_#_Note: long boundary with USSR; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent

_*People #_Population: 4,991,131 (July 1991), growth rate 0.3% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 71 years male, 80 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 1.7 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Finn(s); adjective—Finnish

_#_Ethnic divisions: Finn, Swede, Lapp, Gypsy, Tatar