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**Country Eight Profile**

** Demographics **
**Population**: 9,059,651 Major infectious diseases:** N/A Languages:**
 * Age structure:**
 * 0-14 years: 15.7% (male 733,597/female 692,194)
 * 15-64 years: 65.5% (male 3,003,358/female 2,927,038)
 * 65 years and over: 18.8% (male 753,293/female 950,17 1
 * Life Expectancy: 80.86 years
 * Religions:**
 * Ethnicity:

** Landscape **
**Climate:** temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
 * Natural hazards**: ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic
 * Geography:** mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west
 * Political Divisions:**

** Economy **
**Exports:** machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals ** Imports: machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing Agriculture: barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk Industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles ** **Percentage of People Below Poverty Line**: N/A
 * Natural Resources:** iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
 * Budget:**
 * revenues: $196.9 billion
 * expenditures: $211.4 billion

Military
18-47 years of age for male compulsory or voluntary military service; conscript service obligation: 7.5 months (Army), 7-15 months (Navy), 8-12 months (Air Force); after completing initial service, soldiers have a reserve commitment until age 47; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2009)
 * Manpower available for military service:**
 * males age 16-49: 2,052,890
 * females age 16-49: 1,980,550