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Finland

Finland 🇫🇮 is a country in Europe & Central Asia with a population of approximately ~5.6 million. Its capital is Helsinki. This is the complete reference for identifying Finland in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.

Quick facts

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Continent / regionEurope & Central Asia
CapitalHelsinki
Population~5.6 million
ISO codesFI / FIN
Coordinates60.16°, 24.95°
Bordering countriesSweden, Norway, Russia

Famous for

Known for saunas and Sibelius.

How Finland appears in daily geography puzzles

In MapDash, Finland is identified through the clue sequence: europe & central asia first, then population range (~5.6 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Helsinki), then a famous-for hint.

In Worldle, Finland is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Europe & Central Asia.

Neighboring countries

Reading Finland in MapDash context

The Finland record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Finland sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for Finland is typically a peer within recognized sovereign countries with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Frequently asked questions

What is the capital of Finland?

The capital of Finland is Helsinki.

What continent is Finland in?

Finland is in Europe & Central Asia.

What is the population of Finland?

Finland has a population of approximately ~5.6 million.

What countries border Finland?

Finland borders Sweden, Norway, Russia.

What is Finland famous for?

Known for saunas and Sibelius.

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