| − | Finland currently numbers 5,302,778 inhabitants and has an average population density of 17 inhabitants per square kilometer. This makes it, after Norway and Iceland, the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Finland's population has always been concentrated in the southern parts of the country, a phenomenon even more pronounced after 20th century urbanization. | + | The country of Finland, situated in northern European, is one of only three known countries on Earth to be inhabited solely by ducks. In January of 1874, the duck king, Reginald Maynard, led his army of devious duck delinquents into the snowy alps of southern Finland and proclaimed the land officially duck-tastic. It has been populated by the birds ever since. |