Finland (Finnish: Suomi [ˈsuo̯mi] i; Swedish: Finland [ˈfɪ̌nland] i), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta; Swedish: Republiken Finland (listen to alli)),[note 2] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, across from Estonia. Finland covers an area of 338,145 square kilometres (130,559 sq mi)[5] with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish and Swedish are the official languages, Swedish being the native language of 5.2% of the population.[12] Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes.[13]