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FACTOID # 72: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.

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Once a province of the Kingdom of Sweden, Finland has managed to negotiate its way to independence, finally breaking from Russia in 1917. The 4th nation of Scandinavia, Finland borders Norway (727km) to the north, Sweden (614km) to the west and Russia (1,313km) to the east, with the Gulf of Finland to the south dividing it and the Baltic state of Estonia. It has a modest national population of just 5.2 million people, with its capital city, Helsinki, home to 10% of that figure.