Finland is a Nordic country located in Northern Europe, whereas California is a state of the United States Of America located in the Western Region of the country. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Finland and California regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Finland bigger than California?
The total area of Finland is 338,455 sq km, and the total area of California is 423,970 sq km. Finland is smaller than California by 85,515 sq km. Finland is around 1.26 times smaller than California.
Area of Finland: 130,678 sq mi ( 338,455 km2 )
Area of California: 163,696 sq mi ( 423,970 km2 )
Population
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Finland as of 24th March 2022, is estimated to be around 5,555,551.
According to the United States Census Bureau data, the total population of California as of 2019, was estimated to be around 39.51 Million.
Here is some more data comparison between Finland and California.
The capital of Finland is Helsinki, and the capital city of California is Sacramento.
Official Languages
Finland : Finnish, Swedish
California: English
Demonym(s)
Finland: Finnish, Finn
California: Californian
ISO 3166 Code
Finland: FI
California: US-CA
Human Development Index
HDI of Finland as of 2019: 0.938
HDI of California as of 2019: 0.936
Finland Time Zone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
California Time Zone:
UTC – 8 (Pacific Time Zone)
Summer(DST):
UTC – 7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Finland:
64° 0′ 0″ N, 26° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of California:
37° 0′ 0″ N, 120° 0′ 0″ W
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