Scotland is a country located in Europe and is a part of the United Kingdom, whereas Finland is a country located in Northern Europe. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Scotland and Finland regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Scotland bigger than Finland?
The total area of Scotland is 77,933 sq km, and the total area of Finland is 338,455 sq km. Scotland is smaller than Finland by 260,522 sq km. Scotland is around 4.34 times smaller than Finland.
Area of Scotland: 30,090 sq mi ( 77,933 km2 )
Area of Finland: 130,678 sq mi ( 338,455 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Scotland as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5.454 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Finland as of 13th July 2021, is 5,549,579.
Here is some more data comparison between Scotland and Finland.
The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital city of Finland is Helsinki.
Official Languages
Scotland: English, Scottish Gaelic
Finland: Finnish, Swedish
Human Development Index
HDI of Scotland as of 2018: 0.913
HDI of Finland as of 2018: 0.938
Scotland Timezone:
UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 (British Summer Time)
Finland Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Scotland:
57° 0′ 0″ N, 4° 0′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Finland:
64° 0′ 0″ N, 26° 0′ 0″ E
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