Scoop: Background Note: Finland

People
Nationality: Noun - Finn (s). Adjective - Finland.
Population (December 2008): 5.32 million.
Population growth rate (2007): 0.4%.
Ethnic groups: Finns, Swedes, Lapps, Sami, Roma, Tatars.
Religions: Lutheran 80.7%, 1.1% Orthodox.
Languages: Finnish 90.9%, 5.4% Swedish (official), small Lapp-(0.03%) and language (0.8%) of Russian minorities.
Education: years of education compulsory - 9. Attendance - nearly 100%. Literacy - nearly 100%.
Health: Infant mortality rate - 2.8 / 1000 (2006). Life expectancy - men 75.6 years., Women 82.8 years.
workforce (2.7 million euros of which 2.5 million are employed): Public services - 32%, industry - 19% commerce - 15.9%, finance, insurance and services Business - 14.5%, agriculture and forestry - 4.5%, transport and communications - 6.8% Construction - 7.2%.

Government
Type: Constitutional republic.
Constitution: July 17, 1919, March 2000.
Independence: December 6, 1917.
Branches: - Executive President (Head of State), Prime Minister (head of government), the State Council (cabinet) Legislative - unicameral Parliament ..Judicial - Supreme Court appeal of the regional courts, local courts.
Subdivisions: Six provinces, provincial autonomy of Aland islands.
Political parties: Social Democratic Party, Centre Party, National Coalition (Conservative) Party Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party, Green League, Christian Democrats, the True Finns.
Suffrage: Universal at 18.

Economy (2009)
GDP: 238.4 billion dollars (170.9 billion euros).
GDP growth rate: -7.8%.
Income per capita: $ 44,668 (€ 32,025).
Inflation rate: 0.0% (2009), 0.1% (February 2010).
Natural resources: forests, minerals (copper, zinc, iron), agricultural land.
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