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ISLAND DIRECTORY
Finland [144]
(Independent in 1917 )
LAND AREA: 337113 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 5125000 (1996)
DENSITY: 15 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 12%
URBAN POP: 63% (1994), versus 38% (1960), Annual Growth: 1.0%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 76.3 years, ADULT LITERACY: 99.0%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.940
ECONOMY
GNP: US$96.0 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 1.1%, Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 1.5%
GDP/Capita: $17579 GDP/Capita PPP: $17417
GDP/Capita: 1960 $7351, 1970 $11221, 1980 $15068, 1990 $19582
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 20029,000 ha, 65.8% of land area, 3.9 ha/capita
ARABLE LAND: 7.6% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 22.1,000 cu.m/cap/year
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Finland
Aland (Finland - Aland)
Raippaluoto (Finland)
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