)
- Ukko Koli: 347 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Lapland and Finnish Lake Region.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): wooded savanna 44.1%, evergreen conifer forest 21.3%, mixed forest 13.3%, savanna 9.3%, water 5%, open shrubland 3.2%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 84.4%, hills 13.2%, plateaus 2.4%.
Forests covered 74.2% of its land in 2024, up from 71.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #3 in mica among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Finland shares land borders with Norway, Russia and Sweden on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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